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DOI Artikel:Gerát, Ivan; Zervan, Marian: Images, media and idols: (an explanation of Štefan Papčo's work "Citizens")
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Ivan Gerät, Marian Zervan
IMAGES, MEDIA AND IDOLS
(AN EXPLANATION OF STEFAN PAPCO’S WORK CITIZENS)
What really is an image and what really is not an image? When do
images gain strength and power? In what way do images interact with
human bodies? When the human body and image meet in the struggle of
representation and performance, how do these processes turn a living
being into an object that can become an idol? And finally - how can con-
temporary artists work with pictorial media so that they can depict the
body while not creating an image as idol? We are trying to find answers
to these old but still topical questions in relation to the work of the young
Slovak artist Stefan Papco, Citizens.
1. Stefan Papco, Citizens, the planned installation of the work, 2015. Photo: ar-
chive of the author
IMAGES, MEDIA AND IDOLS
(AN EXPLANATION OF STEFAN PAPCO’S WORK CITIZENS)
What really is an image and what really is not an image? When do
images gain strength and power? In what way do images interact with
human bodies? When the human body and image meet in the struggle of
representation and performance, how do these processes turn a living
being into an object that can become an idol? And finally - how can con-
temporary artists work with pictorial media so that they can depict the
body while not creating an image as idol? We are trying to find answers
to these old but still topical questions in relation to the work of the young
Slovak artist Stefan Papco, Citizens.
1. Stefan Papco, Citizens, the planned installation of the work, 2015. Photo: ar-
chive of the author