Svätopluk Mikyta
kresba, fotografia,grafika
Mikyta's (1973) works make reference to the political iconography of socialist mass movements and to the nationalist and religious symbols of Eastern Europe. By means of over-drawings and collage-like alienations he "doubles" their seductive aesthetics 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.Represented in the collections: Museum of Applied Arts, Prague (CZ), Zabludowicz Collection, London (GB), Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica (SK), M.A. Bazovsky Gallery (SK), The Municipal Museum, Pezinok (SK).
Private collections in Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, USA, Austria, Great Britain, Germany,
Switzerland
Presented at art fairs: Contemporary Istanbul (TR), Art Forum Berlin (GER), Preview Berlin (GER), Art Amsterdam RAI (NL), Art Frankfurt, (GER)
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