The Bethlehem
created: 05. 10. 2018 14:35 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The artifact was made in 2006, during the project titled Feder dzivipe - Lepsi zivot (Better Life), implemented by the Civic Association for Support and Regional Development and the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Romani Communities, supported by the European Social Fund. In cooperation with the Office for Labour, Social Affairs and Family there were 33 unemployed Roma selected who received training; the Association then started searching for permanent jobs for them, in various professions. Some of the worked in crafts and arts workshop lead by the lecturere, the fine arts pedagogue Mgr. Miriam Kavulicova-Tomasiakova, where, besides many other aesthetic and practically used objects the above-mentioned artifact was made. The artifact's author is unknown.
Technique: lace
category: fine arts
tags: sacral material artistic 2D artifact lace general audience internal
The Sacral Theme
created: 18. 09. 2018 15:53 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Cichý (1966-) is a the painter of the Romani origin, born in Nižný Žipov, the district of Trebišov. He was trained as an auto mechanic, later devoted himself exclusively to painting. His work was influenced especially by Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarotti and Rafael Santi. He works mostly with acrylic and oil paintings, painting mostly on canvas and hardboard. He also has several wall paintings in churches and houses of sadness. The main themes of his works are, besides sacral themes, the topics of family, war and Roma. In the 90's, he was awarded a prize for painting in a national amateur art contest in Trenčín. He has exhibited his work with other Romany artists in Poland, the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno, in Bratislava at the exhibition named Heart Prints on the Romany Painters‘ Palette, in Prešov, in Michalovce at an exhibition entitled Romane čercheňa (The Romani Stars) or in Stropkov. His paintings are currently located in about 30 villages in houses for funerals, in several churches, in the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno and other places in Slovakia and abroad.
Name of the work: The Sacral Theme
Technique: oil
Base material: canvas on wooden plate
Topic: the sacral theme
Year of creation: 1995
Year of digitalization: 2017
Size: 45 cm x 81,5 cm
Administered by: the author
Originality: original
The origin of the title: by the cataloguer
Signed: yes (right down side)
Framing: framed
category: fine arts
tags: sacral material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Cichý general audience internal
Virgin Mary in Heavens
created: 18. 09. 2018 15:46 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Cichý (1966-) is a the painter of the Romani origin, born in Nižný Žipov, the district of Trebišov. He was trained as an auto mechanic, later devoted himself exclusively to painting. His work was influenced especially by Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarotti and Rafael Santi. He works mostly with acrylic and oil paintings, painting mostly on canvas and hardboard. He also has several wall paintings in churches and houses of sadness. The main themes of his works are, besides sacral themes, the topics of family, war and Roma. In the 90's, he was awarded a prize for painting in a national amateur art contest in Trenčín. He has exhibited his work with other Romany artists in Poland, the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno, in Bratislava at the exhibition named Heart Prints on the Romany Painters‘ Palette, in Prešov, in Michalovce at an exhibition entitled Romane čercheňa (The Romani Stars) or in Stropkov. His paintings are currently located in about 30 villages in houses for funerals, in several churches, in the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno and other places in Slovakia and abroad.
Name of the work: Virgin Mary in Heavens
Technique: oil
Base material: canvas
Topic: sacral
Year of creation: 1996
Year of digitalization: 2017
Size: 84,5 cm x 64,5 cm
Administered by: the author
Originality: original
The origin of the title: by the author
Framing: framed
category: fine arts
tags: sacral material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Cichý general audience internal
