EXHIBITION: ARTIFICIAL: TIN DOŽIC, SIMON GORITSCHNIG, LARA REICHMANN, ANDREA ZABRIC

OPENING: 25/07/2026, 19.00

The group exhibition entitled Artificial focuses on the meaning of so-called artificial structures, materials, and universes that appear in various realms of everyday life in the modern world. It critically addresses the ambiguous and complex question of the division between “natural” and “artificial,” which often proves to be a misleading concept, since all of artificial materials are still a results of the exploitation of natural resources. The exhibition brings together the works and practices of a wide variety of artists: Tin Dožić (HR), Simon Goritschnig (AT), Lara Reichmann (SI), and Andrea Zabric (AT/SI), who in a very different ways explore the phenomena of artificially made objects and images, anthropogenic structures, synthetic materials, and virtual worlds. The exhibition is part of a programme cycle that actively addresses the relationship between humans and their environment.

The featured artists address these universal and all-encompassing questions rather indirectly, from their own personal and localised perspectives. Their views on the apparent dichotomy between the natural and the artificial, between nature and culture, between the self-grown and man made, between the organic and the inorganic, and between the virtual and the earthly worlds are distinctly eclectic, as they approach concepts and definitions of artificiality from distinctly particular and personal perspectives. However, their artistic narratives are merely a fragment within a broader spectrum of reflections on these universal and all-encompassing questions.