EXHIBITION
There is a light that never goes out
:
Ľubomíra Chylová Sekerášová
There is a light that never goes out
Author: Ľubomíra Chylová Sekerášová
Curator: Michal Stolárik
Duration of the exhibition: 19.3 – 17.4.2022
The solo exhibition There is a light that never goes out presents a selection from the current and still dynamically developing work of Ľubomíra Sekerášová. A distinctive representative of the young generation of domestic visual artists, she is primarily devoted to figurative painting, drawing and occasional spatial realisations, dominated by an expressive handwriting and frequent use of monochromatic colouring. Sekerášová is fascinated by all things supernatural – science fiction, divinity, occultism or myths, which she combines with philosophy, decadence, dark atmosphere or personal mythology. On the thin edge between fact and bent reality, he inserts the scenes into wild and romanticising natural landscapes that are characteristically marked by his work with contrasting dramatic light, shadows or luminous contours. Direct experience with the artist’s works evokes a rush of different emotions leaning towards the negative spectrum of feelings. However, the intensity is subdued and, rather than screaming at us, they just bubble nervously beneath the surface. Or is it just the emblematic calm before the storm? – Michal Stolárik, curator
Ľubomíra Chylová Sekerášová (*1994, Zakamenné) lives and works in Bratislava. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. In 2020 she participated in a graduate internship in the studio of Kristof Kintera and between 2016-2017 a study stay at Newcastle University. She has had solo exhibitions at institutions such as Jula Binder Gallery (2021, Banská Štiavnica, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery (2020, Bratislava) and Kunstverein Bratislava (2016). She has participated in group exhibitions in galleries such as Mauve, Vienna, Temporary Parapet, Bratislava, Galeria Sztuk Współczesni, Myslenice, etc.