Virtual tour – Sonja Tavčar Skaberne – Sculptures 1980-2010

Virtual tour - virtual exhibition - Sonja Tavčar Skaberne - Sculptures 1980-2010 in tha gallery DLUL in Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Avtorica postavitve razstave je Saba Skaberne.

SONJA TAVČAR SKABERNE

A look in the rear-view mirror of the academic sculptress Sonja Tavčar Skaberne testifies to an extensive and visually compelling oeuvre. She was deeply touched by the outside world. Her life has been formed and informed by her sculpture, through which she compensated for shattered illusions and aspirations. The artist is faithful to her own iconography. A female nude, a figure, which is at the core of her attention, constantly persists in her body of works. Importantly, she is impressed by flowers, a subject that also bears her distinctive mark. Floral compositions are portrayed as relief and freestanding works, in the natural colour of clay and sometimes polychromy.In doing so, she managed to reach beyond the orignal still-life motif.

At the beginning of her artistic career, the voice of her figures was rather shy, hardly audible, and yet intense; Two decades she held onto the poetics she had developed, giving it a very personal touch. After 1980, a new period has started, based on the grounds of the previous one, however refined by a strong artistic character, her own identity, expression, highly accentuated psychological notes, boldness, stylisation, and a clear tendency for the surreal.

She created in series’(works composed around the same theme that captured her attention for extended periods), transitioning one to another and exhibiting certain similarities.

Starting in the 1980s, the first series was called Ljubezen (Love). Although spiritus movens of all creation inspired her creativity, it did not bring her personal happiness. the Eros in psiha (Eros and Psyche) series, initiated in 1983 followed .It represent the decade of her serach for new creative and artistic possibiliteis confronted with her two-faced artefacts, and with meaningful vertical compositions reflecting her overcoming life circumstances.

Under the influence of Eastern philosophy, in the Nirvana series, peace of mind is epitomised in circular forms integrating the ancient symbol of a serpent . Despite potentl forms, she occasionally reached for the colours. The Ikona (Icon) series spans the decade between 1992 and 2002. Its distinctive features are the eyes, an access to her soul. Previously circular , now flattened form takes the shape of an egg, and with it a new symbolic connotation. Female bodies progressively close within, mothering a new creative period. Thus, beteween 1996 and 2009 the cycle Čas (Time) is taking over. It summarises the iconic face and body efforts to resist time swirling around, blocking, possibly confining. However, the face remains beautiful and the focal point of the sculpture.

Claiming that Sonja Tavčar Skaberne is a classical sculptress is superficial. After her« first« creative periode she became unconventional and original, bold and peculiar , always artistically sovereign. Text by Anamarija Stibilj Šajn (English translation: Melita Slič)

Anamarija Stibilj Šajn

Razstavo gosti Društvo likovnih umetnikov Ljubljana pod pokroviteljstvom Mestne občine Ljubljana

SONJA TAVČAR SKABERNE – Razstavljena dela

1. CIKLAME, 1987, cikel CVETJE, unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

2. CVETJE PO FANTAZIJI, 1979, cikel CVETJE, unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

3. ZLATO JABOLKO, 1987, cikel CVETJE,unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

4. ANEMONE, 1976, cikel CVETJE, unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

5. MORSKE ALGE – UŠESCA, 1977, cikel CVETJE, unikat, pat. žgana glina

6. MORSKI CVET II, 1979, cikel CVETJE, unikat, pat. žgana glina

7. MORSKA ROŽA, 1977, cikel CVETJE, unikat, pat. žgana glina

8. MORSKA VETRNICA, 1977, cikel CVETJE, unikat, pat. žgana glina

9. NIRVANA I, 1989, cikel NIRVANA, unikat, glazirana žgana glina

10. DREVO ŽIVLJENJA,1982, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

11. SREČNI LJUDJE, 1985, cikel LJUBEZEN ,unikat, glazirana žgana glina

12. DEKLICA IN ZLATOUST, 1984, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, polikromirana žgana glina

13. DVOJČKA,1982, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, pat. žgana glina

14. GOSKA BREZ PERJA, 1999, cikel ČAS, unikat, pat. žgana glina

15. VOTLA,1987, cikel EROS IN PSIHA, unikat, polikoromirana in pat. žgana glina, glazura

16. IKONA PRAZNIH ROK – ČUJEČA, 1998, cikel IKONA, unikat, pat. žgana glina

17. VEČNI PREPIR, 191990, cikel EROS IN PSIHA, unikat, pat. žgana glina

18. ČAS TIŠINE, 2002, cikel ČAS, unikat, bela pat. žgana glina

19. KAM? – ZAMOLČANA, 2009, cikel ČAS, unikat, bela in rdeča pat. žgana glina, barvana

20. NOKTURNO DVEH DUŠ,2005,cikel ČAS, unikat, barvana žgana glina, les

21. ČAS TIHOŽITJA, 2004, cikel ČAS, unikat, glazirana in barvana žgana glina

22. VERONIKIN PRT – AVTOPORTRET, 1983, unikat, voskana žgana glina

23. POSEBNI ČAS Z IKONO, 1997, cikel Čas, unikat, pat. žgana glina, kamen

24. DOVRŠENO I, 1995, cikel NIRVANA, unikat, pat. žgana glina, kamen

25. OŽETA, 1982, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, pat. žgana glina

26. SOLZA(KAPLJA), 1985, cikel LJUBEZEN, bron

27. SVEDER-VELIKI , 1982, cikel LJUBEZEN, bron

28. KROG – VELIKI, 1985, cikel LJUBEZEN, bron

29. IKONA Z OTROKOM, 1999, cikel IKONA, unikat, pat. žgana glina

30. POKORA,1999, cikel IKONA, unikat, bela pat. žgana glina

31. IKONA IV, 1998, cikel IKONA, unikat, bela pat. žgana glina

32. OBJEM, 1983, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, pat. žgana glina

33. BREZDOMKA, 1982, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, pat. žgana glina

34. KIKLOP, 1981-82, cikel LJUBEZEN, unikat, pat. žgana glina

SONJA TAVČAR SKABERNE – biografija

Sonja Tavčar Skaberne je bila rojena 1931 v Ljubljani. Po končani gimnaziji je študirala na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani, smer kiparstvo (profesorji Frančišek Smerdu, Zdenko Kalin , Karel Putrih), kjer je diplomirala leta 1958. Nato se je eno leto izpopolnjevala na likovni akademiji v Düsseldorfu in eno leto (1960) delala v takratni Zahodni Nemčiji kot kiparski restavrator po gradovih.

Med leti 1960 in 1983 je bila zaposlena kot likovni pedagog in vseskozi aktivno ustvarjala tudi kot kiparka.

Od leta 1983 pa do upokojitve je imela status svobodne umetnice; članica ZDSLU je od leta 1958.

Imela je 21 samostojnih razstav ter sodelovala v številnih skupinskih razstavah .

Za svoje delo je prejela več nagrad in priznaj. Sedaj živi v Ljubljani in je najstarejša živeča slovenska kiparka.

Umetničino ustvarjanje je razdeljeno na cikluse: Mala in srednja klasična plastika, Cvetje, Miniature, Reliefi, Lljubezen, Eros in Psiha, Nirvana, Embrio, Ikona in Čas.

Naslov:

Sonja Tavčar Skaberne

Zofke Kvedove 26

1000 Ljubljana

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