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NEW!The book is a tribute to portrait photography, enriched with interviews with individuals who create excellence and strengthen the positive energy of the city. The subjects reveal fragments of their personal experiences, creative processes, and lives in general. Each of them has made a profound mark on their field, be it theater, music, visual arts, or urban culture. What they all have in common is that they raise the cultural capital of the city. Because of them, Maribor is truly a Vunderkind - Katja Gönc Publisher: Visual communications, Sami Abder Rahim Author(s) of the text(s): Marko Radmilovič, Jaša Lorenčič, Uroš Dokl, Katja Gönc Year of publication: 2022 Dimensions and number of pages: 215 × 285 × 30 / 312 pages Hardcover -
NEW!In breathtaking, wide-angle photographs, Christoph Grill (b. 1965) documents the post-Perestroika development of the 15 former Soviet countries: Albania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, the Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Emphasising the empty space around their subjects, Grill’s colour and black-and-white images are distinctly unsentimental portraits of everyday life - children playing amid the ruins of communist utopias, triumphal arches now surrounded by rubble, grass growing in the cracks of military parade grounds, ramshackle dwellings bandaged up with planks of plywood. Not all of these scenes are desolate, however, and cheerier portraits of persons encountered on Grill’s travels, improvising their fun in makeshift swimming pools or along roadsides punctuate the more sober depictions of post-Soviet life. Handsomely clothbound and printed, Short Stalks at Distant Shores records how these states not only underwent renewal but also had to endure economic standstill and regression; it also testifies to the human will to survive amid the bleakest of conditions. Publisher: Hatje Cantz Translation: Laura Schleussner Graphic Design: Elke Ederer, Christoph Grill ISBN: 978-3-7757-3398-4 -
Belgrade Raw is a photo collective founded in 2009 with the idea to explore social, urban and political aspects of city life through the photographic medium. They actively record everyday Belgrade and the state of its community. Belgrade Raw exhibited their work on various occasions, as solo shows in galleries or as part of local and international festivals. They organized a photo fair for five years in a row, while in the period of four consecutive years they have initiated a series of workshops dedicated solely to documentary photography, entitled serbia raw. The collective also published the serbia raw photo book, in which they assembled all the materials produced by the participants in 13 serbian cities. To mark the collective’s 15th birthday, they created a fanzine that they released during their exhibition ‘Two Days Three Nights‘ at Prostor Gallery in Novi Sad, Serbia. Members of the belgrade raw collective are: Darko Stanimirović, Nemanja Knežević, Luka Knežević – strika, Milovan Milenković, Andrej Filev, Aleksandra Mihajlović, Mane Radmanović, Dušan Rajić, Jelena Mijić, and Saša Trifunović. 40 pages 18,5 x 27,5 cm digital print Full color on glossy coated paper 180gr -
Henrik is a magazine and platform dedicated to documentary and contemporary photography, offering a rare printed space for visual storytelling in a time when such opportunities are becoming increasingly scarce. It provides photographers with the chance to tell meaningful stories that blend topical relevance, a refined visual language and a distinctly personal approach. As a one-of-a-kind publication in Slovenia and the broader region, Henrik brings a breath of fresh air and offers a much-needed stage for creative voices.The first issue revolves around the theme of Trials. Ana Šuligoj shares a deeply personal account of losing her mother due to asbestos exposure, while Robert Marin and Sergej Harlamov delve into the metaphorical and literal underground - a refuge for those seeking meaning. Eva Bevec uses visual language to explore the quiet presence of the banal and the absurd as a subtle reflection of today’s struggles. Ivan Tomašević offers a moving meditation on the Croatian war veteran community through the lens of his father’s story, while Meta Krese presents Hazira’s powerful testimony from a survivor camp following the Srebrenica genocide.
Photographers: Ana Šuligoj, Robert Marin, Meta Krese, Eva Bevec, Ivan Tomašević
Editors: Nik Erik Neubauer, Jaka Teršek
Designer: Žiga AnderličLanguage: English, Slovenian Size: 43 x 30 cm, 64 pages Binding: twin-loop binding Publisher: Društvo Študio, 2025Print run: 500 -
NEW!Catalogue of the international curated exhibition Borderlines. The exhibition raises the question of borders – both physical and symbolic – in a specific local, as well as in a broader European context, where political conflicts, wars, migrations and other social transformations have once again brought the concept of borders to the forefront. The border appears as a physical dividing line, but also as a social, psychological and cultural construct that determines the relationships between “us” and “them”, normal and different, safe and threatening. The project presents artists from Slovenia, Italy and Austria, whose works, through contemporary photography, thematize different understandings of borderland in various ways. The exhibition combines documentary, conceptual and performative approaches and brings diverse insights into contemporary European photography. Its added value lies in the fact that it does not only thematize borders in a geographical sense, but also places them in broader contexts of social, psychological and identity relations. In this way, the Borderlines / Borderlands project creates a space for dialogue about our common future at a time when Europe is facing ever-new forms of division. Curator(s): Dejan Sluga, Nataša Kovšca Author(s): Dejan Sluga, Nataša Kovšca Publisher: GONG Gallery – Institute for the Promotion of Contemporary Art, Photon Gallery Translation: Arven Šakti Kralj Proofreading: Anja Mugerli (SLO), Ksenija Vidic (ENG) Design: Blaž Erzetič Printing: 250 Year of publication: 2025 Number of pages: 62 -
