International festival event | Trienale portrétu

TRIENÁLE PORTRÉTU

TRIENNIAL OF PORTRAIT is an international festival event that took place at LGPMB in 1985 and 1988 under the name of the Triennial of Portrait Creation. The aim of the exhibition is to observe and present works of art with the theme of portrait—not only to varying degrees of psychological depiction of the face, but also a political portrait of the landscape and history, a metaphorical portrait of a community, institutions through their executives, etc.

The structure of the exhibition consists of a monographic exhibition of the guest artist, an international curated thematic exhibition and an open call. The event takes place every three years.

The venue of the Triennial of Portrait is the Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň in Liptovský Mikuláš.

TRIENÁLE PORTRÉTU 2020

1. 12. 2020 - 28. 2. 2021

MAIN ORGANIZER

Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň in Liptovský Mikuláš (LGPMB)

CO – ORGANIZERS Slovak Arts Council Žilina self – governing region

The competition is announced by the Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň in Liptovský Mikuláš.
The competition is open to artists without age restrictions.
The artist gives his submission using the form on the trienaleportretu.sk website with one competition work or a comprehensive set of works with the theme of a portrait that are not older than three years.

Entries for the competition must be sent by 31 July 2020 via the online form available on the trienaleportretu.sk website. The application includes the competition work, a CV and a portfolio.

The evaluation of the competition entries takes place in two rounds. The members of the jury are domestic and foreign experts. They are appointed by the announcer and their names will be published on the trienaleportretu.sk website.
In the first round, the works are evaluated by an expert jury based on digital visualization of the work. In the second round, the extended jury evaluates the shortlisted works from the first round on the basis of originals, which the artists will deliver to LGPMB at their own expense and will be part of the exhibition within the Portrait Triennial 2020 in the Petr Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš.

The winner of the competition will be named at the grand opening of the Portrait Triennial 2020 and will be awarded the Peter Michal Bohúň Prize associated with a financial reward.
The members of the jury are domestic and foreign experts. They are appointed by the announcer and their names will be published on the trienaleportretu.sk website.

The announcer reserves the right to promote and reproduce works in the press and media without the artist’s right to a fee.

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ABOUT THE GALLERY

The Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň in Liptovský Mikuláš is the third oldest public collection gallery in Slovakia (since 1955).

It has one of the largest exhibition spaces and extensive picture galleries focused on the history of fine arts in Slovakia from Gothic to the present. The high quality of the collection, which focuses on modern art in the first half of the 20th century, was marked by the fact that the gallery was initiated by the painter Janko Alexy and was originally planned as the “northern” branch of the Slovak National Gallery. The high standard of its more than sixty years of activity is related to the constant presence of important personalities who come from Liptov, or who have worked here due to the attractiveness or “photogenicity” of the environment. (Palugyai, Fulla, Sokol, Martinček, Šimerová-Martinčeková, Čemický, B. Hoffstädter, Kern, Adamčiak, Cyprich, J. Hoffstädter, Papčo, Podmanická, Hládeková, Jarotta, Ďurina and others.)

We build the current mission of the gallery on the traditions of Slovak modern art, and current forms of scientific elaboration will be one of our priorities, and on bridging modern traditions with current culture. We also consider part of the gallery’s rich history to be its own events, which we want to commemorate from time to time, including those that have not been fully fulfilled—as is the case of the once ideologized Triennial of Portrait Creation.

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OPEN CALL COMPETITION

Join the open call of the Portrait Triennial 2020 by filling out a questionnaire. We will contact you by e-mail about the successful acceptance of your application.

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