We kindly invite you to the opening of the exhibition Valentin Oman, In Memoriam: Via Crucis Ukraine/Middle East, which will take place on Thursday, 11 December, at 6 p.m. at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (KGLU) in Slovenj Gradec. The exhibition will be opened by Tilen Klugler, Mayor of the Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. The curator of the exhibition is Marko Košan.

The exhibition marks the 90th anniversary of the Slovenian academic painter and printmaker Valentin Oman, one of the most important Carinthian, Austrian, and Central European artists of our time. It will present his most recent works, which—alongside his characteristic Ecce Homo series—reflect the horrors of war (Ukraine, the Middle East). Valentin Oman is also a significant representative of the Slovene minority in Austrian Carinthia, for whose preservation he has advocated for decades.

By 14 December, his notable personal jubilee, a series of exhibitions dedicated to his work has taken place in Slovenia, Austria, and Bratislava, Slovakia. The so-called Oman Year was launched on 30 January with an exhibition at Čop’s House in Žirovnica, featuring works from the Gallery of Prešeren Award Laureates in Kranj. It will conclude with the opening of the exhibition on 11 December at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (KGLU). The monumental installation will also be dedicated to the engaged mission of KGLU in Slovenj Gradec, the city known as UN Peace Messenger City.
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