Taipei to display Slovak graphic art

The contemporary graphic art of Slovakia is a relatively new artform that emerged about 60 years ago. The collection therefore uses 108 works to represent four generations of contemporary graphic art.

Jarmila Pavlickova, born in 1929, is the oldest Slovak graphic painter, whose paintings include classical components such as themes from old folk stories. The more recent paintings have evolved from depicting older themes such as religion and folk tales to younger and bolder themes.

Many of the themes and topics portrayed employ symbolic imagery, dynamic geometric shapes, colorful patterns, and sometimes bizarre concepts with a touch of irony, sarcasm and humor.

One of the most famous pieces in the collection, perhaps even the most important, is a small piece by Albin Brunovsky who founded a prestigious art school. The value of his artwork has risen since his death ten years ago.

Maja Dusikova‘s work is also of high value, due to the fact that she no longer paints.

Some of the artists are not only influenced by graphic art components, but other factors as well.

Lydia Jergusova, chairman of Slovak Union of Visual Arts, is also an architect who often incorporates architecture into her pieces.

Ondrej Rudavsky is another artist who works also as a film producer. He combines both aspects of film production and graphic art to create paintings with structural and architectural components to it.

Veruna Junekova-Melcakova is often inspired by poetry, which is quite apparent in her paintings.

The art collection exhibited in Taipei is only a small portion of the artists‘ accomplishments, but nonetheless includes a wide range of artistic perspectives. The rest of the collection is being displayed throughout Europe.

After the exhibit in Taipei, the art collection will head to India in September.

Slovakia is located in central Europe and is often referred to as the heart of Europe. Slovakia formally became an independent nation after splitting from the Czech Republic in 1993.