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Igor Zabel

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Igor Zabel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-08-14 (Ljubljana)
Died
2005-07-23 (Ljubljana) age 46
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene, English
Residence History
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
art historian, curator, essayist, literary critic
Active Years
1984-2005
Affiliations
Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana

Education

University of Ljubljana
Philosophy, History of Art, Comparative Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: ~1982
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
Philosophy, History of Art, Comparative Literature
Degree: 修士
Period: 1982-1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Rožanc Award
2007
Work: Eseji o moderni in sodobni umetnosti
Organization: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Eseji I

2006 Essays

Collection of essays on contemporary art

contemporary artEastern European art

Eseji II

2008 Essays

Collection of essays on contemporary art

contemporary artEastern European art

Strategije, taktike

1985 Short stories

Short story collection

Lise na steni

1993 Short stories

Short story collection

Bibliography

  • Strategije, taktike (1985), Vmesni prostor: eseji o slikarstvu Emerika Bernarda (1991), Lise na steni (1993), Speculationes (1997), Eseji I (2006), Eseji II (2008)

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Thomas Pynchon, Edward W. Said, Oscar Wilde, etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
criticaltheoretical
Recurring Motifs
post-communist artdialogue between East and West Europe

Health

  • complications following knee surgery
    2005
    Led to his death

Legacy

Prominent critic of modern and contemporary art in Eastern Europe; Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory founded posthumously

Archives

  • Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory

In Popular Culture

  • Igor Zabel Award named after him