- IRWIN
IRWIN is a collective of
Slovenia n artists, primarily painters, part ofNeue Slowenische Kunst (NSK). They describe their own work as "retro-principle" or "retro-avant-garde". [ [http://subsol.c3.hu/subsol_2/contributors/nsktext.html NSK 2000? Irwin & Eda Cufer interviewed by Joanne Richardson] , "Subsol", 2000. Accessed 7 March 2007] The group is emphatic about their work being collective rather than individual. The IRWIN artists never sign their work individually: instead, they are "signed" with a stamp or certificate indicating approval as a work from the IRWIN collective. In 2004, they have received theJakopič Award , the highest annual award in Slovene fine arts.Fact|date=September 2008Although primarily painters, they have engaged in many collaborative works with other NSK art collectives, ranging from theater to music video. In 1992, in cooperation with
Michael Benson , they created the performanceBlack Square on Red Square , in which a square of black cloth, 22 meters to a side, was unfurled onMoscow 'sRed Square , in homage toKazimir Malevich andsuprematism .Books
*cite book |last=IRWIN | title=East Art Map | year=2006 | publisher=The MIT Press | id=ISBN 1-84638-005-7
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*cite book |first=Inke|last=Arns | title=Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) - eine Analyse ihrer kuenstlerischen Strategien im Kontext der 1980er Jahre in Jugoslawien | year=2002 | publisher=Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg | id=ISBN 961-90851-1-6 (Irwin)
*cite book |first=Inke|last=Arns (ed.) | title=Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003 | year=2003 | publisher=Frankfurt/Main: Revolver - Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst | id=ISBN 3-936919-56-9 (engl.)
*cite book |last=Monroe|first=Alexei|title=Interrogation Machine: Laibach and NSK|year=2005|publisher=The MIT Press |id=ISBN 978-0-262-63315-4External links
* [http://www.nskstate.com/irwin/index.php IRWIN] on the NSK State site.
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