Matej Andraz Vogrincic
Lives and works in Slovenia.
One black umbrella might look unremarkable. But what about a thousand? Or two thousand plastic watering cans, ten thousand coloured balloons or fifteen thousand toy cars? Matej Andraz Vogrincic's installations can turn the most ordinary objects into visual poetry, and the most ordinary or neglected places into magical, thought-provoking spaces. He likes to get as many people involved in his projects as possible, inviting residents of Adelaide, for example, to bring along their toy cars to turn an ugly, dilapidated car park into a unique and colourful showcase. As with all his work, in Liverpool Vogrincic starts with a specific location - in this case, St Luke's church - and allows the history, resonances and emotions linked to the site to inspire his creation of a witty but moving artwork.
Projects in Public Spaces
2005 When on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, GPO Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Untitled (Forest), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 Beach Balls, Perth, Australia
2002 Moon Plain, Coober Pedy, Australia
Port, Christchurch, New Zealand
Car Park: Members Only, Adelaide, Australia
1999 Dressed House, Venice, Italy
1997 Street Wear, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1993 House, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2003 Moon Plain, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 Moon Plain, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999 Clothes Sculpture, John Gibson Gallery, New York, USA
1996 Dressing, Anonimus Galllery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1992 Ready Made, SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 Slovene Art 1995–2005: Territories, Identities, Nets, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The First Line, 26th Biennale of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 Slovene Art 1985–1995, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 Art+Industry Biennial, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tancat per Obres (Artists in Architecture) Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
1997 U3, Triennial of Slovene Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
This Art is Recycled, SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996 Urbanaria, SCCA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Further Reading
Robert Mahoney, ‘Clothes Sculpture’, Time Out (New York), 214 (October 1999)
Kate Rhodes, ‘Matej Andraž Vogrincic, GPO Melbourne’, Monument Magazine, 67
Sarah Thomas, ‘A White Field on the Moon Plain’, Art Monthly (Australia), 154 (October 2002)
Angus Trumble, ‘Matej Andraž Vogrincic’, Art & Australia, 41.1 (Spring 2003)
Marcia E. Vetrocq, ‘The Venice Biennale Reformed, Renewed, Redeemed’, Art in America (September 1999)
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