ARTIST PROFILE

Martin Kochan

  • Slovakia (b. 1981 in Trnava)
  • Currently in Trnava, Slovakia.
  • I concentrate on post conceptual tendencies in an intermedia production that mostly presents itself as intervention into public space, and I further take that creatively into another stage.
Insulation 2013

Insulation 2013

  • 2013

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The work was created in PROGR center in Switzerland organized by Banská St a nica Contemporary and supported by Ministry of culture of Slovakia and by Stadt Gallery in Bern. Here I discussed the topic of insulation of housing estates. I painted the handkerchiefs which I hanged one next to other. I chose handkerchiefs deliberately because such material is closer to me than traditional canvas. In the beginning, I was in Banská Štiavnica, painting according to the insulated panel house. I intuitively inscribed the gray brush strokes to the areas of unfolded napkins. I put handkerchiefs over a radiator and the hot air put them into motion. White painting on handkerchiefs reminded me of a housing estate. In the final composition I painted two handkerchiefs in the center. This developed an impression of windows on the block of flats. The project was developed by Katarina Gatialová, curator of the gallery Plusmínusnula in Zilina.