- NSK STATE

Was ist Kunst, IRWIN?

The Slovenian artist collective IRWIN is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition titled “Was ist Kunst, IRWIN?”. The exhibition delves into the black humour that is always present in IRWIN’s work, as well as how they use the questions of the State to comment on contemporary issues, such as migration. The exhibition will open on Friday, September 8th, 2023.

Art in Progress by Matjaž Stopar

The exhibited works of art are in progress. They are finished but not completed. They remain open to new ideas, concepts and contributions. They are already transient by themselves, says their author Mr Matjaž Stopar. As long as they are in his possession, he reserves the right to change, adapt, discard and destroy them per a new concept.

Autarcheum - a photographic reflection on a ruined thermo-electric power station

A photographic reflection on the massive ruin of an Italian-built thermo-electric power station and its ambivalent legacy

NSK Territory Prishtina

Slovenian art collective IRWIN and Epifani Institute from Prishtina, Kosovo are announcing the ‘NSK Territory Prishtina’, their joint project at the location of On Top Residency. By raising the NSK flag, a small plot of land will be declared an “independent territory".

KonstruktK3 collective Art project

KonstruktK3 started as a collective virtual art project produced by 3 NSK citizens 24 weeks ago and going further in time on Instagram profile. Every week artists decide about a theme/concept for that week and make personal interventions - interpretations on a theme, involving the black cross object, first used in 2016 for the Malewitsch der Woche (Berthold Schymura) project. Art exhibition "24 CROSSing weeks / 24 tednov KRIŽenja" represents digital photo prints as materialization of the collective's interventions in the first 24 weeks of the project.

Folk Art between Home and the World

The Slovenian Ethnographic Museum (SEM) opens the exhibition entitled Folk Art between Home and the World: The SEM Collection and the NSK Folk Art Collection of the IRWIN Group on Thursday, 21 October 2021 at 7 pm.

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Exhibition: Entering the Control Zone

Solo exhibition of the NSK State artist Conor McGrady at the Museum of Fine Arts in Split

New Collectivism open air exhibition - Pro et Contra

A selection of political posters by New Collectivism, the design department of Neue Slowenische Kunst, is going on display at a street gallery in the centre of Ljubljana.

New Collectivism exhibition - Pro et contra

Within the event December Art Scene-DEUS, which the city of Podgorica has been organizing since 1993 as a recapitulation of annual cultural events, we have the honor to announce the opening of DEUS 2020 with the exhibition of posters New Collectivism, Pro et contra.

NSK State Reserve Exhibition in Berlin

This exhibition includes currency, bonds, and other works related to the NSK State Reserve, including collaborations with NSK State citizen Valnoir Montesange.

Focus: NSK State in Time at viennacontemporary 2019

In keeping with the interest of viennacontemporary in ongoing research within the CEE region, this year’s Focus section will not revolve around the invited guest country, but will rather concentrate on the question: What is the experience of a state that is not based on territory, but on time?

Opening of the Third NSK State Folk Art Biennale

After successful events in Leipzig, Germany and Ireland, the tradition of the NSK State Folk Art Biennale continued with the exhibition "Retropolis Trbovlje" where citizens of the NSK State brought their own contributions to this artistic movement.

NSK State Art: New York, The Impossible Return

“NSK State Art: New York, The Impossible Return” is the first United States presentation of the long-term NSK State Art Project, which was originally initiated by the group IRWIN. The project also presents the Retrogarde Reading Room for the first time in New York.

The 2nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale in Ireland

Burren College of Art in Ireland is pleased to announce The 2nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale: Folk Art Rising 1916 – 2016 as this year’s Burren Annual exhibition. The 2nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale will bring together over 30 international artists and collectives including special guests and NSK founding members, IRWIN.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "NSK FORM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL"

International conference NSK from Kapital to Capital

You are kindly invited to attend the international conference NSK from Kapital to Capital: Neue Slowenische Kunst – an Event of the Final Decade of Yugoslavia from 19 to 21 June at the auditorium of the Moderna galerija. The conference opens with the keynote lecture by Boris Groys on Friday, 19 June, at 6 p.m.

Opening of the NSK exhibition From Kapital to Capital

The opening of the exhibition NSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL took place on Monday, 11 May 2015 at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana.

NSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL – An event of the final decade of Yugoslavia

The retrospective exhibition NSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL is opening on Monday, 11 May 2015 at 8pm at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana. The inaugural speech will be given by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

IRWIN - Dreams and Conflicts

The exhibition Dreams and Conflicts dedicate to the Slovenian group IRWIN, curated by Julia Draganović and Claudia Löffelholz of LaRete Art Projects, promoted and organised by the Galleria civica di Modena and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena features a selection of works resulting from the close collaboration projects staged over the years by the collective with some of the most prominent artists from the international contemporary scene, such as Marina Abramović, Joseph Beuys and many others.

Three exhibitions in Leipzig

The exhibition “NSK: Past – Present – Future” marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of NSK by depicting the development of the Slovenian artist collective “Neue Slowenische Kunst” from its birth within the context of Yugoslavian alternative culture in the 80s through the founding of the NSK State in Time in 1991, and offers a glimpse into the future.

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Irwin exhibition BACK TO THE USA

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Irwin, the exhibition Back to the USA, which originally opened on 2 April 1984 and closed on 7 April 1984, will be repeated. The original exhibition was a reconstruction of a group exhibition of contemporary American art which toured several Western European capitals in 1983 and 1984.