NEW!A representative bilingual catalogue of the exhibition Stane Jagodič: Restless Eye brings together key texts, a rich selection of works, and the distinctive design of Kabinet 01 studio. The catalogue accompanying the survey exhibition Restless Eye at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana offers a comprehensive insight into more than six decades of creation by one of the most intriguing Slovenian artists. The publication features essential texts by curators Barbara Sterle Vurnik and Dejan Sluga, and by art historian Dr. Lev Menaše, illuminating Jagodič’s rich interdisciplinary practice – from drawing, photomontage and X-ray art to performance and complex assemblages. In addition to documenting the exhibition layout, the catalogue includes an extensive selection of reproductions of key works from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, revealing artistic breakthroughs, influences of historical avant-gardes and the artist’s distinctly socially critical stance. A particular value of the catalogue lies in the meticulously crafted design by Studio Kabinet 01, led by Jan Jagodič, whose thoughtful visual rhythm and contemporary graphic language complement the conceptual character of the exhibition. This representative bilingual catalogue is intended for both experts and lovers of contemporary art – an essential companion to one of the most important presentations of Jagodič’s oeuvre to date. Published by: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana / City Art Gallery Ljubljana Editors: Barbara Sterle Vurnik, dr. Sarival Sosič Texts: Barbara Sterle Vurnik, dr. Lev Menaše, Dejan Sluga English translation and proofreading: Arven Šakti Kralj Slovenian proofreading: Mirjam Furlan Lapanja Design and layout: Hana Jesih, Kabinet 01 Printed by: Collegium Graphicum d. o. o., Ljubljana Print run: 230 December, 2025 -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM FOREIGN WORKERS? Anna Fabricius has been researching the changing cultural and personality-shaping role of work for years and is currently investigating the increasingly common transnational family relationships resulting from the global division of labour. She has been collaborating with workers from the Far East (Nepal, Myanmar Thailand, Philippines, India), like Insiyatul Urbayanti, who have been employed for shorter or longer periods in agriculture or in the manufacturing industry. The majority of them are young, poor men and women whose daily lives are charac-terised by restricted freedom of movement, strict daily schedules and low wages. There is a constant migration of labour between the poorer and richer regions of the world, and Hungary is also involved in this exchange both as host and exporter. The project titled "Home Is Where Work Is" addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time, where the discourse on human rights is accompanied by restrictive immigration regulations. In this respect, the title of the project carries several mean-ings. We can conceive of work as an instrument of power that forces people to leave their homes, determines their living spaces, their daily rhythms and their personal relationships. The title also addresses the insecurities of the transitory situation in which one cannot feel at home in their place of birth or in their place of work. Lastly, it refers to the dilemmas between moneymaking work and care work to maintain the family home, and thus to the tensions between the economy, society and the reproduction of culture. Тext: Judit Csatlós, Tibor Meszmann Translation: Dániel Sipos Graphic Design: Adrienn Császar Printing House: EPC ISBN: 978-615-02-1329-3 -
Ana Bilankov's first comprehensive monograph and at the same time an artist's book is structurally conceived as a kind of experimental film, a non-chronological 'storyboard' of her conceptual art works made in the media photography, video / experimental film, installation and text in the last twenty years. Structured into ten chapters, the book raises a series of questions on the subject of poetics/politics of dislocation, migration, nomadism, individual and collective memory and construction of identity within "in-between-ness". Many projects have emerged in diverse geographic contexts thanks to several international residencies in different European cities, Moscow and New York, or in both of the author's hometowns, Zagreb and Berlin. The book includes rich photographic and video material as well as the texts written by the author and also two theoretical essays: "Some Future Film" by the art theorist Leonida Kovač and "The Poetry and Revolution of Ana Bilankov" by the film theorist and philosopher Marijan Krivak, and has been designed by Hamper studio Zagreb. Author: Ana Bilankov Publisher: Hamper studio Zagreb Year: 2019 Hard cover, 223 pages Language: English, Croatian Dimensiones: 29 x 23 cm ISBN: 978-953-48548-0-8 -
Big Sur Real. In his latest book project, Branko Lenart has focused on the process of choice as a creative act. He has collected 119 photographs from 1970 to 2020 under the title "BIG SUR REAL". Branko Lenart (1948, Ptuj, Slovenia) was born in the former Yugoslavia, but his family emigrated to nearby Austria when he was six years old. He studied pedagogy in Graz and in 1968 became a member of the photography section of the Graz art association Forum Stadtpark, from which Camera Austria later emerged. Until 2007 he was active as a lecturer in photography at the Graz Higher State School of Art and Design (1979 - 2007) and at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz (1996 - 2003). Lenart is an internationally renowned photographer who has travelled extensively around the world since his youth, often staying at artist residencies such as the Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York, La Rochelle, Arles, Oxford, Rome, Paris and London. His oeuvre is divided between documentary and conceptual auteur photography. He has paid particular attention to the social periphery, to members of the former urban counterculture or rural society, and has coined the term "subjective topography" for this type of photography. Photographs by Branko Lenart Editor: Günther Friesinger Selection of reproductions: Janez Korošin, Primož Lampič Text: Marjeta Ciglenečki, Günther Holler-Schuster Readings: Bokmal Read by Evelyn Fürlinger Year of publication: 2023 Hardcover, 152 pages ISBN: 978-3-902796-89-9
