Painting
Adam Šakový — 1914 & Still Alive 4
Two titles from Adam Šakový’s monumental painting cycle became a part of Nitra Gallery’s collection in 2017…
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Anabela Sládek — from the series I Am a Slovak Girl
Anabela Sládek’s longterm focus is on various issues related to wartime Slovak State, especially themes that refer to nationalism…
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Edita Spannerová — Reflected Light & Open Horizons & Dreaming
Nitra Gallery’s depository includes sixteen pieces of art by the Slovak painter Edita Spannerová.
The virtual gallery presents three of them…
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Ernest Špitz — Singer
The painting in Nitra Gallery’s collection belongs to a free cycle depicting classical music concerts or musicians playing classical instruments.
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Ervín Semian — Marienka & Girl in a White Sweater
The two female portraits by Ervín Semian were created at the dawn of the artist’s life…
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Ivana Šáteková — There Were Both People and Women
Ivana Šáteková is an artist and activist who focuses on social and political topics, reflects on Slovak folklore and literature, traditions, proverbs and last but not least, Slovak human nature, which she re-evaluates critically and offers…
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Ivana Šáteková — Untitled
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Jozef Srna ml. — Pier
Jozef Srna ml. is the son of a forgotten (but distinctive) painter Jozef Srna st. [Sr.] who also uses features of a similarly constricted or even underdog-like creative style…
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Jozef Srna Sr. — At a Bridge & Dawn & Summer
Jozef Srna Sr. is one of the artists of the 20th century we are very familiar with, but in a certain sense, he is still unknown within the concept of the national art history…
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Ľubo Stacho —
Town House
The black and white photographs from the Town House I and Town House II series were created during the artist’s academic years at Prague’s FAMU as a part of a term project that focused on documenting urban areas as well countryside and was led by the students’ mentor and well-known photographer Pavel Štecha.
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Maximilián Schurmann — Women of Dražovce & Sketch and Study for Women of Dražovce
There is an interesting story related to the Women of Dražovce painting which leads to a speculation whether the artist had some kind of a suspicion of the tragic fate of one of the women. It has been described by Štefan Valent, the first director of Nitra Gallery and Schurmann’s personal friend…
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Michal Studený — Contemporary Still Life
The Contemporary Still Life image is from the 1980s when the artist had already been on the art scene for twenty years. What connects him to his early works from the 1960s is the depicted reality of ordinary life…
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Miroslav Švolík — from the series What Awaits Us, What Will Not Miss Us?
Miro Švolík is one of the most important representatives of the Slovak New Wave – a generation of photographers who…
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Patrik Ševčík — from the series Day Off
Patrik Ševčík’s large format prints from the series Day Off I – IV have been produced using an original mixed-media technique on paper. The series title itself emphasises the uncertainty of these days and asks questions related to worldwide globalisation…
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Rudolf Sikora — From the Cycle * => † (Touches)
Rudolf Sikora is one of the most distinctive figures of Slovak visual art not just because one cannot “overlook” or “overhear” his physical appearance…
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Veronika Šramatyová —
From archives (Biennale Venezia)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
In a series of six gouaches titled From Archives (Venice Biennale), Veronika Šramatyová continues her strategy of not using painting as a tool for self-expression…
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