Woodcarvers from Bretka
created: 25. 09. 2020 10:19 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
A short video portrait about two amateur carvers - a father and a son who live and work in the village of Bretka (Rožňava district). Vojtech Váradi worked there as shepherd, carving became his hobby, when spending a lot of time with cattle out on pasture, he began carving from pieces of wood. He has three sons, but only one of them is involved in carving - Boris Váradi. In the video, they present their products and their carving technology. They carve mainly birds, but also utility objects such as spoons, ladles, boars. Carving is a source of livelihood for them.
category: crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Hungarian Vojtech Váradi Boris Váradi general audience internal
Stanislav Cina - The Wood-curver
created: 11. 12. 2018 11:58 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Stanislav Cina's short talk about carving in a pastoral center in the village of Čičava. The Roma Pastoral Center covers the formation and missionary service in the Roma communities, especially in the Vranov district. Through the Civic Association Hot Team, they implemented a project of a protected workshop in 2012, employing handicapped Roma from Vranov nad Topľou. Within the sheltered workshops, they have been devoting themselves to the works of wood-curving under the direction of Milan Krajniak. Their main inspiration was taken from the religious themes.
category: crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Slovak Stanislav Cina - The Wood-curver general audience internal
Šarlota Bottová - The Portrait of the Painter
created: 11. 12. 2018 10:29 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Šarlota Bottová (1989-) is an artist from Rimavská Baňa in Hnúšťa. She graduated from the Secondary Technical School in Rimavska Sobota, in the cosmetics department. In the field of fine arts, her main focus is drawing the portraits. Šarlota Bottová exhibited her works in Prague (2016) in the gallery Phundrado vudar (Open Doors), at the exhibition of amateur Roma artists AraArt, in Košice (2017) in the Važecká Exchanger, in Hnúšta (2017) at the Library of Prof. Štefan Pasiar and in Rimavská Baňa. The drawing depicts the portrait of the British actor, musician and writer James Hugh Calum Laurie.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic in persona drawing Slovak Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Michal Bársony - A Girl in the Window
created: 05. 10. 2018 12:02 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. In the video he describes the creative process of painting the picture named A Girl in the Window, the technique used, the material, and the idea behind the selection and presentation of the theme.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Bársony - The Women
created: 05. 10. 2018 08:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. The video shows him describing the process of painting the concrete painting titled The Waggon, the technique and material used for it, as well as the background of how the theme and form were chosen. In the video he describes the process of creating a collection of paintings, the technique used, the material, and the idea behind the selection and presentation of the theme.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Bársony - The Collection on the Wall
created: 05. 10. 2018 08:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. In the video he describes the process of creating a collection of paintings, the technique used, the material, and the idea behind the selection and presentation of the theme.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Bársony - The Waggon
created: 27. 08. 2018 10:36 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. The video shows him describing the process of painting the concrete painting titled The Waggon, the technique and material used for it, as well as the background of how the theme and form were chosen.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Bársony - Holokaust
created: 26. 08. 2018 20:37 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. The video shows him describing the process of painting the concrete painting titled Holokaust, the technique and material used for it, as well as the background of how the theme and form were chosen.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Bársony - Primavera
created: 26. 08. 2018 20:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. The video shows him describing the process of painting the concrete painting titled Primavera, the technique and material used for it, as well as the background of how the theme and form were chosen.
category: fine arts
tags: sacral material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal
Michal Barsony - Angel
created: 26. 08. 2018 20:31 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Born in the village Kunova Teplica, the district of Roznava. The family spoke Hungarian, and kept the tradition of smithery and music. He graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, specialzed in fine arts and Russian language. The post-gradual studies completed at the Pedagogical Faculty of University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, awarded with the title PeadDr. His main creation is painting and drawing, with prevailing themes of the sacral nature, as well as some women portraits and landscapes. As a pedagogue worked at several elementary and secondary schools, as well as at universities. He also worked for the State Institute Of Pedagogy. The video shows him describing the process of painting the concrete painting titled Angel, the technique and material used for it, as well as the background of how the theme and form were chosen.
category: fine arts
tags: sacral material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Michal Bársony general audience internal