ARTIST STATEMENT
Repicky presents us
with an opportunity to watch his work from the early (5 yeas) childhood times
to the present and allows us to discover its genesis and peer beneath the
layers of his current work. Despite the changes which his work has gone
through, the sources of his inpiration can still be noticed in his contemporary
work: the appropriation, comics, B rated action, science fiction and crime
films (the first comic book is inspired by the film The American Ninja with
Michael Dudikoff, in others he loosely interprets the movie Aliens, ..) or
parody (The X-files or Judge Dredd, films that the main hero of his children
comics is watching on TV). The imitation is soon replaced by efforts to create
own individual mythological universe, where particular paintings, comic books
and characters are not individual free-standing entities. What is present on
them is fulfilled by the sense and the meaning on the basis of seeing all
previous paintings, comics, installations, graffiti. On the other hand, each
painting, character and comics can be viewed and interpreted separately as a
closed unit. Therefore Repický through his lifelong production of works creates
a sort of a lifetime comics. Its individual parts can work independently, but
in a complex multi-layered unit receive other meanings and opening up stories
in front of us that are no longer copying the B-rated films and children's
comics, as they are no longer an escape from the school system, but the search
for the meaning of man and the world. As a work of art has the ability to do
so..
Repicky nám
predostiera možnosť sledovať jeho tvorbu od ranných (5–rokov)
detských čias po súčasnosť a umožňuje nám tak odhaľovať jej genézu a nazrieť
pod vrstvy jeho súčasnej tvorby. Napriek zmenám ku ktorým sa dopracoval je
možné vysledovať aj v jeho súčasnej tvorbe inšpiračné zdroje z ktorých
vychádza: Apropriácia, komiks, b-čkové akčné, sci-fi, či
krimi filmy ( prvý komiks je inšpirovaný filmom Americky ńinja s Michaelom
Dudikoffom, v dalšich voľne interpretuje film Aliens,..), alebo paródia
(Akty-X, či Sudca Dredd, filmy, ktoré hlavný hrdina jeho detských komiksov
sleduje v televízii) . Napodobňovanie ale vystriedala snaha o vytváranie
vlastného individuálneho mytologického univerza, kde jednotlivé obrazy, komiksy
a postavy nie sú osamostatnenými samostatne stojacimi entitami. To čo je
na nich prítomne je naplňované zmyslom a významom aj na základe videnia
všetkých predošlých obrazov, komiksov, inštalácii, grafitov. Na druhej strane
každý jeden obraz, postavu, komiks možno vnímať a interpretovať aj
samostatne ako uzavretý celok. Repický teda svojou celoživotnou tvorbou vytvára
akýsi celoživotný komiks. Jeho jednotlivé časti môžu fungovať samostatne, avšak
v rámci komplexného viacvrstvového celku dostávajú ďalšie významy a otvárajú
pred nami príbehy, ktoré už nie sú kopírovaním b-čkových filmov a detských
komiksov, tak ako už nie sú únikom zo školské systému, ale sú hľadaním zmyslu
človeka a sveta, pretože umelecké dielo má tu schopnosť.
BIOGRAPHY
Radoslav Repický
Born in Michalovce, Slovakia
17. 4 .1984
EDUCATION
1999-2003 Secondary school of commercial art, Košice.
branch Advertising graphics1999-2003, A. Bugan
2003-2009 TU Faculty of art, Košice
Atelier of contemporary art 2003-2007, Doc. Adam Szentpetery
Atelier of experimental graphics 2007-2009, prof. Rudolf Sikora
Teacher
Spojená Umelecká Skola , Exnarova 8 Košice 2010/2011
Skola Užitkového Výtvarnictva, Jakobyho 15 Košice 2011/2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 “SKART.sk”, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
2007 „Mapovanie“ student's exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum of the Modern Art
Medzilaborce, Slovakia
2008 „Root“ Martin Kudla, Rado Repický, Andy Warhol Museum of the Modern Art
Medzilaborce, Slovakia
2008 „Vnútorný Priestor 5“, Repický-Simanová- Obšivan-Tkáčiková,
Art gallery Veritas, Košice, Slovakia
2008 „My Mi.- domáci“, student's exhibition, Art gallery Subteren, Michalovce
2009 Pecha Kucha Night , Volume 1, Košice – cinema – Usmev Slovakia
2009 „Chrobáci súhlasia“, Repický-Obšivan- Tkáčiková, Coffee bar - Coffee under 7
windows, Prešov, Slovakia
2009 Warhol – Kudla – Repický, Galeria Miejska bwa, Bydgoszc, Poland
2010 Radoslav Repicky a Ladislav Repicky Zemplínske osvetové stredisko Michalovce
Slovakia
repicky-vystava- zos
