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Blažej Baláž Blažej BalážVystudoval Vysokou školu výtvarných umění v Bratislavě v ateliéru grafiky

IDONTTRUSTBANKERS

Critical reflection, post-conceptual depth, a refined interpretive trap, and an uncompromising civic stance in the work of Blažej Baláž titled NEVERIMBANKAROM.

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Framed 65 × 84 cm
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Wooden frame with museum-grade UV acrylic glazing, made in the Czech Republic. Ready to hang.
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The artist numbers and signs every piece by hand. No reprints.100ks blind stamp and certificate of authenticityArchival 12-colour giclée print, Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g
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Blažej Baláž

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Blažej Baláž

Blažej Baláž (*1958) vystudoval Vysokou školu výtvarných umění v Bratislavě v ateliéru grafiky. Pedagogicky působí na Pedagogické fakultě Trnavské univerzity v Trnavě, kde dlouhodobě vedl ateliéry grafiky a nyní je profesorem na Katedře pedagogiky výtvarného umění a členem uměleckých rad. Svou práci představil v předních slovenských i českých institucích a hojně také v zahraničí – například v Londýně, Berlíně, Vídni a Budapešti. Za svou dlouhodobou tvůrčí činnost získal řadu prestižních odborných uznání, mezi něž patří zejména Cena Unie výtvarných umělců České republiky na 9. Mezinárodním bienále kresby v Plzni (2014) a Special Award by the Jury na Osten Biennial of Drawing ve Skopji (2016). Jeho práce jsou zastoupeny ve významných veřejných i soukromých sbírkách, například v Slovenské národní galerii či Národní galerii v Praze.

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Blažej Baláž for 100 pcs

2 words, 1 conceptual text, 15 letters, 11 segmented texts. A work on paper in which an interpretive trap is set, implicitly or explicitly. The main text, NEVERIMBANKAROM (I don’t trust bankers), is derived from a collage, an image from a period magazine (2006) which came from an advertisement and proclaimed “Neverte bankárom” (Don’t trust bankers), while calling for even greater risk-taking and deeper trust in the banking sector... This instructional text is appropriated into a conceptual text that exhibits an ambivalent conception. It acts as a “direct” text, critical and protest-oriented, yet its edge is blunted by the tautology of segmenting the conceptual text through the assigned symbolism of color arbitrariness. 11 secondary segments are assigned to specific colors, and this tautological anchoring creates the work’s connotative dispersion.

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A look inside the studio

Photos from the signing of the first pieces of the edition.

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Every edition has a fixed print run. Every piece is numbered and signed by hand. During a pre-sale you choose your print number; after the pre-sale ends, numbers are assigned in order of purchase. Details are on the Edition sizes page.

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