Hellebore II.
Archival digital print with a delicate floral motif is based on the author's line drawing by Zuzana Smolková
Archival digital print with a delicate floral motif is based on the author's line drawing by Zuzana Smolková
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.
The calling of a heron, the bleating of a deer, the singing of water, the touch of clay, clay in the mouth. Thirst. It takes me a long time to get to you. Many times I walk through the forest and touch the dirt with my bare feet. I can hear your muscles moving but you're not here. I see you. I feel the kiss and the taste of forest colours and scents as thin as the sounds from everywhere. Surrounded by a kiss, resting on the ground.