Július Koller

  • 24.03.–30.04.2010

In his second solo exhibition, Galerie Martin Janda is presenting a selection of rarely shown works by Július Koller who died in 2007, enabling a broader view on the artist’s oeuvre. In addition to photographs, objects and works on board will be shown. “Koller's work, developing for more than half a century with astonishing rigor and consequence, is by its very intransigence and incommensurability one further reason to clearly reassess what it means to talk about the other, alternative modernist art of the East.” (Tom Holert)

A comprehensive retrospective of works by Július Koller will open in April 2010 at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. Starting in 2011, an extensive exhibition is going on tour through some of the most renowned museums in Europe and America, based on new research results under the leadership of Július Koller Society.

Július Koller, Trhlina, 1995

Július Koller, Trhlina, 1995

Latex paint and paint on wood fibre board, 86.5 × 86.5 cm

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2010

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2010

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2010

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2010

Július Koller, Univerzalny-futurologicky Otvor (Pre ruda Sikoru) / Universal Futurological Hole (for a Red Chickadee) , 1978

Július Koller, Univerzalny-futurologicky Otvor (Pre ruda Sikoru) / Universal Futurological Hole (for a Red Chickadee) , 1978

Bathroom tissue, felt-tip-pen, 10 × 10 × 11 cm

Július Koller, Krajina-Mesto (Trenčín), 1966

Július Koller, Krajina-Mesto (Trenčín), 1966

Mixed media, 25.3 × 31 cm

Július Koller, HRA (Maliarska) Antihappening, 1967

Július Koller, HRA (Maliarska) Antihappening, 1967

Latex, styrofoam, 32 × 30.5 cm

Július Koller, U.F.O.–Nautická Foto-Operácia a. (U.F.O.), 1970

Július Koller, U.F.O.–Nautická Foto-Operácia a. (U.F.O.), 1970

B&W photograph, vintage print, 11.8 × 8.5 cm

Július Koller, Univerzálny Fantastický Otáznik (Universal Fantastic Question Mark), 1977

Július Koller, Univerzálny Fantastický Otáznik (Universal Fantastic Question Mark), 1977

Stamp, marker on paper, 12 × 16 cm