Matej Andra Vogrini

In my art I try to feel the character of the space

and add something that will not dominate but

complement it. Once the project is over the

two elements separate, becoming just space

and objects again.

The only way to make the work last is through

photography. For me the resulting image is not

only documentation but another artwork. 1

Dressed HouseLjubljana, Slovenia, 1993

An abandoned house stood out in a row of

the freshly restored medieval riverbank.

It was important to dress it, and I used the

clothes donated by many citizens of Ljubljana.2 3

Casa VestitaVenezia, Italy,1999

Casa Vestita, or Casa dei Varoteri (thats the

name when it is not dressed) is the only free

standing house on a public space in Venice.

So if the Dressed House in Ljubljana is more like

a painting; Casa Vestita is more like a sculpture

in the square, dressed with clothes donated by

the citizens of Venice.4 5

Car Park, Members OnlyAdelaide, Australia, 2000

14,910 matchbox sized toy cars installed on a

22m long and 22m high brick wall.

Adelaide is a capital of garages and car parks.

I found a stenciled graffiti saying Small Car:

Members Only and decided to make a car park

for realy small cars. 6 7

Moon PlainMoon Plain, Australia, 2002

1,800 plaster casts of watering cans covering

a football field sized area in the driest place

on earth.

Depending on the point of view, the final

arangement looked like a flock of cockatoos or

like an aboriginal dot painting. It was placed on

holy land and I worked humbly for 3 months

with members of a local tribe.8 9

PortChristchurch, New Zealand, 2002

Transformation of one of the Arts Centres

grass quadrangles into a vivid pond filled with

origami boats. Schoolchildren helped me make

the plastic thin boats, painted in vibrant colours,

offsetting the historic beauty of the surround-

ing Gothic Revival architecture.10 11

Beach BallsPerth, Australia, 2003

In Catcher in the Rye I once read of thousands

of kids playing a game in the field of rye at the

edge of the cliff. To me it made sense to expect

that there were thousands of balls involved.

When I was confronted with this empty

construction site I decided to fill it with balls

of all colours. 12 13

When on a winters night a traveler (UMBReLLAS)

Melbourne, Australia, 2005

1,000 old fashioned 16 spine black umbrellas

floating between the ground floor and first floor

of a shopping mall.

Melbourne has impossible weather and people

cary umbrellas all the time. With their domes

the black umbrellas complemented the white

architecture of the refurbished post office.

A fog machine added clouds to the picture. .14 15

56 BoatsLiverpool, UK, 2006

56 upturned boats, moulded from a

114-year-old original, were installed in

St. Lukes Church, a neo gothic church also

known as The Bombed Out Church.

The shape of the boats relates to the arches

of the windows in the church. If you look

close enough you will also find a resemblance

between the rear of the boats and the tower

ornament.16 17

MATeJ ANDRA VOGRINIMatej Andra Vogrini was born on October

12th 1970 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

PUBLIC ART PROJeCTS

2012UNTITLeD (Bread), Suetschach, Austria

PARQUeT, Suetschach, Austria

IMPILABILe, european City of culture, Maribor, Slovenia

POOL (model Hockney), Maribor Art Gallery, european City of culture, Maribor, Slovenia

2011PeKARNA BIeNALe, Biennial of Graphic art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Beti erovcUNTITLeD ( eGGS ) 9 th Biennale of Sibiria

2010COVeR LID , Celje, Slovenia

STAIN, Crazy Curators Biennale III, Bratislava, Slovakia

GYMNASIUM, Days of poetry and wine festival, Ptuj, Slovenia

SLOVeNIAN PAVILION eXTeRIOR DeSIGN, World expo 2010, Shanghai, China

2009RUN FOR LOVe, installation and street theatre performance, Aurillac, Marseille, France; Ljubljana, Slovenia

KUC BAKe SHOP; a gallery site-specific intervention, kuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenija

2007eReCTOR SeT, Site Projects, Farmington Canal, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

SHOVeLS, 7th Biennial of Sibiria, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

