POETRY OF THE EVERYDAY — Collective Exhibition

Group Exhibition of Fine Art | Atelier Hlavina

Atelier Hlavina once again presents selected naïve artists from its online gallery.

The exhibition will take place at the Glass Pavilion in the park of the Čereňany manor from September 14 to October 6, 2018. It will be open to the public daily, except Sundays, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

This group exhibition, titled Poetry of Everyday Life, will present the work of three artists from the online gallery www.atelierhlavina.sk.

The official opening will take place on September 14, 2018 at 5:00 PM at the Glass Pavilion in the Čereňany manor park.

Once again, the exhibition will carry a philanthropic dimension. A voluntary fundraising event will take place during the opening in support of the non-profit organization PLAMIENOK – Children’s Mobile Hospice (www.plamienok.sk).

The fundraising will continue throughout the duration of the exhibition.

I believe you will find the time to experience the inspiring works of Rastislav Ekkert, Jan Glozik, and Barbara Issa Wagner—set within a welcoming environment that invites you to pause and engage with art.

By visiting, you will also support the mission of the non-profit organization PLAMIENOK.

The exhibition Poetry of Everyday Life will present:

*Barbara Issa Wagner (1978)

Barbara Issa Wagner spent her childhood in the studio of her father, Czech painter L. M. Wágner, where her artistic sensitivity developed naturally. This was further influenced by her mother’s love for imaginative poetry.

She studied art techniques and theory privately. After completing high school, she worked in the studio of Teresa Dara in Barcelona while also attending the Escola de Belles Arts.

Her paintings are a response to encounters with the real world, yet they are expressed through an imaginative, poetic, and delicate visual language. She first achieved recognition in the Czech Republic, and over time her work has entered galleries and private collections across Western Europe, as well as in the USA, Australia, India, and China.

In addition to her international activities, she works alternately in her studios in Písek and Hajany near Blatná.

*Ján Glózik (1957)

Ján Glózik was born in Kovačica, Serbia, where he continues to live and work. He is a prominent representative of the Kovačica naïve art tradition.

His paintings often depict scenes from everyday rural life—fieldwork, landscapes, musicians, as well as the customs and traditions of the Slovak community in Kovačica.

He held his first solo exhibition in Serbia in 1983 and later in Bratislava in 1992. His work was also presented at the prestigious Art Revolution Taipei 2016 in Taiwan, where he received a Bronze Plaque for his contribution to naïve art and subsequently held a solo exhibition there. The competition featured over 4,000 artworks from around the world.

Among his many awards, the most notable include:

• Salon International de Art Naïf, Bucharest (1999)
• Special Award of Gallery Kasper – Prix Suisse et Prix Europe de peinture primitive moderne, Switzerland (1995)

*Rastislav Ekkert (1964)

Rastislav Ekkert was born in Bratislava, but from an early age, he felt most at home in nature. He first explored the forests of the Little Carpathians, later spending much of his youth in the High Tatras. Over time, his journeys expanded to the Caucasus, the Alps, and eventually the Himalayas.

He began drawing and painting at a young age while attending weekend classes in the studio of Július Koller. However, for many years, he lacked the time and conditions for consistent artistic work.

A turning point came a few years ago when he and his partner moved to the wilderness of the Muránska Planina region. It was here that a new, richly colored artistic world opened up to him.

In his own words:

“Shepherds, woodcutters, simple and authentic people of the mountains—that is my world today and my source of inspiration. I describe my work as naïve, even though it is rooted in real landscapes and the people within them. The landscapes and figures are a reflection of my inner world, as I see it. I believe that a part of me remains in every painting…”

PLAMIENOK

We become adults gradually. Graduation is often seen as a symbolic threshold—a “test of maturity.” Yet we know that passing it does not truly make us adults.

Adulthood comes step by step, through experiences and realizations that reveal the reality of the world. And each of us goes through this process differently.

One such moment may come when a person first truly understands and feels the meaning of the word hospice. A children’s hospice.

Many of us eventually have children of our own. We watch them grow, become independent—and we learn to let them go. It begins with kindergarten, continues through school, boarding, and their first steps into independence.

Think back to those moments. You always wanted to walk them as far as possible—to the door, the gate, the train, the departure hall…

You can sense where this is going.

There are moments when a child is leaving beyond a boundary you cannot cross. And yet, just as always, you want to be as close to them as possible. And they want to be with you.

It is this closeness that the team of the non-profit organization Plamienok makes possible. They provide care in the fullest sense of the word—for the child and their family, in the comfort of their home, until the very last moments.