Stano Masár – Portraits of Institutions, 2017
(ART PLAN series – PDF)
The series of paintings is an allusion/evocation of navigation signs from prestigious art museums in Europe. The paintings stem from the author’s cycle of works dealing with the mechanisms related to presentation of visual art, where the world “behind” the art commonly seen at the exhibition becomes a primary part of this complex – although it is seemingly invisible and insignificant.
Retaining the particular fonts and graphics, the author rewrites the selected signs (e.g. Fortsetzung der Ausstellung – Exhibition continues from Hamburger Bahnhoff/Staatliche Museen in Berlin) and presents them as autonomous artworks. Furthermore, their placement in the actual access and communication areas of the Museum of Art in Žilina creates a unique, and foremost artistic navigation for the visitors of the gallery.
