ÚĽUV’s New Gallery
ÚĽUV Gallery presents opportunities for the organized display of folk art production. It is situated on the first floor of the Centre for Folk Art Production’s complex on Obchodná Street 64 in Bratislava. The new exhibition areas together with the first exhibition devoted to bobbin lace was ceremoniously opened in the evening of September 4, 2004 by the President of the Slovak Republic. Owing to the location of the Gallery in close proximity to the Court of Crafts and ÚĽUV’s shop, this complete complex has gained a new dimension. The activity of ÚĽUV’s Gallery is focused on demonstrating folk art production by presenting specific knowledge about materials, techniques, technology, regional variations and similar on one hand, as well as artistic value, the artistic level of the products and harmony of shapes on the other. The Gallery provides a space for accessing the work of current producers as well as documenting those features of Slovak folk culture which are related in some way with current production. Part of the Gallery is designed as a conference room with multimedia presentations available (video, audio, PC and DVD). ÚĽUV’s Gallery also addresses young visitors using interactive computer programmes. This multimedia will allow searches for a large volume of linked and related knowledge on folk art production and crafts, materials, techniques, technologies, significant personalities of folk art production, territorial distribution, and their place in folk culture. It also contains information on specialist literature. The first exhibition entitled The World According to Threads - Bobbin Lace from the Creations of ÚĽUV (1950 - 2004) is a promise of the high standard of the installation, attractiveness, colourfulness and attraction of the exhibitions.
Further articles in the magazine Craft, Art, Design 03/2004:
- Viera Kleinová: Rings in Water 2004
- Štefan Oriško: Lučenec: The Sixteenth Successful Event
- Katarína Čierna: INSITA 2004, 7th Annual Triennials of Naive Art
- Eva Trilecová: The Magic of Dan Piršč’s Porcelain
- ÚĽUV’s New Gallery
- Anna Chlupová: The Bird Motif In Embroidery
- On decor in the European context
- Martin Mešša: Days of Musical Instruments in the Court of Crafts
- Juraj Zajonc: Pattern Books, Model Books, Example Books or About the Origin of Embroidery Motifs Part One
- Benches
- Ornaments From Paper
- Juraj Zajonc: World Lace Congress OIDFA Prague 2004