Exhibition Season 2026/27

HERMAN PIVK: From the Darkroom
Photographs

Herman Pivk is regarded as one of the leading figures of contemporary Slovenian photography, having expanded the photographic medium beyond its documentary function. Following an early period devoted to “pure photography,” he turned in the 1980s towards experimental interventions carried out during the photographic developing process itself. Through chemical and manual manipulation, he gradually distanced the photographic image from the direct representation of reality, bringing it closer to the subjectivity and uniqueness associated with painting. His work is characterised by a distinctive artistic vision, an interplay of light, atmosphere, and materiality, and an ongoing exploration of the boundaries between photography and the visual arts.

The retrospective exhibition From the Darkroom, organised in collaboration with GONG Gallery, presents a selection of works from different stages of the artist’s career, highlighting Herman Pivk’s significant contribution to the development of contemporary Slovenian photography.