Difference between revisions of "Peter Bartoš"
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| + | |birth_date = {{birth date|1938|4|29|mf=y}} | ||
| + | |birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | ||
| + | |based_in = [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]] | ||
| + | |web = [http://artycok.tv/lang/cs-cz/artist/bartos-peter Artyčok TV], [http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bartoš_(maliar) Wikipedia-SK] | ||
| + | |collections = [http://www.webumenia.sk/autor/505 Slovak National Gallery], [http://nitrianskagaleria.sk/virtualna-galeria/peter-bartos-zoo-pokracujuci-koncept-krajiny/ Nitra Gallery] | ||
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'''Peter Bartoš''' (1938) is an early exponent of conceptual and action art in [[Slovakia]]. | '''Peter Bartoš''' (1938) is an early exponent of conceptual and action art in [[Slovakia]]. | ||
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| − | * Peter Bartoš, [http://www.secession.at/art/images/2014_bartos/Text%20Peter%20Bartos.pdf "Peter Bartoš"], in Bartoš, ''Situations 1945–2014'', Vienna: Secession, 2014. {{sk}} | + | |
| + | He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (1957-65, prof. J. Želibský, prof. J. Mudroch, prof. P. Matejka). | ||
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| + | Coming from an exploration of painting as a process, Bartoš realized actions in the late 1960s in which he poured paint on various support media or scattered grids of materials like cinder, dust, chalk powder, or peat over the streets and squares of Bratislava. His primary interest in these projects concerned the physical properties of the materials, the temporary nature of works existing only as processes, and the ways in which materials might be transformed by way of accumulation or dispersal. | ||
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| + | Nature has long been an important source of inspiration for Bartoš. He has worked with live animals on several occasions, thus in the 1971 action ''Vypúšťanie holubov na slobodu'' [Releasing the Pigeons], which must be read in the context of the isolation of his country at the time. He was also a successful pigeon breeder for many years, and between 1979 and 1990 he worked as a conceptual artist at the Bratislava Zoo, developing models for the spatial layout of the grounds and designing various living environments for the animals. As the artist wrote about this work: | ||
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| + | <blockquote>"... I was also interested in the immediate 'zoomedium' or in 'animal art' as a biological and psychological prototype of the relationship between the living forms on earth as well as the formation or creation of an ecological culture."</blockquote> | ||
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| + | Many of Bartoš's works, which often evolve and grow more complex over the course of decades, intertwine questions of ecological planning and the shaping of natural settings with issues of liberty and privacy in connection with (national and political) boundaries. In 1993, he launched the project ''Nomadart'', in which he discovers his homeland on foot and explores it in drawings and photographs. He settled on a predetermined circular route that passes through five Central European countries: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Austria. Its center is the village of Uhrovec, where Ľudovít Štúr (a prominent representative of the Slovak national revival movement in the 19th century) and Alexander Dubček (the leading figure of the Prague Spring in 1968) were born. Nation states are irrelevant to Bartoš's idea of where he is at home: his peregrinations took the artist—who, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, long hesitated which citizenship to adopt—over several unmarked international borders. [http://www.secession.at/art/2014_bartos_e.html (Source)] | ||
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| + | ==Exhibitions== | ||
| + | ; Solo exhibitions | ||
| + | * ''Peter Bartoš, Michal Studený'', Galéria mladých, Bratislava, 1967. | ||
| + | * with [[Július Koller]], ''[http://tranzit.org/exhibitionarchive/permanent-anti-gallery/ Permanentná antigaléria]'' [The Permanent Anti-gallery], the display window of the Komunálna opravovňa pančúch [Hosiery Express Repair] shop, Bratislava, 1968-69. | ||
| + | * ''Peter Bartoš – Z tvorby'', Nitrianska galéria, Nitra 7 Nov – 6 Dec 2000. Curated by Lucia Stachová and Richard Gregor. | ||
| + | * ''Artoteam od A po Ž'', conceptual reading room, Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, 2000-01. | ||
| + | * ''[http://www.secession.at/art/2014_bartos_e.html Situations 1945–2014]'', Secession, Vienna, 21 Nov 2014 - 25 Jan 2015. Curated by Annette Südbeck, researcher: [[Mira Keratová]]. [http://www.secession.at/presse/index_delat_lucas_bartos_e.html] | ||
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| + | ; Group exhibitions | ||
| + | * [http://tranzit.org/exhibitionarchive/tag/bartos-peter/ Descriptions of selected exhibitions], 1968-1978. | ||
| + | * [http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barto%C5%A1_(maliar)#Skupinov.C3.A9_v.C3.BDstavy List on Wikipedia] | ||
| + | * [http://www.artandconcept.eu/cz/bartos/ List on Artandconcept.eu] | ||
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| + | ==Writings== | ||
| + | * [http://www.secession.at/art/images/2014_bartos/Text%20Peter%20Bartos.pdf "Peter Bartoš"], in Bartoš, ''Situations 1945–2014'', Vienna: Secession, 2014. {{sk}} | ||
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| + | ==Catalogues== | ||
| + | * ''Peter Bartoš – Z tvorby'', Nitra: Nitrianska galéria, 2001. [http://nitrianskagaleria.sk/publikacna-cinnost/peter-bartos/] {{sk}} | ||
| + | * ''Situations 1945–2014'', Vienna: Secession, 2014, 64 pp & 82 Xerox-copies. With texts by Peter Bartoš and Mira Keratová. | ||
