Zoran Music in public and private collections in Slovenia

The Moderna galerija/Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana reopened on Tuesday, 24 November 2009, with the exhibition Zoran Mušič in Public and Private Collections in Slovenia. Later this year, renovations will begin on the museum's new premises, in the former Yugoslavian army barracks on Metelkova Street. Moderna galerija is going to divide its activities between the two buildings: the Museum of Modern Art, which remains in the main building, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, which will be housed in the new building. While the idea of the Museum of Modern Art is based largely on the national tradition of modern art, the Museum of Contemporary Art is intended to have more of an international orientation; its core collection is the Arteast 2000+ Collection, which strongly emphasizes Eastern European neo-avant-garde tendencies and at the same time creates a dialogue with other cultural spaces.

ZORAN MUŠIČ in Public and Private Collections in Slovenia 24 November 2009–28 February 2010

Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), one of the most eminent Slovenian modernist artists, lived the second half of his life between Venice and Paris. He literally shocked the expert art community in the early 1970s, and became internationally acclaimed, with his series of paintings and prints We are not the Last, based on his memories of imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp.

This exhibition includes over 140 Mušič's works, presenting a retrospective cross-section of his oeuvre, exclusively with works from public and private collections in Slovenia. The exhibition curator is Breda Ilich Klančnik. There is also an extensive exhibition catalogue (in Slovenian and English variants) and related visitor programs.

Zoran Music in public and private collections in Slovenia