Igor Andjelic/© IRWIN, 2008

IRWIN, "Procession, Skopje" (detail) (2005). Ilfochrome, 66 1/2 x 88 1/4 in.

June 2009 Field Guide

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The Slovenian art collective IRWIN was founded 20 years ago during the confluence of the anarchic punk movement in Ljubljana, the Soviet bloc collapse, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Working in photography, film, and performance, IRWIN — Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, and Borut Vogelnik — created its own nation-state called NSK, named after another Slovenian art collective, Neue Slowenische Kunst (New Slovenian Art). With its own flag, embassies, and "citizens," NSK pushed the boundaries of the concept and structures of statehood. For the exhibition "A State in Time" this month, IRWIN presents film documentation and anthropological study from the past two years, featuring interviews of new NSK citizens from Nigeria, Sarajevo, Vienna, Berlin, and Taipei. For their first museum exhibition in Austria, IRWIN will display an unforgettable survey of their particularly irreverent mash-up of church, state, and the avant-garde.

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"IRWIN" originally appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Modern Painters. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Modern Painters' Summer 2009 Table of Contents.