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Erik Binder — Woodoo Čičmoney
he Woodoo Čičmany painting is a part of the Nitra Gallery’s collection and belongs to a series of paintings of the same name. Erik Binder is one of a very few artists in Slovakia who have adopted the technique of spray paint on canvas which has its roots in graffiti and street art…
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Juraj Bartusz — Osum Twelve
The action painting titled Osum Twelve was created in Nitra’s Old Theatre on May 27th, 2004 as a part of the OSUM 12 event which was a part of a series of educational evenings about fine art that presented important personalities of the Slovak and Czech art scene. The evenings were organised by artists and teachers Miroslav Nicz and Jaroslav Košš.
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Karol Baron — Portrait of Vratislav Effenberger
The figural artwork by Karol Baron represents a unique contribution within the framework of the development of the neo-surrealistic traditions enriched by the specific black humour, absurd metamorphosis of shapes and the drastic grotesque.
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Klára Bočkayová — From the cycle Angel’s paintings I.
The painting ´Angelic images´ belongs to a series of canvasses with author´s typical style originated by overprinting the embroidery of an angel through frottage. Painting, dominated by the layering and overlapping of the cherubic motifs is specific for its structure, formed while using two types of material – oil stick and acrylic painting.
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Martin Benka — In the Field — Orava
The intimate format of the work depicts Benka’s mythologised and idealised mountainous Slovak landscape and its people. In the Field – Orava carries signs of “Benka’s signature plein air painting”. The story the picture tells is presented in suggested stripes…
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Milan Bočkay — The Square in the Space
Milan Bočkay belongs to the important representatives of the Slovak art of the second half of the 20th century and his work is based on the complex research of the painter´s illusion. From 1978 he uses the historically oldest artistic technique trompe l´oeil (from French – optical illusion).
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Miloš Alexander Bazovský — The Curve
The small scale artwork ´The Curve´ by M.A. Bazovský (oil on hardboard, 1949) captures the scenery of the countryside in Orava region (northern Slovakia) in which the artist found the inspiration for his artistic expression.
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Oľga Bartošíková — Still Life with Apples & Still Life with Plums and a Kettle
Oľga Bartošíková’s work now stretches over a seventy-year period and records an unusual number of approaches and the artist’s never-ending search for a unique expression style that responds to trends at the current domestic and worldwide art scenes.
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Robert Bielik — Boy with Sculls
Robert Bielik emerged on the Slovak art scene in the 1990s when painting as an artistic form was marginalized and the interest of artists and theoreticians switched to the trendy new media such as installation, video, performance and so on. In spite of that he decided to work with classical, narrative, figurative and realistic oil painting, following his own rules not considering current tendencies or preferences.
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