- Publisher: Slovenska matica
- 439 pages
- Author: Andrej Jemec
- Original title: Slike
This monograph brings a comprehensive overview of the rich opus produced by the academy-qualified painter Andrej Jemec. In addition to introductions by the late academician Dr. Tonko Maroević, the academician dr. Milček Komelj and the academician Niko Grafenauer, it includes over two hundred and twenty colour reproductions of works produced between 1951 and 2019. Because it was planned to also incorporate into the monograph Jemec’s paintings that would be difficult to access because they were held by different owners in Slovenia and abroad, it took a very long time to gather the materials and prepare the book. There is a special section comprising extensive biographical and bibliographical documentation, including a list of all the works presented; a selection of black-and-white photographs to go with it; and an overview of his solo and group exhibitions. Also, there is a list of the major awards and recognitions. In addition to Jemec’s paintings, the texts touch upon his drawings, water colours, works of graphic art, tapestries, ambient works and buildings; these works are included between the primary texts as vignettes marking breaks between them.
Andrej Jemec
Andrej Jemec was born on 29 November 1934 in Ljubljana. He studied painting at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts from 1953 to 1958 with Professors Marij Pregelj and Gabrijel Stupica, and graphic art with Riko Debenjak and Božidar Jakac. In 1958, Jemec earned a BA in painting under Prof. Gabrijel Stupica. He spent the academic year 1963/64 at J. Friedlaender’s studio in Paris and London, on a Prešeren Fund Grant. He started his professional career as Art teacher at the Šentvid pri Ljubljani Primary School (1958 to 1961), and worked as free agent (1961 to 1973). In 1973, he was appointed Assistant Professor of drawing and painting and started teaching at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1984. Jemec serves as Academy Dean for two terms (1977 to 1981). He was elected Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 6 June 1995. As Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts, Jemec proposed the addition of Department of Design, which began operating in 1984, and to which he served as first Head until 1988. Jemec expresses himself artistically through drawing, painting and graphic art, as well as through sculpting, tapestry and design. His larger design projects include advising and colour scheme solutions for the Ljubljana-based Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre, particularly the Gallus and Kosovel Halls. He has exhibited his work since his first jubilee Academy exhibition in Ljubljana (1956), first as a participant in group exhibitions, but since 1959, also in solo exhibitions. He occasionally writes texts on culture and education.
Jemec participated in numerous international group exhibitions and international biennials and received numerous awards. His pieces are kept and displayed in various galleries, museums and collections in Slovenia and internationally.
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