The Three-Body Problem

Pistori Palace, Štefánikova 25, Bratislava

Curator: Alexandra Kusá

The authors are teachers from the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. And that’s where the similarities end – each of them has a distinctive and individual painterly approach, yet all of them, in addition to painting itself, work with painting as an object and as an environment. The canvas is not their final product; they go beyond its boundaries – onto the wall, into space, expanding both physically and mentally. The exhibition at Pistori Palace will be conceived in a similar way – not as an overlap, but as a coexistence and parallel presentation of individual artistic programs and their fragments. The artists select parts of their new collections and place them within the designated spaces, creating a new whole. Their approach carries not only a poetic parallel reflected in the chosen title – just as celestial mechanics describes the impossibility of determining the exact trajectory of three bodies, the result of this joint installation will also create a situation that cannot be precisely predicted. From a landscape of painting, they create a landscape of the painted.

Matej Fabian (1979, Banská Bystrica)

The artist presents paintings from a series thematically linked to the visuality associated with digital displays of computer interfaces and programs. These are things that age quickly and disappear irretrievably – through painting, he anchors them, builds them a monument, and forces us to look at them differently. His experience from working in an IT company becomes a rich source of inspiration.

Dominik Hlinka (1989, Šahy)

In addition to selecting earlier works, he is preparing a series of large-scale paintings set in historical frames with intentionally ambiguous dating. It is not a play with expectations but a reflection on the phenomenon of time – time in painting and time before the painting itself.

Rastislav Sedlačík (1980, Čadca)

His selection focuses on the series LandSKaping Wall / Catcher Zone and Xerox Poetry Painting, which reflect and explore the transformation of post-industrial and urban landscapes. He arranges the paintings into large-format installations, developing his own expanded painting strategy that extends beyond the traditional image format. The titles of the series refer to the chosen thematic frameworks. These are complemented by a new series, Causal Footage Paint and Xerox Poetry Paint, presented through new spatial configurations.

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