art works

Original drawing by illustrator Simona Smatana. Simona mainly focuses on book creation and, in addition to drawing, she also writes her own stories. Her children's picture books are characterized by deeper references and educational character and they have been awarded several times both at home and abroad. The main characters of the books continue to live their lives in the drawings where they often all together meet on a picnic, a hike or during other ordinary activities. The originals are drawn with crayons, numbered and signed.

The work 17 November was created in 2014 and is also part of the art collection of the Orava Gallery in Dolný Kubín. The archival print is published in a limited edition, printed on cotton paper. It points out that freedom is not a given and that its celebration is worth remembering every year. November 17 is national holiday in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia and commemorates Fight for Freedom and Democracy.

Archival print of an original work by Slávka Ondrušová which is part of her long-term project in which she creates a collection of drawing sketchbooks. Hundreds of subtle drawings were created as daily introspective records which document the individual experience and the need to record a specific period in which current regulations, isolation and absence of social interaction (covid era) affected inner psychological experience, focus and attention of the author, and also changed the view of priorities, values and perception of relationships. 

Archival print of an original work by Slávka Ondrušová which is part of her long-term project in which she creates a collection of drawing sketchbooks. Hundreds of subtle drawings were created as daily introspective records which document the individual experience and the need to record a specific period in which current regulations, isolation and absence of social interaction (covid era) affected inner psychological experience, focus and attention of the author, and also changed the view of priorities, values and perception of relationships. 

The Autumnist series is a free continuation of the Fallen Petals series. It was created from drawings of pressed flower petals that the author found in the Netherlands during her internship. She put them in a notebook and forgot about them. After a long time, she found them and as a reminder of the memories of the time spent abroad, she turned them into a series of graphics.

The Autumnist series is more focused on the shape of the individual petals and the combination of 2 or 3 colours. The name comes from autumn, which for Lívia is mostly defined by the changing colours of the leaves on the trees and their falling (and feelings of nostalgia). The graphics are printed with a risograph which uses natural pigments made from rice. Their special feature is the changing colour during pressing. The author tries different colour combinations which are transformed in various ways in the end, just like the leaves in autumn.

Risoprint from the Fallen Petals series with the motif of abstract colourful flower petals with a unique structure. The author presents contemporary free graphic work that is based on her daily experiences and memories from her travels but also from the things that surround her. Each graphic is signed and numbered by the author.

The viewer is more used to the author's large-format canvases but in this series, Patrícia Koyšová presents paintings and prints on paper in smaller formats. Here, the paper reveals itself in its naked form. Paintings on paper are not preparatory sketches. They are independent originals, they capture the processes and topics on which the author works during individual series. The theme is not only the painting itself but also small story hidden in the work.