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From ancient myths of sacrifice and violence to the suffering body of Christ, from Picasso\u2019s *Guernica* to Rembrandt\u2019s *The Anatomy Lesson*, Caravaggio\u2019s *Medusa* and Rubens\u2019 blood-soaked mythologies \u2013 art has always looked where we would rather look away. It gives form to fear, cruelty, pain, madness and death \u2013 not to shock, but to bear witness. The exhibition, curated by Nina Jeza, continues this tradition. Through demons, apparitions, disfigured bodies, inner beasts and grotesque worlds, the artists explore the darkness of human existence. Their works present monsters not as fantastical creatures, but as mirrors: of war, fear, violence, insecurity, desire, guilt and survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists: Tolga Balc\u0131, Goran Bertok, Jakob Bock, Matej \u010cepin, Andrea Fajgern\u00e9 Dud\u00e1s, Matja\u0161 Z. 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