Tony Gatlif
created: 24. 07. 2015 13:28 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Tony Gatlif (Michel Dahmani Gatlif), a film producer and director. He was born on 10 September 1948 in Algiers into a very poor family of a Roma Spanish mother and Arabic father. He lives and creates in France. He became famous for his films focusing on Roma theme Latcho drom a Gadjo dilo. Picture dimensions: 120cm (š) x 100cm (v). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Rita Hayworthová
created: 23. 07. 2015 10:06 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Rita Hayworth (Margarita Carmen Cansino), an American dancer and actor. She was born in 1918 and she is best known starring in The Loves of Carmen (1948), Dancing Pirate (1936), or Circus World (1964). Her father, Eduardo Cansino, open a dance school in Hollywood in 1926. She died in 1987 in the USA. Picture dimensions: 120cm (š) x 100cm (v). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Michael Caine
created: 16. 07. 2015 14:17 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Michael Caine, an English actor born in 1933. His father came from London Roma family dealing with horse trading. He admits he has the blood of the Roma in his veins. In 2000, he was knighted. Picture dimensions: 120cm (š) x 100cm (v). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Kmeťoband - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 10:56 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Kmeťoband - Igor Kmeťo, senior and Igor Kmeťo, junior. Since 1999, the group of father and son has been called Kmeťoband. In its current composition, the group has been playing together since 2000. The principal founders of the group are IGOR KMEŤO, sr. and IGOR KMEŤO, jr. IGOR KMEŤO senior is also a manager of the group. His son, IGOR KMEŤO, jr. plays the synthesizer and saxophone, and arranges their music. /www.hudebniskupiny.cz/kmetoband/ The set of photographs contains portraits of the two musicians made during the interview after the signing competition Romano hangoró 2013 in Lučenec.
category: speaking
Štefan Banyák - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 10:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Štefan Banyák (1938 - ) is a Roma violinist. He founded the Orchestra of Roma Musicians in Dunajská Streda, currently Bihári Orchestra, and he is the main organizer of Bihári festival held in Dunajská Streda every year. The musician is a chairman of the Civil Association (CA) of Roma Musicians in Dunajská Streda. At present, he works mainly with young Roma musicians and at the same time he actively performs at various music events. The set of photographs features portraits of the musicians and pictures of awards.
category: speaking
Emília Kissová - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 09:00 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A series of photographs of recording talking with Emília Kissová, the respondent from Orechová Potôň who talked about habits and traditions, differences and specifics of Olah Roma in Slovakia.
category: speaking
Freddie James Prinze
created: 15. 07. 2015 10:16 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Freddie James Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel), an American actor and comedian. He was born in San Juan in 1954 into the family of Hungarian and Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for his role in the comedy series Chico And the Man. Picture size: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Django Reinhardt
created: 15. 07. 2015 09:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Django Reinhardt (real name Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), a founder of gypsy jazz music. He was born in 1910 in Liberchies, Belgium into a family of French Roman ethnicity. He belonged to the Roma community of Manouches. He was one of the best composers of jazz music and he is regarded to be the founder of the Roma jazz interpretation called also gypsy jazz, gypsy swing or French Manouché jazz. In Romani language, the nickname Django means “waking up”. He died on 16 May 1953 in France. Picture dimensions: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Elvis Presley
created: 26. 06. 2015 12:37 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Elvis Presley, an actor and singer. He was born in the USA in 1935 and died in 1977 in the USA. Several sources suggest he is of Roma origin. His ancestors are said to come from the community of German Sinits. However, other sources consider these statements to be false. Picture dimensions: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material of the painting is the plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Charlie Chaplin
created: 26. 06. 2015 12:13 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo, is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Charlie Chaplin. He was born in England in 1889 and died in 1977 in Switzerland. Several sources suggest he is of Roma origin. In his book We Are the Romani People, Ian Hancock describes Chaplin’s Roma origin. The mother of Ch. Chaplin came from the community of Romani blacksmiths. He tried to spend as much time with the Roma people as possible and “shaped” his film character based on his own perception of Roma life. Feeling sorry for ill treatment of Roma people in Nazi Germany he created the figure of Hitler in his film The Great Dictator (1940). Picture dimensions: 120 cm (h) x 100 cm (w). The underlying material of the painting is the plasterboard.
category: fine arts
