POSTPRODUCTION, ART STAYS FESTIVAL, 2022

Directors and curators: Jernej Forbici and Marika Vicari

Opening weekend: 7 July - 10 July 2022

Dates: 7 July - 18 September 2022

 Art Stays turns 20

 On July 7, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Art Stays Festival of Contemporary Art begins. It has been bringing to Ptuj since 2003, the best that Slovenian and foreign contemporary artists have to offer and has featured a number of promising young artists, as well as big names, such as Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono, Monira Al Qadiri, Gilbert & George, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Edward Burtynsky, Robin Meier, Ivan Navarro, Allora & Calzadilla, Koen Vanmechelen, Hannah Collins, Ilona Nemeth, Jordi Alcaraz, Perino & Vele, Fernando Prats , Roberto Pugliese, Michele Spanghero, Tiffany Chung, Gigi Scaria, Regina Jose Galindo, Grace Weir and many others. Every year, many artists, curators, musicians and gallerists respond to the invitation of the directors to dialogue and travel through a variety of current topics. Today, Art Stays is one of the most important presentations of contemporary, especially fine arts in Slovenia and in this part of Europe, and has become a reference event for many international galleries, museums, foundations and, of course, artists.

The 20th edition of Art Stays is entitled POST-PRODUCTION and has two main thematic threads, which are interconnected. The first strand focuses on the 20-year history of the festival, which over the years has traversed very different themes in contemporary art, from relationships, politics, nature, the fragility of society and materials, sound and silence, and last year, structure.

In the first section, at the Galerija mesta Ptuj (Ptuj City Gallery), we will present works from previous editions of Art Stays, because we see the anniversary year as an opportunity and a responsibility to analyse the work of the past 20 years and to outline new directions for the development of the festival and its products, towards continuity and an ever greater implementation of Art Stays in the image of the local community and its traditions, by means of "post-production".

The exhibition Postproduction I, involves also the most 'iconic' artists and multidisciplinary works that have marked the development of the festival. Among them are installations, photographs, paintings, videos, documentation by: Marko Batista, Lynn Book, Joseph Beuys, BridA, Nemanja Cvijanović, Maitha Demithan, Jarmila Džuppova, Dušan Fišer, Regina José Galindo, Interno3 (Manuel Frara), Jaša, Matthias Langer, Zul Mahmod, Robin Meier, Noriko Obara, Yoko Ono, Perino & Vele, Fernando Prats, Laszlo Laszlo Revesz, Kimitake Sato, Marek Schovanek and Santiago Sierra.                        A selection of works from the current exhibition was hosted and presented last spring in the prestigious Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Galerija Božidar Jakac in Kostanjevica na Krki.

The programme, directed and curated by Jernej Forbici and Marika Vicari, was created in collaboration with the present and invited artists: Felipe Aguila (CHL), Marko Batista (SVN), Janet Bellotto (CAN), Gabrijel Berlič (SVN), Joseph Beuys (DEU), Lynn Book (USA), Beti Bricelj (SVN), BridA (SVN), Costantino Ciervo (DEU / ITA), Riccardo Costantini (ITA), Nemanja Cvijanović (CRO), Ben Darrah (CAN), Leo Ferdinand Demetz (ITA), Maitha Demithan (UAE), Jarmila Džuppova (SVK), Đasper i Đons (SVN), Johann Feilacher(AUT), Dušan Fišer (SVN), Pavel Forman (CZE), Regina Jose Galindo (GTM), Michelangelo Galliani (ITA), Irene Sanchez Garcia (ESP), Resi Girardello (ITA), Bojan Golčar (SVN), Toru Hamada (JPN), Julia Hofstetter (AUT), Interno3 (Manuel Frara)(ITA), Jaša (SVN), Robert Jurak (SVN), Stojan Kerbeler (SVN), Matthias Langer (DEU), Polona Maher (SVN), Zul Mahmod (SGP), Lech Majewski (POL), CREATIVE LABEL MOVEMENT - Simone Pucci, Manuele Petrucci, Riccardo Schippa (ITA), Muzikačaka (Sara Korošec) (SVN), Nicolo Masiero Sgrinzatto (ITA), Robin Meier (CHE / FRA), Igor Molin (ITA), Manfred Moorkamp (DEU), Noriko Obara (JPN), Yoko Ono (USA/JPN), Perino & Vele (ITA), Alex Pinna (ITA), Tomaž Plavec (SVN), Mark Požlep (SVN), Fernando Prats (CHL), Tobia Ravá (ITA), Laszlo Laszlo Revesz (HUN) Marika Ricchi (ITA), Tim Roeloffs (HOL), Kimitake Sato (JPN), Olga Schigal (RUS), Marek Schovanek (CAN / CZE), Joachim Seinfeld (DEU), Santiago Sierra (ESP), Tanja Špenko (SVN), Maruša Štibelj (SVN) Andrea Tagliapietra (ITA), Jakob Tolstrup (DNK), Transversal Project (Erika Vicari) (ITA), Verena Fanny Trausch (ITA / DEU), Valeria Vaccaro (ITA), Elisabeth Wedenig (AUT), Alice Zanin (ITA)

International galleries and institutions: Galerie Joan Prats, Barcelona, Cris Contini, London, Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Fondazione Bonotto, Molvena, KAOS Festival, Kranj, Romberg, Latina, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan, Punto Sull'Arte, Varese, Galleria Anna Marra, Rome, Galleria Paola Simondi, Turin. 

The complete program is available at www.artstays.si.