Dernissage and guided tour of the exhibition GOOD BOY with Andrej Dúbravský and curators Mira Macík and Erika Kovačičová.
The exhibition GOOD BOY by Andrej Dúbravský reflects on the theme of beauty in art, both from a historical perspective and through the lens of today. A time when the rhetoric of fitness lifestyle, stereotypes of perfect appearance and fatshaming on social media mix with the body positivity movement and plus size campaigns of global fashion brands. As a society, we find ourselves in a time when we are obsessed with our own bodies and the compulsion to display them publicly, but at the same time experience a traumatic sense of powerlessness from the illicit entry into intimate space.
The paradox of the present is compounded by the historical context of contradictory tabooing and bold display of the 'forbidden'. A reminder of the well-known scene of The Happy Accidents of the Swing is imaginatively placed at the centre of Dúbravsky's exhibition. It is only the attentive eye of the viewer that perceives the strong emotions of the main character in the intricate romantic scenery of this rococo work by Fragonard. Enjoying a moment of visual pleasure has no shame in it; on the contrary, it is an invitation to play. The exhibition is also be complemented by ecologically themed works of nature motifs, which the artist allows himself to be surrounded by at his country estate in Rastislavice, Slovakia.
Andrej Dúbravský is one of the most prominent representatives of the contemporary Slovak art scene. His work focuses on depictions of male bodies and erotic scenes, stylized self-portraits and rural landscapes. He graduated from the Painting Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. He has had a number of exhibitions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as successful projects abroad, for example at the renowned Berlin gallery DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM.
Curators: Mira Macík, Erika Kovačičová
Programme subject to change.
