CONCRETE SUMMER | Contemporary European Geometric al Tendencies

KONKRÉTNE LETO |Súčasné európske geometrické tendencie

CONCRETE SUMMER | Contemporary European Geometric al Tendencies

Organiser and co-curator: Viktor Hulik

28 June – 26 July 2018
Bratislava | Slovakia

The main objective of the organisers of this event is to present the widest range of possibilities explored in concrete and geometric art. Geometric abstraction represents one principle and an infinite number of creative possibilities. Over the past century, geometric abstraction went through interesting developments reflected in the works of artists, unique mutations, diverse syntheses and opposing forces, formal and philosophical reverberations. Even today, many artists enhance its development in new dimensions. This form of fine art has a rich tradition in Slovakia and Bohemia, where a joint Czech-Slovak Concretist Club was established in 1967, as well in other countries, such as Hungary, Poland, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland among others.
This exhibition is showcasing a broad spectrum of generations ranging from renowned artists to the youngest protagonists. The international cooperation opens up opportunities for a deeper appreciation of other cultures through the universal medium of art.
The central part of the exhibition project representing the artists from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Hungary, France, the Netherlands and Germany is shown in the Slovenská výtvarná únia – Galéria Umelka in Bratislava, and further exhibitions are planned to open in the Galéria Z, the Gallery of the French Institute, the Gallery of the Polish Institute, the Gallery of the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Bratislava City Gallery.

CONCRETE SUMMER – Contemporary European Geometric al Tendencies
List of venues and openings of exhibitions

6 June 2018
Introduction to OSAS at Gallery Z (curator Júlia N.Mészáros)
Levente Bálványos, Barna Benedek, Bob Bonies, Tibor Gáyor, Hans-Jörg Glattfelder, István Haász, Katalin Haász, István Haraszty, Katalin Hetey, Viktor Hulík, Tamás Jovánovics, Antal Kelle, Tamás Konok, Zsuzsanna Kóródi, Dóra Maurer, Manfred Mohr, János Megyik, András Mengyán, Vera Molnár, Barbara Nagy, István Nádler, Judit Nemes, Kamilla Szíj a András Wolsky.

28 June 2018:
15.00 – Anna Szprynger (PL), Polish Institute
16.00 – Peter Roller, Bratislava City Gallery
17.00 – Barbara Höller (A), Gallery of the Austrian Cultural Forum
18.00 – Fabrice Ainaut (F), Gallery of the French Institute
19.00 – OSAS, Gallery Z
20.00 – Contemporary European Geometric al Tendencies, Umelka Gallery, (co-curator Zsuzsa Dardai)
Štefan Balázs, Mária Balážová, Joanick Becourt (F), Milija Belic (F), Štefan Belohradský, Pavol Binder, Péter Botos (H), Jerzy Budziszewski (PL), Marian Drugda, Jan Dudéšek (CZ), Oleg Fintora, Eva Francová (CZ), Glass Ingo (H), Tibor Hamza, Ján Hoffstädter, Barbara Höller (A), Gerhard Hotter (D), Viktor Hulik, Ladislav Jezbera (CZ), Tamás Kovács (H), Štěpán Málek (CZ), Václav Malina (CZ), NAGÁMI (H), Roland Orépük (F), Roland De Jong Orlando (NL), Laszlo Otto (H), Otto Reitsperger (D), Reinhard Roy (D), Pavol Rusko, Janos Szasz Saxon (H), Jaromír Šimkůj (CZ), Rudo Sikora, Bogumila Strojna (F), Aleš Svoboda (CZ), Anna Szprynger (PL), Markéta Váradiová (CZ), József Zalavari (H), Wilfried Ludwigl (D)

The exhibition of Štěpán Pala, Space and Echoes, staged in the Gallery Statua is part of the Concrete Summer project.
28 June – 26 July 2018