The exhibition Imagination of Slovak Graphics presented six important personalities: Albín Brunovský, Vladimir Gažovič, Dušan Kállay, Dušan Polakovič, Peter Kľúčik and Kamila Štanclová. Six different authors, six different art worlds, which connect two "schools" - Hložník and Brunovský. Vincent Hložník, the founder of Slovak modern graphics, worked at the Academy of Fine Arts in the period 1952-1972. Under his pedagogical leadership studied also D. Kállay, K. Štanclová, V. Gažovič, and A. Brunovský. After the studies, Albin created a distinctive artistic expression in which he was mainly oriented towards the artistic direction known as imaginative realism. He shaped his pupils (eg P. Kľúčik, D. Polakovič and D. Kállay during the last semester), but on the other hand he left them the freedom that has already been transformed into the various means of expression used by their teacher.
The exhibition featured works from the 70s to the present. Presented were lithography, Ex libris and especially the technique of etching. However, the complex work of all authors goes beyond free graphic art and includes illustrations or paintings. From this point of view, the exhibition was a sort of insight into their creation. You could discover Gazovic's references to expressionism and surrealism, Kállay's metamorphoses of human beings and technical motifs, Polakovič's bizarre characters on the border of paradox, Kľúčik's world of fantastic zoology, Stanclova's meditative vision of the world, and Brunovsky's famous Bella Italia cycle.
In the Imagination of Slovak graphics you will fly high, you may laugh, maybe you will find yourself in the middle of your inner feelings ... but everything is worth it. The fantasy of these artists has no boundaries and we are honored to be part of it at least for a while.
Curator: Melita Fodor Gwerková
Place: Gallery SPP, Bratislava
Date: 1.10. – 30.11.2015
