Drawing as a Space for Research
The Division of Drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design warmly invites you to an exhibition at the Slovak Institute in Rome.
Slovak Institute, Via dei Colli della Farnesina 144, Rome, Italy
Exhibition duration: 21 May – 31 August 2026
Annotation
The exhibition series Drawing as a Research Space presents a selection of works by artists teaching at the Drawing Cabinet of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
The thematic range as well as the formal approaches to the medium are diverse; the variety of artistic expression reveals not only the limits of drawing, but also the shifting of its boundaries and its expanded field. The title of the series is seemingly paradoxical; drawing is connected to the basic element of the line, the linear trace of a tool. Drawing – in the original sense of the word – does not enter three-dimensional space, but relates to the surface. Through the element of line and its shape, dynamics and thickness, it materialises the process of thinking; it is a unit expressing the relationship between the world and its representation. It leads to an understanding of what is seen through the projection of an object into a form defined by drawing. It forms the basis for the development of all artistic, design and architectural disciplines and serves as the foundation upon which these disciplines build possibilities for the artistic interpretation of the world. But how can one think through drawing? What new artistic space opens up through an understanding of drawing?
Artists:
- Emőke Vargová, Stanislav Bubán, Pavol Truben, Marek Kvetan, Martin Derner, Žofia Dubová, Martin Schwarz.
Curator:
- Ján Kralovič
Graphic design:
- Martin Derner
The exhibition was created with the support of the AFAD internal grant system.
