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This publication has been supported using public funds provided by Slovak Arts Council. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Council cannot be held responsible for the information contained therein. The Slovak Arts Council was the main partner of the project.

Emöke Vargová — 265 hugs

The 265 HUGS catalogue was published on the occasion of the monographic exhibition (November 24, 2016 – January 29, 2017, Representative Halls) of the collected works of one of the most distinctive female fine artists of the middle generation, Emőke Vargová. She entered the scene in the early 1990s and today she is one of the most respected personalities with a unique signature. She is an artist-solitaire who studied painting at a studio led by prof. Rudolf Fila, but then she shifted her focus towards objects and installations. She is known for using unconventional materials such as dust, wax, polyethylene, tracing paper, plastics or a combination of those (soft relief paintings made of translucent sheets of textile combined with acrylic painting or traditional embroidery). The preference for these novelty materials comes from the author’s sense for matter and her appreciation of its specific properties as well as its limits. After 2000, she returns back to foil painting, which, however, does not produce typical wall pictures and interestingly, at the same time, she creates her key site-specific installations. It is a proof she has never felt bound to a specific medium.

The exhibition presents works from various stages of the artist’s professional development, focusing on the changes within her creative program reflected in different themes, art genres or material-specific pieces.

The full colour bilingual (Slovak-English) catalogue has 115 pages featuring an introductory curatorial text and an interview with the artist Emöke Vargová. The catalogue also includes reproductions of the exhibited pieces alongside the artist’s biography.

Texts: © Barbora Geržová
Proofing: © Janka Jurečková
Translation: © Marián Minárik
Graphic Design: © Peter Bruško, DADS advertising
Print: Sineal, Bratislava

Edition: 500 pcs 
Pages: 115 

Publisher: Nitra Gallery 
Year: 2016

ISBN 978-80-85746-71-6
EAN  9788085746884