Tomáš Botló - "May Mother Died"
created: 22. 06. 2015 07:21 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Tomáš Botló - a singer and musician, playing amateur guitar, playing piano mostly, studied at the State conservatory in Bratislava. He writes his own songs, he built his recording studio at home where he proved being an excellent sound mixer. Tomáš mixis romani music with modern genres such as jazz, funk, hip-hop, latino, flamenco, pop and this kind of genre syncretism makes him multi-cultural and multi-genre musician. He cooperated with several Slovak as well as foreign rappers and artists.
category: music
Ondrej Gadžor - The Portrait of the Carver
created: 29. 05. 2015 08:06 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Short medallion of an outstanding Roma personality, a carver and sculptor Ondrej Gadžor. Ondrej Gadžor (9. 7. 1956 - 10/19/2013) - a native from Krásna nad Hornádom, he started carving when he was 24 years old. He works with different types of material - stone, even with horn or shells, but especially with wood. He developed a unique sculptural handwriting, influenced by the school of the academic sculptor Vojtech Löfller, in whose atelier he worked for eleven years. The subtle nature of small creation he managed to transfer into of monumental sized works made in sculptors' gatherings. His work is above the common works of non-professional sculptors. Abbreviations and abstraction reaches beyond normal folk art, and the final shape is somewhere between modern sculpture and African folk statues. His works' form is weightless, percepted as light and airy. His strengths are clean lines, he plays with wood and its structure, using them artfully in his works. Among the main themes stands a woman. He had several solo exhibitions, regularly attended sculpture open air events. He performed at several solo exhibitions at home and abroad. His works are exhibited, inter alia, also in Los Angeles, or the Vatican and many are part of the collections of museums in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic (East Slovak Museum in Košice, SNM-Museum of Roma Culture in Slovakia in Martin, Vojtech Löffler Museum in Košice Museum of Roma Culture in Brno).
category: fine arts
Miroslav Rác - concert - Želiezovce
created: 28. 05. 2015 12:03 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Miroslav Rác alias BG Romano Hip – Hop is a singer, songwriter, piano songs composer. He lives and works in Levice. Set of photographs was created during the jazz concert in Želiezovce. Photos show also accompanying musicians, Anton Bukai, who played the bass guitar and Miroslav Talpáš, playing the drums. Both musicians are active in several music ensembles, playing both home and abroad.
category: music
Pavla Cicková - speaking and recitation
created: 28. 05. 2015 10:48 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The short speaking of poetess Pavla Cicková on the celebrations of World Roma Day, held under the auspices of the government proxy for minorities Peter Pollák, on 8th April 2013. During the event, Pavla Cicková recited her self-composed poem „The Romani Land”.
category: speaking
Tomáš Botló - performance
created: 28. 05. 2015 10:30 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The file of photographs was created during documentation of music performence of a singer Tomáš Botló, in village Hubice. Tomáš Botló – singer and musician, plays a guitar, but most of all he plays a piano, which he was studying on Bratislava State Conservatory. He composes his own songs, also he set up his own recodring studio at home and so he shows himself as a very good audio engineer. Tomáš mixes roma music with a modern music genres, such as jazz, funk, hip-hop, latino, flamenco, pop and this kind of genre syncretism makes him a well-rounded multi-cultural and multi-genre musician. He cooperates with several slovak and foreign rappers and artists.
category: music
Marilyn Monroe
created: 25. 05. 2015 15:01 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing - Marilyn Monroe, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson (1st June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA – 5th August 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress, model.
category: fine arts
Jackie Chan
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:53 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Jackie Chan, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Jackie Chan (born Chan Kong-sang, 陳港生; 7 April 1954, Hong Kong) is a martial artist, actor, film director, producer, comic actor, well-known for his acrobatic fighting style, and singer.
category: fine arts
Morgan Freeman
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:34 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Morgan Freeman, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Morgan Freeman (born 1 June 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American actor and director, awarded by several prestigious prizes, as The Academy Award – The Oscar or The Crystal Globe Award for special achievement for world film on the Karlový Vary International film festival.
category: fine arts
Colin Firth
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:04 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Colin Firth, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2014.
Colin Andrew Firth, CBE (born 10 September 1960, Grayshott, Hampshire, Great Britain) is an English actor. Well-known thanks to Miloš Forman´s movie Valmont or from the oscar movie English Patient or from the film adaptation of Bridget Jones´s Diary. In 2009 he was nominated for Oscar prize for his role in a film A single man.
category: fine arts
Marilyn Monroe
created: 21. 05. 2015 10:10 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Marilyn Monroe, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson (1st June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA – 5th August 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress, model.
category: fine arts
