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You are the Story

Nitra Gallery introduces a (not-just-for-children) colouring book titled You Are the Story published on the occasion of Ľudmila Kasaj Poláčková’s exhibition project Stories of (After) Life which was held in the Representative Halls of the Nitra Gallery between December 12, 2019 and March 29, 2020.

The colouring book is divided into theme-specific micro-stories: Salvation(?); Wishes; Lucid Dreaming; You Are the Story; Revival; Condemnation; Emptiness, Anxiety of Life; Loneliness; Live(d) Existential Vitalism.

It contains reproductions of artworks presented at the exhibition (the artists represented in NG’s collections include: Ladislav Čarný, Mira Gáberová, Milota Havránková, Michal Jakabčic, Július Jakoby, Vladimír Havrilla, Bohdan Hostiňák, Vladimír Kordoš,  Petra Nováková-Ondreičková, Stano Masár, Rastislav Podoba, Veronika Rónaiová, Dorota Sadovská, Viera Žilinčanová). The rest of the presented pieces are on loan from:  Slovak National Gallery (Ľudovít Fulla, Anton Jasusch, Jozef Srna st.), Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery in Nové Zámky (Michal Paštéka), Kysuce Gallery in Oščadnica (Karol Baron, Miroslava Kučišová), Peter Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš (Jozef Srna st.) and from the artists directly: David Cajthaml,  Ján Ďurina, Veronika Rónaiová and 47 drawings made ready for colouring by an autistic artist Michaela Batelová

Author: Elena Tarábková
Illustrations: Michaela Batelová

Graphic Design: Filip Jurković
Publisher: Nitra Gallery, 2019
Volume: 300 pcs
Page Count: 74