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| + | ==Literature== | ||
| + | * [http://www.artpool.hu/2015/Groh/Groh021.html "Peter Bartoš"], in ''Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa'', ed. Klaus Groh, Cologne: DuMont, 1972, pp [19-21]. {{de}} | ||
| + | * Omar Mirza, [http://monoskop.org/images/4/4e/Mirza_Omar_Aktionskunst_in_der_Slowakei_1965-1989.pdf#page=42 "Peter Bartoš"], in Mirza, ''Aktionskunst in der Slowakei (1965-1989)'', Vienna: Universität Wien, 2008, pp 40-44. Master's thesis. {{de}} | ||
* Mira Keratová, [http://www.secession.at/art/images/2014_bartos/Text%20Mira%20Keratova.pdf "Každá cesta ukrýva počiatočné tajomstvo: ako sa pútnik dostal do východzieho bodu?"], in Peter Bartoš, ''Situations 1945–2014'', Vienna: Secession, 2014. {{sk}} | * Mira Keratová, [http://www.secession.at/art/images/2014_bartos/Text%20Mira%20Keratova.pdf "Každá cesta ukrýva počiatočné tajomstvo: ako sa pútnik dostal do východzieho bodu?"], in Peter Bartoš, ''Situations 1945–2014'', Vienna: Secession, 2014. {{sk}} | ||
| − | + | ==See also== | |
| − | [[Performance art in Slovakia (1960s-2000s)]] | + | * [[Performance art in Slovakia (1960s-2000s)]] |
| − | + | ==Links== | |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.artandconcept.eu/cz/bartos/index.htm Biography and selected works on artandconcept.eu] {{sk}} |
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.195373913831740.42380.195366790499119&type=3 Selected works] | * [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.195373913831740.42380.195366790499119&type=3 Selected works] | ||
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Revision as of 01:28, 26 November 2015
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| Born |
April 29, 1938 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
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| Lives in | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Web | Artyčok TV, Wikipedia-SK |
| Collections | Slovak National Gallery, Nitra Gallery |
Peter Bartoš (1938) is an early exponent of conceptual and action art in Slovakia.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (1957-65, prof. J. Želibský, prof. J. Mudroch, prof. P. Matejka).
Coming from an exploration of painting as a process, Bartoš realized actions in the late 1960s in which he poured paint on various support media or scattered grids of materials like cinder, dust, chalk powder, or peat over the streets and squares of Bratislava. His primary interest in these projects concerned the physical properties of the materials, the temporary nature of works existing only as processes, and the ways in which materials might be transformed by way of accumulation or dispersal.
Nature has long been an important source of inspiration for Bartoš. He has worked with live animals on several occasions, thus in the 1971 action Vypúšťanie holubov na slobodu [Releasing the Pigeons], which must be read in the context of the isolation of his country at the time. He was also a successful pigeon breeder for many years, and between 1979 and 1990 he worked as a conceptual artist at the Bratislava Zoo, developing models for the spatial layout of the grounds and designing various living environments for the animals. As the artist wrote about this work:
"... I was also interested in the immediate 'zoomedium' or in 'animal art' as a biological and psychological prototype of the relationship between the living forms on earth as well as the formation or creation of an ecological culture."
Many of Bartoš's works, which often evolve and grow more complex over the course of decades, intertwine questions of ecological planning and the shaping of natural settings with issues of liberty and privacy in connection with (national and political) boundaries. In 1993, he launched the project Nomadart, in which he discovers his homeland on foot and explores it in drawings and photographs. He settled on a predetermined circular route that passes through five Central European countries: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Austria. Its center is the village of Uhrovec, where Ľudovít Štúr (a prominent representative of the Slovak national revival movement in the 19th century) and Alexander Dubček (the leading figure of the Prague Spring in 1968) were born. Nation states are irrelevant to Bartoš's idea of where he is at home: his peregrinations took the artist—who, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, long hesitated which citizenship to adopt—over several unmarked international borders. (Source)
Exhibitions
- Solo exhibitions
- Peter Bartoš, Michal Studený, Galéria mladých, Bratislava, 1967.
- with Július Koller, Permanentná antigaléria [The Permanent Anti-gallery], the display window of the Komunálna opravovňa pančúch [Hosiery Express Repair] shop, Bratislava, 1968-69.
- Peter Bartoš – Z tvorby, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra 7 Nov – 6 Dec 2000. Curated by Lucia Stachová and Richard Gregor.
- Artoteam od A po Ž, conceptual reading room, Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, 2000-01.
- Situations 1945–2014, Secession, Vienna, 21 Nov 2014 - 25 Jan 2015. Curated by Annette Südbeck, researcher: Mira Keratová. [1]
- Group exhibitions
Writings
- "Peter Bartoš", in Bartoš, Situations 1945–2014, Vienna: Secession, 2014. (Slovak)
Catalogues
- Peter Bartoš – Z tvorby, Nitra: Nitrianska galéria, 2001. [2] (Slovak)
- Situations 1945–2014, Vienna: Secession, 2014, 64 pp & 82 Xerox-copies. With texts by Peter Bartoš and Mira Keratová.
Literature
- "Peter Bartoš", in Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa, ed. Klaus Groh, Cologne: DuMont, 1972, pp [19-21]. (German)
- Omar Mirza, "Peter Bartoš", in Mirza, Aktionskunst in der Slowakei (1965-1989), Vienna: Universität Wien, 2008, pp 40-44. Master's thesis. (German)
- Mira Keratová, "Každá cesta ukrýva počiatočné tajomstvo: ako sa pútnik dostal do východzieho bodu?", in Peter Bartoš, Situations 1945–2014, Vienna: Secession, 2014. (Slovak)
