Otvorenie výstavy / Gabriela Halás & Alexandra Hrehová

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Trigger by authors Gabriela Halás and Alexandra Hrehová, curated by Miroslava Urbanová. Contemporary, Jurkovičova tepláreň.
Duration of the exhibition: 26/06/2026 - 27/07/2026

We are looking forward to seeing you!
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The "Trigger" exhibition presents the latest paintings by Alexandra Hrehová and Gabriela Halás. Their works are characterized by a distinctive and recognizable painterly handwriting on the opposite sides of the spectrum of descriptiveness, expressiveness and color expression. At the same time, both deal with the figure of a woman from a perspective that reflects on past and existing patriarchal structures.
How much can a female figure take? Diets, anti-aging procedures, slaps from the system, from a partner, menstrual cycles, washing cycles, series of sit-ups, parched, rehydrated, dehydrated, thirsty for anything other than the here and now, costumed, naked, alive-dead...
How much can a woman's figure endure before she rebels? Will a bad word, strong distrust, strong words, physical violence or "ordinary" infidelity trigger an internal revolution? Or will it boil over and explode when someone else wants to make decisions about her body, her life, who, what, when and how he touches her? (Miroslava Urbanová, curator)
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Alexandra Hrehová (1998) is a graduate of liberal arts at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. Awards: 2023 Sena VÚB Painting of the Year (3rd place); 2020 BIBIANA Prize for the Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia in the category of student works – Ideas casting a shadow Exhibitions (selection): 2025 PAST-VINY II. club29, Pardubice; 2025 WAR ON WOMEN, Bašta literary and cultural center in Bardejov; 2025 ATELIER XIII, PAST-VINY, Bratislava; 2023 Festival TVOR, Sečovce; 2023 Festival Hradby Samoty, Jablonica Manor; 2022 Novum Basel, Switzerland, Climate Change @novum_basel; 2021 Artorium Festival, Reunion exhibition

Gabriela Halás (1993) is a graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. She engaged in performance as a member of the collective Marína Abramovič Po Sebe Neupratuje. In 2024 and 2025, for the FUGA cultural space in Bratislava, she prepared a curatorial program of exhibitions MAUZÓLEUM X.Y. Exhibitions (selection): 2024 MIESTO TOHO, Municipal House of Resistance Participants, Ventúrska 4, Bratislava; 2023 MALBOGRAPH, Moravany Manor, Moravany nad Váhom; 2022 Spločná póda, Nová tržnica, Bratislava; 2022 Case study, Sumec Gallery, Bratislava; 2021 Unseen Realities, Pistori Palace, Bratislava; 2021 ORPHANAGE 5 (REPETITION-DIFFERENCE), Blue; 2020 FEMME FLORALE, DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava; 2019 INSURANCE & SUICIDE, Gallery Interpretation, Trnava; 2019 Stop situations, T3 – cultural resource, Bratislava; and others.

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Realized with the financial support of the Bratislava self-governing region.