Karel Zelenko, Bodi, kar si, in pri tem vztrajaj. Pregledna razstava

Kot pripoveduje moto Karla Zelenka (1925) v naslovu, je Zelenko avtor, ki vseskozi vztraja pri avtentični likovni tematiki in svojstvenem umetniškem jeziku. Zbirka MGLC hrani več kot sto njegovih grafik. Usmerjene so k figuralnim prizorom in krajini; iz vseh govori njegov posebni občutek za človeka. Teme, ki čestokrat pripovedujejo o »žalostni smešnosti človeške usode«, pogosto obdela kritično ali celo z rahlo ironijo, in prav zaradi tega so njegova dela še danes zelo aktualna. Poleg grafičnih del iz zbirke, ki so osrednji del razstave, so na ogled tudi novejše avtorjeve slike, risbe, ilustracije in keramika.

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As the motto by Karel Zelenko (1925) in the title says (Be Who You Are and Keep to It), Zelenko is an artist that consistently perseveres on an authentic artistic subject and a unique visual language. The MGLC collection includes more than one hundred of the artist’s prints. They are directed towards figurative scenes and the landscape; all are imbued with a special feeling for man. The themes, which frequently talk of the “sad ridiculousness of human destiny”, are often treated critically or even with slight irony by the artist, which is what makes his works very topical to this very day. Besides the graphic works from the collection that represent the main part of the exhibition, the show also features the artist’s more recent paintings, drawings, illustrations and ceramics.