{"id":27353,"date":"2026-03-04T09:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/?p=27353"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:57:28","slug":"luka-sirok-nothing-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/luka-sirok-nothing-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"LUKA \u0160IROK: NOTHING PERSONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LUKA \u0160IROK: NOTHING PERSONAL –\u00a0<\/strong>
Solo exhibition |\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

13. 3. 2026 \u2013 2. 5.2026, Meduza Gallery Koper |\u00a0<\/strong>
Opening: 13 March 2026, at 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>
Curator: Tina Jazbec.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Luka \u0160irok, Ups migrants, part 2, 2023, acryilic on canvas, photo: Gaflab.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Luka \u0160irok is among the more prominent visual artists of the intermediate generation in the Gori\u0161ka region. He completed his painting studies in 2007 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice (Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia), and has since exhibited regularly in solo and group exhibitions in Slovenia, Italy, and abroad. In the past he collaborated with the artistic associations Attivarte and SPA+A in Venice; he is currently a member of the Fondazione Malutta in Venice and of DLUSP Ajdov\u0161\u010dina. He works in a range of visual media\u2014such as collage, drawing, installation, and combinations of these\u2014but his practice is primarily oriented toward painting. At the Piran Coastal Galleries he is presenting for the first time the painting series <\/span>I\u2019m fine paintings<\/span><\/i> from 2023 and <\/span>You? Me!<\/span><\/i> from 2024. Both series are being shown for the first time, brought together under the shared title <\/span>Nothing personal<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine<\/span><\/i>\u201d is the most common answer to the question: \u201cHow are you?\u201d. In the painting series bearing this title, we follow small human tragedies\u2014fragments of everyday life\u2014unfolding in a sparsely defined space, traced only by beams of light and a few scenic details, such as restaurant tables, tree trunks, or car headlights. Human figures, reduced to basic outlines, seem\u2014despite the small format\u2014lost at the center of a vast, almost monochrome world. For us, the action is merely an intriguing episode, a miniature stage scene we watch with a voyeuristic gaze, whether it concerns personal distress, longing, or a global refugee crisis. The visually palpable silence in these paintings speaks of all those segments of daily life that we fold into the neutral reply: <\/span>I\u2019m fine<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about the painting series <\/span>You? Me!<\/span><\/i>, Luka \u0160irok says: \u201c<\/span>It <\/span><\/i>s<\/span>hifts the focus to the individual, to the search for light and understanding it. Light becomes a metaphor for discovery but also for greed: something people admire, use, and ultimately discard<\/span><\/i>.\u201d The constant human need to prove oneself\u2014to surpass oneself and others\u2014and, on the other hand, the irrelevance of these personal feats and efforts for society at large, forms the framework of this series. The dominant, at times hostile landscape in which our heroes struggle, in some cases draws everyone present into an almost abstract fusion of light and darkness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luka \u0160irok stands out as an exceptional storyteller: with minimal visual means\u2014and with vivid titles for individual paintings\u2014he unfolds before us a spectrum of stories and events marked by comedy or tragedy, sometimes by both at once. The anecdotes condense episodes, impressions, and memories of the author, real or fictional. For the viewer, a certain distance from what is depicted is necessary so that it does not become personal\u2014so that it does not touch us and, consequently, transform us. In this context, <\/span>Nothing personal <\/span><\/i>is an ironic label for a condition that is, for the protagonists of the painted stories, profoundly personal. Irony softens the boundaries between empathy and indifference and reminds us that what seems neutral can become personal. <\/span>Nothing personal <\/span><\/i>is therefore not only a statement, but a state of mind\u2014of the individual as well as of society.<\/span><\/p>\n


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