Wednesday, September 16th 2026

Zupančičeva jama, 1000 Ljubljana [SI]

[EN] This is where it all began. In a spontaneous moment, a brief look revealed in the Župančičeva jama garage a potential for a different purpose. Long a sanctuary for a mass of paintings, building materials and oh so many spiders, the garage now enters a brief transitional phase. This pit stop in its journey has become the setting for a new archival project. In the span of one month, Anže Šmalc examined his possessions with a critical eye, meticulously choosing, labeling and arranging the remnants of each day. These objects are now on display in Registry, an interactive project seeking to embody the period of June 2026 through its remains.

Anže Šmalc is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on drawing as a set of practices and languages, incorporating painting, ceramics, wood, textiles and book-making. He received his BFA from Arizona State University and his MA from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. His solo exhibitions include Essayism at Estudio Torto (Lisbon, PT, 2025), Sun, tree, wheel at Celica gallery (Ljubljana, 2023), Conspiracy at Portal 2-7-7-7-8 (Ljubljana, 2022). His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad.

professional photos by Jernej Šimec

thermal photos by das Garage and friends

[SI] Tu se je vse začelo. Garažo v Župančičevi jami je v naključnem trenutku ujel bežen pogled in jo razkril v drugačni podobi. Zatočišče za množico slikarskih platen, gradbenih materialov in nešteto suhih južen vstopa v prehodno obdobje. V pit stop je pridirkal Anže Šmalc, postanek pa je postal prizorišče za nov arhivski projekt. V obdobju enega meseca je Šmalc analiziral, označeval in skrbno razvrščal drobce dni v njim pripadajoče predale. Ti predmeti so zdaj shranjeni v Registru, interaktivnemu projektu, ki ponuja v raziskovanje mesec junij (2026), skozi predmete, ki ga utelešajo. 

Anže Šmalc dela kot interdisciplinarni umetnik, pri čemer se osredotoča na risbo kot kopičenje praks in jezikov, vpletenih v slikarstvo, keramiko, lesarstvo, tekstil in izdelavo knjig. Diplomiral je iz risbe na Arizona State University ter magistriral iz slikarstva na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani. Samostojno se je predstavil na razstavah Essayism v Estudio Torto (Lizbona, PT, 2025), Sonce, drevo, kolo v Galeriji Celica (Ljubljana, 2023), Zarota v Portalu 2-7-7-7-8 (Ljubljana, 2022) ter Simetrično breme v Galeriji DobraVaga (Ljubljana, 2022). Njegova dela so bila razstavljena na skupinskih razstavah v Sloveniji in v tujini.