2010 – Gallery 66 – Cover Exhibition 120x120 Prague
2010 - Noc Noc 2010 Vychodoslovenka Galéria Košice Slovakia
2010 – art now 2010–kasarne kulturk park Kosice Slovakia
2010 – com x - kro art gallery Vieden Austria
2010 - Andy Warhol Im from nowhere ( warhol, kudla, repicky,brogyinay ) Abbaye de
2010 – Art Fair 21 in Cologne Germany – Kro Art Gallery
2011 - Fejsbook – výber autorov, WBA Galeria Krosno – Poland
2011 – V konfrontacje malarskie – Rzeszow – Poland
l’Escaladieu – France
2011 – Secret Wars – exhibition – SK Dunaj – Bratislava Slovakia
2012 – Second Seazon – Amoya Muzeum of modern art Prague Czech Republic
2012 – Street art comunication Kosice 2012
2012 – Root 2. Kudla/Repicky Andy Warhol Muzeum Medzilaborce
2012 – 10th Internationl comics festival belgrade 2012 contest / selected woks for exhibition
2012 – Max Kllinger Gallery Bratislava / young slovak illustrators
2013 – 1.Niels Bugge Cartoon – Award 2013 – exhibition selected Works.Denmark
2013 – Snap Your Own – Prague
2015 - Karaffova vaznica Prešov - Kudla-Repický- Root 3
2015 - XI.Sympozium Bekescsabai.Munkácsy Mihály Múzeum.Hungary
2015 - Young painters of Slovak 2015 - Galeria Nedbalka - VUB foundation - Bratislava
SOLO EXI HIBITIONS
2009 „Rabbits“, Wave, Prešov, Slovakia
2009 Lolovinky , Pizzeria Maestro, Bratislava Aupark, Slovakia
2010 – Východoslovenská galéria Košice – galéria dvoch ník – Rado Repický Slovakia
2010 – Outdoor Gallery , Nitra – Slovakia, oc –mlyny , Rado repicky - Repicture
2012 – Bugaboo lift – Rado Repický –Východoslovenská Galeria – Kosice
2012 – Slovak Institute Wiena, Rado Repicky/Vladimir Beskid
2013 – Nastupiste N1-12.Repoviny – Rado Repicky.Topolcany
2013 – Soyart - Rado Repicky . Bratislava
2014 - Spots.- Rado Repický .Košice
2015 - Bekescabai - Slovak Culture Hause -Hungary
AWARDS
2007 Winter Futro winer, the best student's works
2008 Red Bull Doodle art winer Košice
2011 Anime show festival Bratislava – third place (comics art)
2012 nomination on prize of Andy Warhol 2012 Muzeum of modern art Andy Warhol
Medzilaborce
OTHER
2007 International Film Festival videoart MFF BA
2008 „Sídliskové príšeky“ 1. city workshop, Košice City of art, Košice, Slovakia
2008 International Student Film Festival Early Melons BA-Videosekt
2008 Street Art Sumit, Žilina Zárečie –Stanica, Slovakia
2006 1st Nagano International Video Art Festival 2006, Japan
2009 2009 - GRAFITTI U - MEETING / Use The City Festival Košice
2009 comics salon 2009 istrocon Bratislava, comics manga book 3– story .(Repicky)
2009 Multimedialny festival Barbakan 2009 (street art - Rado Repicky) Slovakia
2009 video clip – Katka knechtova – Land of miracles (V krajine zázrakov) ,Rabbit-pics
2010 magazín Fantázia 01.(illustration for short story Malinche (J.s.hvišč)
2010 internet newspaper Kloaka 01. (ilustrations Rado Repicky)
2010 ENTER – časopis zo sveta literatúry a umenia (výtvarný redaktor – Rado Repický)
2010 comics salon 2010 istrocon Bratislava comics manga book 4
2011 Secret Wars – Reus vs Repicky
2011 Use the city festival Košice – exhibition battle – secret wars
2011 Moj dom – magazine , august 2011 – prezentation of pictures in modern interier
2011 comics salon 2011 istrocon Bratislava comics manga book 5
2012 BB komiks 3 – liek, šaman (Radoslav Repický) comics
2012 Bubblegun 6 – bunnyface,bunnymatrix (Radoslav Repický)comics
2012 Secret Wars – Slaja vs Repicky ¼ final round
2012 BOOK(SA) Streetart Summit 2006 – 2011
2012 book Kosice 2013 Before and after the end of the world, illustration: Radoslav Repicky
2012 POKE multigenre festival / art events
2012 Stav mladej ilustracie na slovensku/ young illustrators in Slovakia book
2012 Okomiks / portfoolio young comics artists, web and book.
2012 Ceky Point /vizual talkshow Mariana Cekovskeho.Kosice
2013 Ceky point/vizual talkshow Mariana Cekovskeho.Trnava-Festival Lumen
2014 Ceky Point /vizual talkshow Mariana Cekovskeho.Humenne
2014 Street art - workshop - ArabFest -multimedial festival. Plzen. CZ.
2015 Ceky Point /vizual talkshow Mariana Cekovskeho.Kosice
2015 I-tart Ball - návrh a realizácia ocenenia
2015 Use the city - multimedial festival - comics art
2015 XI.Sympozium Bekescsabai.Hungary
2015 Art camp - Rovas. Tihany.Hungary
Cooperation
Ld – print.cz - work on pictures for t-shirts
Freshlabels.cz - work on pictures for t-shirts
Alternative.sk- work on pictures for t-shirts
Yax.sk- work on pictures for t-shirts