Abstract American photorealism was an art movement born in the late 1960s in the USA, from where it travelled to the European continent over the following decades. Drawing inspiration from pop-art iconography, it resolutely stood in opposition to abstract expressionism, conceptualism and minimalism. Its uniqueness was
Abstract The portfolio of the French visual artist Laurie Joly presents a part of her work which has been realized between the early 2000s and the present day in the photographic and video media. This part has been chosen to give an overview of her artistic
Abstract Kvet Nguyen (Hoa Nguyen Thi) – born 1995. She completed her master’s degree in photography at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Her bachelor’s thesis received the second-place award at the World Biennial of Student Photography in 2019, and in the same
Abstract The portfolio of the world renowned American visual artist Anne Arden McDonald presents a few of her key art projects, which are significant for her whole artwork. The presented cycle of Self Portraits, by building installations in abandoned interiors and performing privately for her camera
Abstract The portfolio presents the life of a photographer, and notable member of a group known as the Slovak new wave, Pavel Pecha in two worlds, while the first one is real and the second one is an alternative created from the negative of bad qualities
Abstract Is it possible to fulfil a (seemingly anachronic) desire for seeking beauty through its “distortion”? Can a wounded body be depicted as victorious? Who is imitated by “a portrait” of a biblical or mythological character? In what way can a subject be reflected in a
Abstract This portfolio presents a selection of artworks by the Slovak photographer, Zuzana Pustaiová. The artist gained wider recognition in 2012 when she won the international competition Frame as an art student. Following her success, she became recognized internationally and her work was included in several
Abstract In their theoretical study, the authors of the paper address the hidden meanings of image of communication in the medium of photography. Specifically, they focus on the encoding and subsequent interpretation of images on the basis of their inner construction. At the same time, the
Abstract This presentation of works by the Slovak photographer and teacher Lena Jakubčáková (b. 1980) is based on a selection of two scholarly articles that were written about her and some author´s texts or fragments from her books. Together with her biographical information and a brief
Abstract Jiřina Hankeová (* 1948) was born in Kladno. She has a wide range in her work, from drawing and painting, to poetry and lyrics, to photography. She took up photography during her secondary school studies, but eventually she found her creative expression mainly in drawing and painting.
Abstract The portfolio of the eminent and significant emeritus Professor of linguistics at the Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Vienna Gero Fischer titled From Vienna Art Diaspora presents portraits of 18 artists of different nationalities. He gained artistic inspiration by studying world photography,
Abstract The portfolio of the russian artist- photographer and a teacher- psychologist at the Moscow University for Humanities, Viacheslav Kabanov, titled Metaphor and the project is accompanied by text from the very famous russian curator and artist Oleg Arnautov, who described Viacheslav ́s artwork as: “a