[artinfo] Invitation to Berlin

[Galeria Jana Koniarka Trnava]

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin and Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava 
cordially invite you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition

Check Slovakia! 
(Young Art from Slovakia)


Opening: May 14,  2004 at 5:00 p.m. at the Neuer 
Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, www.nbk.org
Duration of the exhibition: May 15 - June 27,  2004
Exhibiting authors: Erik Binder, Cyril Blazo, 
Tomas Agat Blonski, Pavlina Fichta Cierna, Bohdan 
Hostinak, Martin Kollar, Ilona Nemeth, Milan 
Tittel, Emoke Vargova
Curated by: Viera Jancekova (SK), Alexander Tolnay (DE)
Catalogue (Milan Mikula - Reco Senica), issued 
by the Jan Koniarek Gallery and the Neuer 
Berliner Kunstverein (price in Germany / in 
Slovakia 15,- EUR / 300,- Sk)

The title "Check Slovakia!" is trying to draw the 
attention to the identity of a young European 
country, which can arouse interest of the 
foreigners through high quality presentation and 
finally detach from the still remaining 
remembrance of former Czechoslovakia. The 
collection of works by nine artists will present 
various media of production - ranging from 
classical painting hanged on the wall to 
installation or video, while some of them reflect 
social or political situation in the country in 
which they had originated, some of them deal with 
this context only on the margin of interest, 
while others are more “globalized". The selected 
artists had to meet the criteria set by two 
curators - Viera Jancekova (SK), who is 
acquainted with regional art scene and Alexander 
Tolnay (DE), who adds his outside standpoint.

Accompanying events in the frame of the “Treffpunkt NBK"
Alternative Slovak Art Scene, Maria Riskova (May 12, 2004)
Presentation of a Selection of Slovak Video Art, Viera Jancekova  (June 9, 2004
Historical Context of the Art of the 20th Century 
in Slovakia, Tomas Straus, a reputable Slovak art 
historian who lives in Germany

The exhibition will have subsequent show by the 
end of 2004 at Koloman Sokol Gallery, the Embassy 
of the Slovak Republic, Washington, D.C., USA 

 

Jan Koniarek Gallery
Zeleny kricek 3, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia
E-mail: <mailto:gjk at gjk.sk>gjk at gjk.sk, <http://www.gjk.sk>www.gjk.sk
Tel: 033-55 11 659
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