Zuzana Svatik: Dating Mr. Proper

"Dating Mr. Proper / Dating with Mr. Propeher is the first separate exhibition of Zuzana Svatík in Bratislava. He walks from the chamber ceramic media to large format and multifunctional sculptures, on the field of free visual creation. Through the sculptures presented in the interior and exterior of the gallery, he tells like through the bodies - stubborn, injured, grotesque, unclean, connected by a drifting desire to survive. In his work, programmatically demands the notions of use, cleanliness, gender stereotypes, but also about the current visual art and its means of expression. It is a comprehensive manifestation of the author's resistance to standards: the role of a man/father, conventions, a model of a nuclear family, a collective stereotype on "female role", masculinity as power standards and cultural trauma, associated with childhood and adolescence in the post-socialist state of Eastern Europe. Penises, hyperrealistic logos, labutes from a funfair, nudity in boats, a means of extinction of Raid and Brand Mr. Proper, as a universally known figure of a strong, muscular, pure, fragrant and flawless man, as a symbol of capitalist authority over the body, household, aesthetics and language. The relationship between the artist and her is subversive and uncompromisingly critical. " She graduated from Poland and Impaired in Poland. The laureate in the category of newcomer to the Slovak competition was nominated in several prestigious competitions in the Czech Republic and Germany. 2025

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