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MODERNA GALERIJA - JOSIP PELIKAN

JOSIP PELIKAN
18851977
5. 10. 10. 12. 2006
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana

Vabimo vas na odprtje razstave, ki bo v cetrtek, 5. 10. 2006, ob 19. uri v Moderni galeriji.

You are kindly invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, 5 October, at 7 p.m. at the Moderna galerija.

V Sloveniji je malo druzin, ki ne bi hranile ateljejskih druzinskih fotografij, narejenih ob obletnicah in svecanih priloznostih. V celjski regiji je mnoge med njimi podpisal Josip Pelikan, fotograf, ki je v Celju prezivel vecino ustvarjalnega zivljenja.

Od leta 1988 Muzej novejse zgodovine Celje zbira Pelikanovo zapuscino; ta danes obsega 25.000 fotografij in 3000 steklenih negativov. Leta 1997 so obnovili njegov stekleni fotografski atelje, v katerem na obcasnih razstavah predstavljajo njegovo zapuscino. Na ogled so tudi njegove popotne in ateljejske kamere, razni objektivi in fotografski aparati. Vsako leto se skozi atelje sprehodi priblizno 5000 obiskovalcev.

Na razstavi Josip Pelikan 18851977 v Moderni galeriji bo mojster prvic predstavljen v Ljubljani, in sicer s 66 portreti ter izbori iz njegovih tematskih zbirk posnetkov arhitekture, panoram, planin, zdravilisc, promenad, industrije in Celja, skupno 140 fotografij, nastalih med leti 1910 in 1940. Na portretih, ki so glavnina razstave, spoznamo osebnosti, kot so Josip Stritar, Oton Zupancic, Fran Tratnik, Karl Sancin in Julius Kugy.

Razstavo spremljajo prva knjiga v nizu, ki bo predstavljal vse njegove zbirke, plakat in serija razglednic; avtorji oblikovanja, izbora fotografij in besedil so Radovan Jenko, Andreja Rihter in Milan Pajk.

Razstavo je pripravil Muzej novejse zgodovine Celje, kustosinja razstave je Andreja Rihter.

In the last century, few families in Slovenia would not have studio photographs taken to commemorate anniversaries and other important occasions. In the Celje region, many such photographs were the work of Josip Pelikan, who spent most of his creative life there. Since 1988, the Museum of Recent History Celje has been collecting Pelikans legacy; currently this comprises 25,000 photographs and 3000 glass plate negatives. In 1997, his studio was renovated; now it hosts periodic exhibitions of his work. Also on display there are his portable or traveling cameras, studio cameras, various lenses and his Leica cameras. Some 5000 people visit the studio annually. The exhibition Josip Pelikan 18851977 at the Moderna galerija will present this photographer for the first time in Ljubljana with 140 photographs taken between 1910 and 1940. Of these, 66 are portraits, and the rest selections from his series of photographs by subject: of architecture, panoramas, mountains, spas, promenades, industry, and the town of Celje. The portraits feature also prominent public figures, such as Josip Stritar, Oton Zupancic, Fran Tratnik, Karl Sancin and Julius Kugy. Accompanying the exhibition there are the first book in a series that will present all Pelikans collections, a poster and a series of picture postcards; the design, the selection of photographs and the texts are the work of Radovan Jenko, Andreja Rihter and Milan Pajk.
The exhibition has been prepared by the Museum of Recent History, the exhibition curator is Andreja Rihter.