An exhibition of costume designer Alan Hranitelj's creations will be on view at the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) between 1 June and 10 September. The exhibition presents 150 theatre, opera and film costumes, festive outfits and fashion accessories.
"Kostumografija 1986-2006" comes at a time when clothes production is so automated that the human role is reduced to robotic programming, with everything simplified to such an extent that the whole world is dressed in uniform.
Yet Hranitelj still tailors by hand and sews together the most sumptuous garments into which he invests experience, a particular feeling for harmony, many metres of silk, much time and energy, wrote the curators at his last exhibition.
Theatre costumes represent the most extensive part of Hranitelj's oeuvre. They come alive only when worn by the actor or actress playing a particular role.
The exhibition is, however, a narrative about how costumes can become art objects when placed outside the context of the theatre or opera stage, says MGLC.
Art historian Jure Mikuz says that one of Hranitelj's sources of creativity is in imitating nature, especially the animal world, and then adds zoological features to his creations.
He also finds aesthetic inspiration in art history but his garments are neither baroque, nor postmodern or avant-garde, but classic and timeless - a mixture of all styles.
Alan Hranitelj, born in Zagreb in 1968, has been working in Ljubljana for 20 years, ever since he was a young makeup artist for Dragan Zivadinov's groundbreaking and legendary theatre production "The Baptism below Triglav".
He continues to delight audiences today, both in Slovenia and abroad, and has held exhibitions in Copenhagen and London.
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