Marek Kvetan
Born in 1976, Marek Kvetan studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in the Intermedia Studio of Free Creativity under Prof. Juraj Bartusz, and also in an open painting studio under Prof. Daniel Fischer. His work can be found in collections in Prague, Slovakia, Austria and the Netherlands.
Marek Kvetán is a successful Slovak conceptual artist with a long list of his exhibitions behind him, who succeeded to forge his place on the international art scene. He mainly employs new media, draws from literature, film and photography as well as internet. He confronts non-conflict beauty and harmony of lines and colors with original points of departure and invites viewers for a critical insight, whether the case is the most topical events on political scene and globalization or the superficiality of the approaches to the world and life which today seem to be prevailing.
VIDOC is a series of manipulated photos presented as c-prints and named after the visual document - Vidoc. At a first sight, there is nothing strange on typical American suburbs or cities; there are tall buildings, billboards, cars, pedestrians, normal day-to-day life. However, the second glance shows that text is absent everywhere, there are no signs or any written information. This artistic digital manipulative strategy explores the effects as well as the amount of written text surrounding the living space of a thriving country.