Viktor Freso - Hardcover

Katarina Bajcurova; Vladimír Beskid; Lucia Gavulová; Peter Tajkov

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8055630801 ISBN 13: 9788055630809

Publisher: Slovart Publishing Ltd (Vydavatel'stvo Slovart spol. sro), 2018

Synopsis

This outstanding monography of Viktor Freso brings a fresh and non-conformist view of the artwork of contemporary Slovak artist Viktor Freso (1974), the multimedia artist who is best known for the creation of Picus, a sculpture of an angry white homunculus that has proved enduringly popular. The text of four acclaimed curators is complemented by rich picture material that documents Freso's paintings, conceptual and textual art, photographs, statues and objects. This bilingual, English-Slovak publication is also notable for stands its original graphic design and luxurious production values.

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About the Author:

Bajcurová, Katarína is an art historian and the curator of the Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Slovak National Gallery. She focuses on Slovak modern painting and sculpture, classical modernism, and Slovak contemporary art. Beskid, Vladimír is an art historian and freelance curator. He has curated more than 80 collective and individual exhibitions of Slovakian and international artists. Viktor Freso belongs among the most remarkable figures of the contemporary art in the region of the former Czechoslovakia. His work and overall approach to art is rather atypical but at the same time reflects current society and culture. Gavulova, Lucia is an art historian and the curator of the Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Slovak National Gallery. She was editor-in-chief of VLNA - a Slovak magazine for contemporary art and culture. Peter Tajkov is an art historian, curator, pedagogue, and vice-dean for science, research, and development with the Art Faculty of the Technical University in Kosice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Slovart Publishing Ltd (Vydavatel'stvo Slovart spol. sro)
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 8055630801
• ISBN 13: 9788055630809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464