{"id":5486,"date":"2025-07-10T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:43:47","slug":"aleksandra-saska-gruden-and-zeljko-beljan-we-are-with-you-at-the-veselov-vrt-gallery-in-ljubljana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-saska-gruden-and-zeljko-beljan-we-are-with-you-at-the-veselov-vrt-gallery-in-ljubljana\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden and \u017deljko Beljan \u2013 WE ARE WITH YOU! at the Veselov vrt Gallery in Ljubljana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden and \u017deljko Beljan<\/strong>
WE ARE WITH YOU!<\/strong>
9.7.\u20132.8.2025.<\/strong>
Veselov vrt Gallery, Komenskega 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, July 9 at 7 PM, the exhibition We Are With You!<\/em> by Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden (SLO)<\/strong> and \u017deljko Beljan (HR)<\/strong> opened at the Veselov vrt Gallery<\/strong> (Komenskega 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia).<\/p>\n

The project continues a previously initiated international reciprocal collaboration in partnership with the Ljubljana Fine Artists Society (DLUL)<\/strong>, which began in 2024 with exhibitions of Slovenian and Croatian artists at the PM Gallery in the Me\u0161trovi\u0107 Pavilion in Zagreb and the DLUL Gallery in Ljubljana. The new phase of collaboration includes the newly opened exhibition, with a reciprocal exhibition planned in Zagreb in 2026. The exhibition curator in Ljubljana is Sarival Sosi\u010d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNew sculptural achievements are placed in relation to the exhibition spaces, but are primarily material-temporal modulations that imply the variability of matter, and thus of form, as a striving toward continuous movement \u2013 or, in the case of the presented visual project by multimedia artist Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden and Croatian multimedia artist \u017deljko Beljan, a striving toward image effects with a strong emphasis on dialogue.<\/p>\n

The exhibition at Veselov vrt Gallery is titled We Are With You!<\/em> and represents an extremely adaptable artistic constellation, as it can be freely extended or shortened, expanded or displayed, and can even be integrated into many different concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n

(From the preface, written by Sarival Sosi\u010d)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Artist Biographies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u017deljko Beljan<\/strong> (1984, Vukovar) graduated from the Department of Animated Film and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2021. In his artistic practice, he focuses on the phenomenon of handcraft and its position in contemporary artistic practices, exploring textiles and handcraft techniques as an artistic medium. In doing so, he investigates the relationship between handcraft and amateur, hobby-based involvement in sports, with an emphasis on audience participation and involvement in the realization of the works. He was a finalist for the Radoslav Putar Award in 2023<\/strong> and is an alumnus of the WHW Academy, class of 2022<\/strong>. Since 2011, he has participated in a significant number of group exhibitions in Croatia and the region, and has held several solo exhibitions, including: Project Arkade<\/em> (MSU, Zagreb, 2023); Unresolved<\/em> (\u0160ira Gallery, Zagreb, 2022); Guest<\/em> (Prostor, Split, 2022; Tratinska 64 \u2013 CIMO, Zagreb, 2021); Three Corners Penalty<\/em> (Football field of Marijan Elementary School \u2013 Culture Hub Croatia, Split, 2022; \u017ditnjak Studios, Zagreb, 2022); Truth is a Forgotten Memory<\/em> (in collaboration with Rebecca Merli\u0107, Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb, 2022); Benjamin Beljan: \u017deljko<\/em> (Garage Kamba, Zagreb, 2022); Benjamin<\/em> (CEKAO Gallery, Zagreb, 2022); Myth, Embroidery and Vuteks<\/em> (NMG@Praktika, Split, 2020; Karas Gallery, Zagreb, 2020); Cartoon Core<\/em> (Siva Gallery, Zagreb, 2018; Inquiry Inc., Osijek, 2016).<\/p>\n

Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden<\/strong> graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. Since 2006, she has held the status of an independent cultural worker. As a multidisciplinary artist, she works in the fields of sculpture, spatial installations and interventions, video, performance, photography, scenography, and drawing. Her work addresses themes such as the human body and its limitations, the relationship between the private and the public, the intimate world of the individual, the image of women in contemporary society, and cultural heritage. She regularly exhibits in Slovenia and abroad (Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Serbia), through solo and group exhibitions. She is the author of numerous public installations in Slovenia (Grosuplje, Kranj, Celje) and abroad (Austria, Croatia). She is the recipient of the second prize in the Emzin Slovenian Photography of the Year<\/strong> competition, the third prize for video at the Man\u2013Monument<\/em> exhibition (Velenje), and the Designers Society of Slovenia Award (2016)<\/strong> for the project Zidnice<\/em> (EPK Maribor). She often collaborates with other female artists (Nata\u0161a Sku\u0161ek, Saba Skaberne). She has led numerous sculpture symposiums and exhibition programs (Video Dinner<\/em> and Showcases<\/em>), the MFRU festival<\/strong>, and discussion series (Tea Party for Art<\/em>, O:MIZA<\/em>). She also works as an art critic and is the President of the Artistic Council of DLU Ljubljana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition is open from July 9 to August 2, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallery opening hours:<\/strong>
Tue \u2013 Fri: 10 AM \u2013 6 PM
Sat: 10 AM \u2013 1 PM
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays<\/p>\n

Supported by:<\/p>\n

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Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden and \u017deljko Beljan
WE ARE WITH YOU!
9.7.\u20132.8.2025.
Veselov vrt Gallery, Komenskega 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, July 9 at 7 PM, the exhibition We Are With You!<\/em> by Aleksandra Sa\u0161ka Gruden (SLO) and \u017deljko Beljan […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[1115,1114,14,1116,1113,1117,907],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5491,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions\/5491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}