{"id":27129,"date":"2025-09-05T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zgjm.sk\/?page_id=27129"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:26:18","slug":"jan-berger-painting-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zgjm.sk\/en\/exhibitions\/archive-of-exhibitions\/2025-2\/jan-berger-painting-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00e1n Berger: Painting II"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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J\u00e1n Berger: Painting II<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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An exhibition of the renowned Slovak painter and educator.<\/strong><\/p>

Artist, exhibition title<\/strong>: <\/strong>J\u00e1n Berger: Painting II
<\/strong>Venue<\/strong>: <\/strong>Z\u00e1horie Gallery of J\u00e1n Mudroch in Senica, Sadov\u00e1 619\/3
Curator: <\/strong>X\u00e9nia Bergerov\u00e1
<\/strong>Opening<\/strong>: <\/strong>September 5, 2025 (Friday) at 5:00 p.m.<\/strong>
<\/strong>Opening remarks<\/strong>: <\/strong>\u013dudov\u00edt Holo\u0161ka, academic painter
<\/strong>Musical guest at the opening<\/strong>: <\/strong>X\u00e9nia Jarov\u00e1 \u2014\u00a0piano
<\/strong>Duration of the exhibition<\/strong>: <\/strong>September 5 (Friday) \u2013 October 12, 2025 (Sunday)<\/p>

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Abou the Exhibition<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An exhibition of J\u00e1n Berger\u2019s work is taking place for the second time in Senica \u2013 the first took place thirty years ago (1995), also at the Z\u00e1horie Gallery. The current selection is dominated by works created after 2000. Conceived as a retrospective, the exhibition presents larger-format paintings such as Mythical Scenes. The curator of the exhibition Continuum<\/em> at the Bratislava City Gallery, X\u00e9nia Lettrichov\u00e1, noted that these works embody the essential qualities and building blocks of Berger\u2019s art. She emphasized color, about which she said: \u201cColor in his hands is a changeable state of matter, ranging from an autonomous phenomenon to a representational medium.\u201d<\/p>

Berger\u2019s work often includes stand-alone pieces, several of which are featured in this selection. Among them are larger paintings such as Such a World, Duo, and Under the Angel, as well as the nearly self-portrait-like Brass Plaque. The body of work reveals a rich spectrum of complex themes and interwoven motifs. As J\u00e1n Abelovsk\u00fd once remarked in a review of Berger\u2019s exhibition, the painter is a \u201clavish magician.\u201d It is also important to note that Berger\u2019s painting never strays far from the natural world\u2014whether landscapes both near as well as far and transformed, or human and animal figuration in their varied formal guises.<\/p>

In the catalogue of Berger\u2019s monographic exhibition at the Slovak National Gallery in 2018, curator Nina Ga\u017eovi\u010dov\u00e1 delved deeper into the uniqueness of his work. She wrote: \u201c\u2026As if invention and imagination had become a despised and outdated state in the 20th and 21st centuries. As if the power of pure painterly expression, which for centuries preserved for humanity seemingly trivial yet intensely meaningful moments, had been forgotten. Berger (1944), even today, in the post-internet era, embodies what keeps painting alive. He proves that even now it can awaken in people the desire to partake in the mediated beauty of life and the world\u2026\u201d<\/p>

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