SVÄTOPLUK MIKYTA SVÄTOPLUK MIKYTA

OPENING
Thursday, March 3, 2012, 6.30pm

WELCOME
Barbara Baum, STRABAG Kunstforum

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mira Keratová, Curator, Bratislava

Mikyta’s works make reference to the political iconography of socialist mass movements and to the nationalist and religious symbols of Eastern Europe. By means of superimposed drawings and collage-like alienations he “doubles” their seductive aesthetic and exposes the political manipulation of images, the impact of which is still being felt today. Sometimes his interventions, with a pen and often with red paint, are scarcely perceptible, sometimes they are so refined that they give rise to something totally new in terms of both composition and theme. Mikyta usually produces cycles of works which are intended to be hung in groups and conjure up associations with history and personal stories due to their open-ended correlations.

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Photos: STRABAG ART