[spectre] EAF info: IRWIN

[EAF Director]

IRWIN : LIKE TO LIKE
EXPERIMENTAL ART FOUNDATION
Opening 6pm Thursday 11 November to 11 December 2004
11-5 Tuesday-Friday, 2-5 Saturdays

Founded in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the early 1980's, the five members 
of the IRWIN group are Dusan Mandi, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman 
Uranjek, and Borut Vogelnik.
IRWIN have been working together exclusively for over 20 years and 
are recognised internationally for their activities, works, 
performances, and installations, which occupy a significant 
standpoint within contemporary European culture.
Developed initially from a loose association of other radical groups, 
centered in and around Ljublijana, generally known as Neue Slovenian 
Kunst, NSK, (New Slovenian Art) their collective identity employs a 
rich variety of visual forms specifically geared to identify the 
possibilities of social change. Under the adoption of an attitude 
known as the 'retro-principle', IRWIN have continuously aimed to 
establish a direct relationship with the historical legacies of noted 
avant-garde's within Eastern Europe in order to re-present these as 
important cultural tools.
This relationship is represented through visual elements quoted from 
Western and Eastern European art of the 19th and 20th centuries. 
IRWIN employ motifs from Socialist Realism and the art of the "Third 
Reich", from the various politically-engaged European avant-garde 
movements including German Dadaism (in particular the artist John 
Heartfield), Italian Futurism and Soviet-Russian Constructivism, as 
well as from religious art and Slovenian art of the 19th century.
 From the context of the present, the re-projection of these visual 
forms into the future by IRWIN provides the starting point for 
dialogue in which culture is continuously open to re-cycling, 
appropriation, or re-definition. The works are a poetic reminder of 
past moments of Eastern European cultural significance through the 
lens of now.
IRWIN are a unique phenomenon within the contemporary art scene. In a 
world where much of art's mythology depends upon the individual 
identity and ego of the artist, each member of IRWIN has assumed 
equal responsibility to the group. This lends their own collective 
message a level of added conviction which has direct implications 
towards Western traditions within visual culture.
IRWIN have exhibited extensively both in Europe and internationally, 
and have been included in major events such as the Venice Biennial 
and the Biennale of Sydney.

Further information about IRWIN can be found at 
http://www.nskstate.com/athens/irwin/index.asp

MIRAN MOHAR and BORUT VOGELNIK will be in Adelaide for the opening of 
LIKE TO LIKE.
Enquiries to Melentie Pandilovski, EAF Director 0882117505

Presented by EXPERIMENTAL ART FOUNDATION, Adelaide and ARTSPACE, Sydney.
IRWIN in Australia has been assisted by the Ministry of 
Culture-Republic of Slovenia, Finsbury Printing-Adelaide, Deli Brand 
Art-Sydney, Independent Arts Foundation (SA) Inc.
Special thanks to Ernie and Mark Orel, Adelaide.
LIKE TO LIKE was first produced by Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK

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Council, its arts funding and advisory body, by the South Australian 
Government through Arts SA, and through the Visual Arts and Craft 
Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory 
Governments. The EAF is proudly smoke-free.

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Program Manager: Michael Grimm Bookshop Manager: Ken Bolton

The Experimental Art Foundation is assisted by the Commonwealth 
Government through the Australia Council, it arts funding and 
advisory body, by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, 
and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the 
Australian, State and Territory Governments. The EAF is proudly 
smoke-free.