MARKO JAKŠE

Made in France

January 25 — January 30
Opening on Monday January 24 at 7pm

"When I get enthused by a painting, there is at once another dusty one to be found somewhere getting hysterically excited, and then when it digs me in the neck and thunders to the floor behind my back, I vibrate all over: suddenly full of hate towards any kind of hierarchy, the aiming and hitting of nails, I no longer know through which of these painted canvases would be sweeter to make love to him, He that clearly isn't, not at all, or He whom there won't be for quite some time."

Marko Jakše

Thirteen years ago Marko Jakše wrote these sentences about his work, which completely expose the position of the artist in the time when the walls of the Škuc Gallery last displayed the works of this boundless Slovenian painter.
Made in France, a series of paintings which Jakše is putting on show in Slovenia for the first time, were made last summer during the time that the artist resided in France. This time the story that the artist brings with him remains secret even to us, although it can certainly be said that the world of many faces will yet again leave an impression on every visitor prepared to meet up with his micro cosmos.

Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Cultural Department of the City of Ljubljana.