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David, Circa 2021
Roman Durcek

Name: David
Brand: Roman Durcek
SKU: 2427317
Price: 3600 EUR
Availability: InStock

Painting : mixed media

65 x 60 x 1 cm 25.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,600

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Unique artwork

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

Authenticity

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Medium

Painting: mixed media

Dimensions cm • inch

65 x 60 x 1 cm 25.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth

Support

Painting on canvas on stretcher

Framing

Not framed

Composition

Art History

Sky blue

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Slovak Republic

The work depicts a monumental male figure dominating the center of the composition. His posture and proportions draw from classical sculptural tradition, yet the expressive, colorful environment gives the piece a modern and experimental dimension. The silhouette of the figure appears solid and majestic, while the background, filled with stains and textures, introduces dynamism and unrest. This contrast between a realistic figure and free abstraction creates tension and invites the viewer's own interpretation.

Around the central figure, distorted shapes emerge, reminiscent of body fragments or organic structures. Their gestural lines and blurred contours amplify the dramatic atmosphere and reinforce the symbolism of struggle. The color palette, dominated by green and red, evokes the conflict between strength and vulnerability, between the spiritual and the physical. This scene can also be interpreted as a reference to the biblical story of David and Goliath, where the victory of the smaller, seemingly weaker figure symbolizes courage, faith, and inner power.

The material layer of the work feels raw and authentic. Oxidation and uneven textures emphasize transience, the passage of time, and the fragility of monumentality. The expressive stains not only heighten the drama but also confront the classical ideal of beauty with the chaotic energy of the contemporary world.

The result is a composition that merges the legacy of ancient and Renaissance tradition with modern experimentation. It raises questions about human strength, overcoming obstacles, and how the story of courage and the triumph of the weaker over the stronger continues to be reflected in art and in life.

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Roman Durcek

Slovak Republic • 1990

Presentation

Roman Ďurček (*1990, Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia) lives and works in Malé Vozokany, Slovakia. He graduated from the Fine Arts program, which he completed in the painting studios at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. He successfully completed his doctoral studies in 2022 (supervisors: Prof. Ľudovít Hološka and Assoc. Prof. Ján Triaška). He subjects painting to various experimental practices concerning materials, pigments, and substrates. The process has become a significant phenomenon for the artist. Since 2014, he has regularly participated in both solo and group exhibitions in Slovakia and abroad. In 2018, he received the Martin Benka Award, was a three-time finalist in the VÚB Painting of the Year competition (2017, 2019, 2021), and a two-time finalist in the NOVUM Foundation Award (7th and 8th editions).

Paradoxes

The artist primarily focuses on the medium of painting while also exploring its boundaries, characterized by discursive contributions and material research. His aim is to connect painting with and subject it to various experimental practices concerning material diversity, pigments, and substrates. He experiments with combinations of traditional and non-traditional pigments, methods of biochemical oxidation processes, ensuring a unique effect for themes that are both current and connected with the artist's internal experiences. From the perspective of social-critical reflection, he addresses the contemporary value-depleting and skewed times, emphasizing individual performances and the preference for pseudo-models. From this perspective, figurative creation and work with archetypes of cultural memory dominate. He perceives emblematic figurative compositions and icons of classical art as models of values and their contemporary misinterpretations. His goal is to explore existence as such and the existential situations of contemporary individuals through an internal authorial statement in the form of painting, which is under pressure from demands on performance, career, life success, and thinking. In continuity with his previous work, he will build and develop the chosen theme based on experience and experimentally examines situations from the perspective of formal possibilities. The project's contribution is to provide an internal statement of the author to the viewer through visual art, specifically twenty-two paintings of various dimensions. The exhibition was preceded by a selection of paintings in consultation with the curator, resulting in a final count of fifteen works.

His work underwent thorough theoretical and narrative analysis of social events worldwide, and based on this, the artist aimed to provide a statement or message to future generations through the expressive means of the techniques mentioned.

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