Remix 1, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 150x150cm Remix 2, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Remix 3, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Remix 4, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm  Sheep, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Out of this space, 2020-2022, acrylic on canvas, 120x160cm Alien dreamtime, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Untitled, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Untitled, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm PM, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Y -MAN, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Untitled, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 160x130cm Funny head, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm Funny head 2, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm 
Untitled 2, 2021, 160x138cm
Trip to the forest, 2021, 120x100cm
Afterlife, 2021, 120x100cm
Untitled, 2021, 120x100cm
From dusk till dawn, 2021, 150x130cm
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| X-RAY, 2020 |
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| Flight, 2020 |
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| Turbulence 2, 2020 |
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| OD - OnlineDigital, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 200x150cm |
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| When Jesus doesnt heal, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 150x120cm |
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| Human Fidget Spinner, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 150x120cm |
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Freedom kills, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 150x120cm
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| The Biggest balls in the Universe , 150x200cm, acrylic on canvas, 2019 |
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| Green or Blue?, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 200x150cm |
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| Dinotopia is falling apart, 200x150cm, acrylic and spray on canvas, 2019 |
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| Exhibition Till the end of the world, Brno, Czech Republic 2019, (with Peter Maščák) |
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| Exhibition Till the end of the world, Brno, Czech Republic, 2019, (with Peter Maščák) |
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| Rescue mission, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 150x120cm |
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| Visíme na konári a nie je nám dobre, 200x150cm, acrylic on canvas, 2019 |
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| Balance, 80x70cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017 |
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| Conjoined twins with malignant tumour, 70x80c,. acrylic on canvas, 2017 |
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| Turbulence, 80x70cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017 |
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| Breaktrough, 70x80cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017 |
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| Brushing teeth while dancing, 100x90cm, acrylic on canvas |
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| Angel of Eden, 110x90cm, acrylic on canvas, 2018 |
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| L is forever, 70x80cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017 |
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| Overpowered, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 80x70cm |
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| Twins, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 80x70cm |
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| S like Sex, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 100x80cm |
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| Jesus of 20. century, acrylic on canvas, 80x70cm |
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, I examine different possibilities of visualizing a human body which I perceive as an environmental organism. I am often inspired by aesthetics of caricatures and illustrations which are normally considered as “lower art”. The painting process is expressive and almost intuitive as I work in layers, I overpaint which results in the final image being an outcome of destroying original images in advantage to find the definite version. The principle of processing my work is characteristic by gradually changing abstraction into specific shapes, which I believe I go the opposite direction as expected, seeing that the history of art shows leading to abstraction from ambition to picture reality. My newest paintings come through capturing whole figures in contrast with my previous portrait paintings. In my recent works, I focused on bended bodies over objects, even burning objects. At first sight this motive seems to be surreal and can evoke different interpretations. This figural scene represents disappearance either in material or philosophical sense. It points at the loss of security, the loss of illusions, the loss of feeling which we take for granted. It points at human existence and its attachment to things/objects. I stylize the bodies into some anthropomorphic forms, bended limbs and hybrid postures dwelling on bodies and corporality. I image a human being in penetrative gestures quite often associated with attributes such as flowers, watches, cake which help providing motives with new symbolic dimension. For that reason, their interpretation can have many meanings. The connection between figures/bodies and physical objects come across paradoxically and sometimes even absurd insomuch that I can express different psychological or existentialist importance which I contently refer to my compositions.
BIOGRAPHY
MAROŠ KONTROŠ (*1988 in Poprad, Slovakia)
2007-2009 Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava (department of restoration)
2011 ‐2016 Technical University in Kosice, department of painting, Studio of Contemprorary image, (Doc. Szentpetery Adam)
lives and works in Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia
