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Essays and texts by the artist, alongside publications and press featuring the work.

PressMunicipality of Krško

Bronze bust of Fran Bonač, Krško

A public commission: Suša made the bronze bust of Fran Bonač — the industrialist who founded the cellulose factory at Videm near Krško — unveiled in the Grove of Distinguished Citizens (Krško Municipal Park) on the 60th anniversary of Bonač’s death. He portrayed Bonač with a smile, to show him as both determined and approachable.

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EssayLaški bilten (June issue)

A Reading Recommendation

“In the June issue, sculptor and philosopher Januš Suša invites you to read.” A personal column on slow reading and four books held between the archaic and the contemporary — Gene Wolfe, Milton, Dante and Werner Herzog.

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PressPosavski obzornik (no. 12, p. 13)

Fran Bonač and the cellulose factory

A feature by museum councillor Helena Rožman on Fran Bonač and his cellulose factory, closing with the bust by Januš Suša unveiled for the 60th anniversary of Bonač’s death.

Read at Posavski obzornik (no. 12, p. 13)
FeatureGallery of Contemporary Art, Celje (CSU)

Fields of Intimacy, Transitions and Potentials of the Medium

Selected for the 6th Triennial of Young Artists — PREMIERA 2025, curated by Maja Antončič. The exhibition presents the installation “V spominu časa: modularnost forme”, described as representing “every living system, given time and its own rhythm.”

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InterviewNovi tednik (Svet24)

“First you must be a good person, only then a good artist”

A profile-interview by Simona Šolinič with the young sculptor from Laško — on why, for him, being a good person comes before being a good artist, his ties to his home community, and his family’s support.

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FeatureMuseum of Modern Art (MG+MSUM), Ljubljana

Artist profile — MG+MSUM Raz_ume

Listed in Raz_ume, the Museum of Modern Art’s reference database documenting 20th- and 21st-century artists and exhibitions in Slovenia.

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PressTV Laško

In Memory of Time — on TV Laško

Regional coverage of the In Memory of Time retrospective at the Laško Cultural Centre — its themes of rhythm, entropy and the life–death cycle, the opening conversation with critic Mario Berdič, and the accompanying musical programme.

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PressLaški bilten · Kulturni center Laško

In Memory of Time — a retrospective in Laško

An opening report on the artist’s first solo postgraduate retrospective at the Laško Cultural Centre, with a conversation between art critic Mario Berdič and the artist on rhythm, entropy and the memory of time.

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PublicationBA thesis · University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), Sculpture

In Memory of Time: The Modularity of Form

A study of the logic of rhythm in relation to entropy, drawing on art and music theory. Through the modular construction of spatial composition, the thesis explores and deconstructs the logic of rhythm, building a rhythmic counterpoint reflected through matter — with entropy as the decisive factor in defining rhythm. Mentors: Maja Smrekar and Tomo Stanič.

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