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Award Winners of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
At the opening of the 35th Ljubljana Graphic Biennale, the international jury of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, consisting of Bojan Piškur, Aziza Harmel, Raphael Chikukwa, Natalija Vujošević, Marie Helene Pereira and Zohra Opoku, announced the winners of the 35th Ljubljana Graphic Biennale.
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Opening of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
The 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts entitled From the void came gifts of the cosmos will open on September 15 with a programme of events—guided tours, artist talks, performances and concerts—that will extend throughout the following weekend.
Exhibition of the Grand Prize Recipient of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
15 September 2023–12 November 2023
RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE, Vošnjakova ulica 4, Ljubljana
Transformella: Cinis' Forking [4.4.6.10.1] – Die Schützlinginnen and Neverlife in Symbolic Terrain
Artists at the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
Across multiple sites, Artistic Director Ibrahim Mahama and his curatorial collaborators: Exit Frame Collective, Alicia Knock, Selom Koffi Kudjie, Inga Lāce, Beya Othmani and Patrick Nii Okanta Ankrah, have invited artists and collectives from Africa, Europe and beyond, working in print, film, installation, and performance, to present new and site-specific commissions alongside existing works.
35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts at the House of World Cultures (HKW) in Berlin
On Wednesday 12 July 2023, the presentation of this year's 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, entitled From the Void Came the Gifts of the Cosmos, took place at the House of World Cultures (HKW) in Berlin. The opening address of Nevenka Šivavec, the director of the International Centre of Graphic Arts, was followed by a presentation by Ibrahim Mahama, the artistic director of the upcoming biennale, who introduced the basic idea of this year's edition. At the event, members of the Biennale Curatorial Team Beya Othmani, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Alicia Knock and Inga Lāce also spoke about the idea of the Biennale. The conversation was coordinated by Marie Helene Pereira, Senior Curator at HKW.
Presentation of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts in Berlin
On Wednesday, 12 July 2023, at 6 pm, the House of World Cultures – HKW in Berlin will host the presentation of this year's 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, entitled From the void came gifts of the cosmos.
Presentation of the curatorial team: Exit Frame
Exit Frame Collective (Adwoa Amoah, Ato Annan, Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Kelvin Haizel and Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh) operates within the surplus of the collision between art and pedagogy. The collective curated the group exhibition of Materials and things (2021) in France and co-organised the 11-day festival Pile au Rendezvous with La Condition Publique as part of Saison Africa2021. In 2020, Exit Frame inaugurated the annual peer-to-peer intensive pedagogical project CritLab, as part of its efforts to broaden the critical intellectual infrastructure of professional art practice in Ghana.
From the void came gifts of the cosmos
The artistic director of this year's Biennale Ibrahim Mahama has invited a complex council of curatorial entities to conceive the Biennale. Exit Frame Collective, made up of Alicia Knock, Selom Koffi Kudjie, Inga Lace, Beya Othmani and Patrick Nii Okanta, follows Mahama's curatorial direction, inspired by a long-term interest in the promise of the affirmative and emancipatory politics of Ghana's first president, Pan-African theorist Kwame Nkrumah.
Ibrahim Mahama is Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
Ibrahim Mahama, who lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana, has exhibited at leading international venues such as the Venice Biennale, Sydney Biennale, Saatchi Gallery in London and K21 in Düsseldorf. His work explores themes of values, international trade, migration and the consequences of colonialism. He often works with found objects, transforming them and giving them new meanings.
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