SeLeCTeD GROUP eXHIBITIONS

2010LeS GRANDS eSPACeS, LeXPeRIeNCe DU GRAND FORMAT DANS LA PHOTOGRAPHIe CONTeMPORANIe, Palais des beaux artes, Lille, France

Sweet Nowhere, Municipal Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Alenka Gregori

2009Recessionism in Slovenia, Municipal Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008STReeT MUSeUM, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Sloveniacurated by Zdenka Badovinac, Bojana Pikur

2006DUeTS, kuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

PIXXeLPOINT, 7th Festival of digital art, Dresscode, Municipal Gallery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

2005TeRRITORIeS, IDeNTITIeS, NeTS - SLOVeNe ART 1995 2005, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Sloveniacurated by Igor Zabel, Igor panjol

THe FIRST LINe, 26th Biennial of Graphic art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2004 SLOVeNe ART 19851995, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2006 UNTITLeD (56 BOATS), St. Lukes church, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UKcurated by Lewis Biggs, Manray Hsu, Gerardo Mosquera

2005 WHeN ON A WINTeRS NIGHT A TRAVeLLeR, LOral Melbourne Fashion Festival and GPO Melbourne, Australia

2004 UNTITLeD (FOReST), City of Ljubljana and Microsoft, Ljubljana, Slovenia

BeACH BALLS, Awesome Festival, Perth, Australia

2002 MOON PLAIN, South Australian Tourism Commis-sion, Coober Pedy, Australia PORT, Scape: Arts + Industry Biennial, Christchurch, New Zealand

2000 CAR PARK: MeMBeRS ONLY, 2000 Telstra Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, Australia 1999DReSSeD HOUSe, Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy

1997 STReeT WeAR, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia commissioned by Peter Weibl

1993

DReSSeD HOUSe, Ljubljana, Slovenia

SeLeCTeD SOLO eXHIBITIONS

2013HISTORY FASHION WeeK, with Vuk osi, kuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008HISTORY HOMMe, B.A.R. Roubaix, France

2003MOON PLAIN, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Sloveniacurated by Igor panjol

2002 MOON PLAIN, SOFA Gallery, School of Fine Arts, Christchurch, New Zealandcurated by ewen McDonald

1999CLOTHeS SCULPTURe, John Gibson Gallery, New York, USA

1996DReSSING, Gallery Anonimus, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1992 ReADY-MADe FURNITURe, kuc Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia

2002TANCAT PeR OBReS (ARTISTS IN ARCHITeC-TURe), Coll DArquitectes D Catalunya, Demarcacio De Barcelona, Spain

1997 THIS ART IS ReCYCLeD, kuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

U3, Triennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Sloveniacurated by Peter Weibl

1996 A BODY OF AN ANGeL, Kopers Obalne Galerije, Slovenia

TRABAKULA, toured to Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik, Croatia

1995 URBANARIA, exhibition for an intervention in an urban space, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

STeReOTIP, Municipal Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ART INTeRVeNTIONS / PeRFORMANCeS / FILMS / THeATRe DeSIGN

1998 Le COCO FRUITWeAR CO, commissioned by Biennale of Young european and Mediterranean Artists, Turin, Italy

ACTIVITIeS of Le Coco Fruitwear Co. continue with new collections and new shows at:K4 Club, Ljubljana, SloveniaKibla Club, Maribor, SloveniaInstitute of Contemporary Art, London, UK

Set Design for Marina Grini and Aina mid video Madamme Butterfly, Mladinsko Theater, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1995 Le COCO FRUITWeAR, a manufactory for fruit clothes, Ljubljana Markets, Slovenia

1994 THe HOUSe, short film with Damjan Kozole, Ljubljana, Slovenia

HOUSe TAILOR, documentary film with Tibor Ogrizek, Ljubljana, Slovenia

PAINTeD GARMeNTS AND FASHION ACCeSSORIeS, Hej Salvador, a music-fashion performance, directed by Matja Pograjc, produced by Glej theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

PUBLIC COLLeCTIONS

Societe Generale Collection, Paris, France

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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