Boštjan Kavčič: O/DE

The sculptor Boštjan Kavčič is slowly turning into a middle generation Slovene artist, which means that a quick glance at his diverse and rich creativity will reveal the common thread of his artistic poetics. In his case this is primarily dedicated to caring for the world, i.e. true ecology that surpasses the current trends and builds on the process of self in relation to the world. His relation to stone, which has recently been the only medium he works in, is, if we are to believe Jung, archetypical. His impulse to working stone is not conditioned by a classical sculpting approach or even by an eventual confrontation parallel to contemporary sculpting approaches, but is an expression of his personal attitude to the world and life within it. While working stone Kavčič shows great respect and responsibility for this holy material. With his deep concentration and highly visible sensuality he establishes a dialogue with the stone, thus when we look at his works, we feel the hidden life energy of the stone. As the author once mentioned, he is not interested in the style, but in the prehistoric period, in which stones had a ritual importance, for he prefers to follow the organism within rather than the shape or form. He keeps taking away the material until the body starts to breathe. The specifics of the exhibition space in the Lapidary of the Božidar Jakac Gallery, where several stone elements are already incorporated into the architecture, forced the artist to be especially collected while performing this task and the results were truly outstanding. The artist deliberately connected the four entrances into a well thought out story, full of interactions and numerous associative attachments, which constantly cross the artist's thin line of the intuitive and rational field. The viewer can thus experience the wholesome experience of the artistic setting, which incorporates the borders of the spaces. Boštjan Kavčič stated: »The entire history is caught in stone, and this is why I am attracted to it. Every piece has its own story«. We have handed you a few stories in this text, but you can find many more once you visit the exhibition.

Goran Milovanović

BIOGRAPHY:

Boštjan Kavčič was born in 1973 in Šempeter pri Gorici. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (1997-2003), where he graduated under prof. Luj Vodopivec and received the student Prešeren's award for sculpting. Between 2003 and 2005 he was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture for the postgraduate studies of video at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana where he defended his MA in 2007 under prof. Srečo Dragan. He has presented his work at group and solo exhibitions, participated in numerous international symposia and erected a number of public sculptures. He has been a self-employed artist since 2007.