AFTER HOURS
After Hours Project by Dalibor Polivka, Rob Mintz, and Viktor Hulik
 
PHASE 2: Individual Stories

Artists Included:
Xénia Bergerová, Vladimír Popovic, Marián Mesko, Marian Mudroch, Igor Minárik, Milota Havránková, Vojtech Kolencík, Marek Ormandík, Mária Balázová, Blazej Baláz, Svetozár Ilavský, Marko Blazo, Asot Haas, Ján Hoffstädter, Martin Lettrich, Ingrid Vin?ovská, Oleg Fintora, Viktor Hulík

Curated by Xenia Lettrichova and Viktor Hulik

Special Event, July 3, At 7pm OCCCA will welcome Vice Consul M. Kovac from the Consulate General of the Slovak Republic in LA during an official VIP reception with refreshments sponsored by the Slovak Consulate.

Individual Stories is the second part of a three-phase international art exhibition organized by Dalibor Polivka, Viktor Hulik and Rob Mintz showing eighteen avant-garde Slovakian artists at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in July 2010.

For this exhibit OCCCA is proud to host Galeria Z from Bratislava, Slovakia. In September 2010 OCCCA will send a group show to Slovakia called After Hours.

Contemporary art exists in a kaleidoscopic space of exchange, a shared world with many time zones. To build the first truly global culture artists must work together to promote, assist and inspire each other.

This project was made possible with generous support from the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, the Slovak Embassy in Los Angeles and the Slovak-American Center.


Individual Stories
To explore the current moment of the Slovak art scene, Individual Stories presents artists from different generations each with an individual creative identity. Maria Balazova uses symbols, Asot Haas changing illusions of light, Oleg Fintora transparency, and Viktor Hulík rational investigation of space and movement. Jan Berger employs multiple layers of expressive colors, Igor Minárik detailed mosaic compositions, Marian Mesko classic minimalism, Marian Mudroch extremes of light and dark, Ingrid Viscovsk additions of script, all exploring the possibilities of geometric abstraction, the color spectrum and the fundamentals of vision.

Vojto Kolencík translates literature into painterly gestures. Blazej Balaz's post-conceptualism centers on text. Vlado Popovic is influenced by his experiences in photography, film and theatre. Marko Blazo comments on current events in multi-media installations. Sveto Ilavsky's paintings break through art's conventions to attain great thematic complexity. Jan Hoffstadter's objects engage the viewer in a sophisticated three-dimensional dialogue. Martin Lettrich sensually redefines space. Milota Havránková uses photography to depict her inner world, an intimate private domain.
 
This rich variety of aesthetic theory and practice is anchored in the Slovak environment but resonates far beyond geographic borders. These artists are linked to us across obsolete frontiers by the internet, increased travel, international art fairs, and the desires of collectors. OCCCA is excited to introduce this roster of exotic names that roll off the tongue like poetry, wishing each of them the best of luck pursuing new exhibition opportunities in America.