s potesenim vam oznamujeme otvorenie dalsej vystavy / it is our pleasure to announce you the opening of further exhibition of slovak sublabel program billboart gallery europe z cyklu / from the cycle HRDINOVIA A BRATIA / HEROES AND BROTHERS- umelci / artists radovan cerevka, jaro kysa, jozef tusan /sk – ke
– kuratorka / curator mira keratova /sk – bb
– trvanie / duration 08 / 03 / 2005 – 31 / 03 / 2005
– miesto bratislava / centrum (sancova ul. / krizovatka zabotova; landererova ul. / pressburgcenter; podhradie / nabr. l. svobodu) / place bratislava / centre (sancova st. / crossroad zabotova; landererova st / pressburgcenter; settlement round a castle / quay of l. svoboda)

billboart gallery europe prezentuje ako uvodny projekt cyklu hrdinovia a bratia tri billboardove projekty mladych progresivnych kosickych umelcov radovana cerevku, jara kysu a jozefa tusana; vsetky prezentovane prace – igelith (2005), popshamil (2005) a untitled (2005) odkazuju k nedavnej udalosti americko – ruskeho summitu, ktory sa za velkej verejnej a medialnej pozornosti uskutocnil vo februari v bratislave; prezentovane prace, v kontexte cyklu hrdinovia a bratia, nepoukazuju na nacrtnute socio – politicke vztahy priamociaro, ani komplexnejsie, tematiku supervelmoci, ich dalsich suvislosti alebo zamerov adresuju skor cez prizmu vybranych reprezentantov – hrdinov a ich bratov, ich legiend, novohrdinov, antihrdinov, ikon, abstraktnych ikon, hybatelov, atd.; reflexia summitu bush – putin je teda rozrastrovanym dvojportretom najvplyvnejsich muzov sveta s pridanymi komiksovymi bublinami – tusanov projekt untitled vsak nepredstavuje lidrov la prima skandalozne, suchoparne, ani “ludsky”, ponuka ich snad ovela realnejsi profil – abstraktny, zahmleny pohlad na tak vzdialene postavy, o ktorych mozeme len tazko vobec tusit o com rozmyslaju, predstavovat si o com snivaju, a ako vieme paradoxne aj napriek tomuto neprekonatelnemu distancu vsak tito popredni decision makers, vyznamne zasahuju a formuju nase individualne zivoty; mozno pribuznym sposobom, uz vsak bez akychkolvek popisnych alebo blizsich dovysvetleni, ilustruje stretnutie na najvyssej bilateralnej urovni kysa; poster igelith rovnako metaforicky ponuka divakovi zobrazenie dvoch postav v strojenom, “statnickom”, spojeneckom geste podania ruky; postavy su takmer bez akychkolvek identifikacnych znakov, so sackami na hlave, a tak okrem uz spomenuteho, rolexky?, alebo zovialne, v danej situacii vsak nadradene gesto jednej z postav, mozu odkazovat aj k znamemu fotomaterialu z guantanamy, a do istej miery ilustrovat zdanlive ambicie pomyselneho novodobeho kuklux klanu, ktore zda sa su oproti starsej verzii (v zmysle etnickeho targetu) dnes zamerane smerom na arabsky svet; cerevkov poshamil, vyuzivajuci velmi citatelny jazyk vizualneho, v tomto pripade aj verbalneho cliche, komunikuje vyzvu, odmenu vyhlasenu ruskym interpolom za hlavu cecenskeho vodcu islamskych separatistov operujucich na kaukaze – shamila basajeva; cecensky narodny hrdina je tu, podobnym sposobom ako che guevara vo svete modneho a lifestyloveho priemyslu, prezentovany ako novodoba popikona;

/ as an introductory project of the cycle heroes and brothers presents billboart gallery europe three billboard projects of the young progressive artists from eastern slovakian city kosice – radovan cerevka, jaro kysa and jozef tusan; all presented artworks – igelith (2005), popshamil (2005) a untitled (2005) refer to the recent social event, with great attention of public and media worldwide, american – russian summit which held in bratislava in february 2005; within a context of a cycle heroes and brothers, presented works did not straightforwardly, nor comprehensively point out outlined socio – political relations, they did address the theme of superpowers, its further context and intentions rather through the prism of selected representatives – heroes and their brothers, their legends, neoheroes, antiheroes, icons, abstract icons, etc.; thus the reflection of summit bush – putin is shown as a rasterized doubleportrait of most influential men in the world, with added comix´s bubbles; tusan project untitled does not present leaders la prima in a scandalous, nor unimaginative, even not “humanly” way, nevertheless it offers perhaps far real profile – quite abstract, misty view of a remote, out of touch figures, of which one can just barely guess what are they thinking, or dreaming about; well paradoxically, even in spite of this impassable distance, those prominent decision makers significantly interfere and shape our individual lives; possibly similar way, but avoiding any further descriptive or nearer explanations, illustrates meeting on a highest bilateral level kysa; the poster igelith offers to viewer metaphorical alike image of two figures in an artificial, statesmanly, allied gesture of shaking hands; figures almost without any identification signs, with bags on their heads, so that beside mentioned, rolex?, or jovial, but in this particular situation quite superior gesture of one of a figures, may refer to well known photomaterial from guantanama, and in a certain way to illustrate seeming ambitions of imaginarily kuklux klan of modern times, which seems to be against oldfashion version (in a sense of ethnical target) oriented on arabic world; cerevka´s popshamil, using very clear and readable language of visual, as well as a verbal cliche, communicates appeal, reward of russian interpol for head of chechen leader of islamic separatists acting in caucasus – shamil basayev; the chechen national hero is here, in a similar way as che guevara in a world of fashion and lifestyle industry, presented as a modern popicon;

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