Exhibition Season 2026/27

MARUŠA ŠTIBELJ: Embracing Grief
Collages on Canvas and Paper

Maruša Štibelj’s artistic practice is centred on collage, through which she constructs new layers of meaning from fragments of old magazines and newspapers. Drawing upon remnants of past narratives, she creates complex visual structures that examine relationships between people, between genders, and between the individual and society, while simultaneously exposing the mechanisms of manipulation, influence, and power. In her work, collage is understood as an autonomous and expandable medium that extends beyond the mere assembly of images to become a space for investigating materiality and meaning. She pays particular attention to preserving the original colour palette of the printed materials she uses, emphasising both the traces of time and the visual authenticity of the medium. Through the processes of rearranging and transforming images, she develops visual structures that encourage viewers to reflect on relationships, interpretation, and the continual transformation of meaning. This approach positions collage within the field of critical visual analysis of contemporary social structures. Her visual systems function as open compositions in which meaning is constantly reshaped through the viewer’s