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The Slovak Thematic Exhibition "Homage to Stage Design" presents the works of stage designers with awards at international exhibitions since 1936. Numerous prominent costume and stage designers created the visual element of Slovak theatre in close connection with European cultures. These artists accepted the conditions of the beginnings of professional theatre in our country as well as the most progressive tendencies of Modernism in European theatre. Slovak stage design was enriched and stimulated from its beginnings by Expressionism (Hradský), Cubism (Fulla) and Surrealism (Vychodil). They were integrated in highly originál works and became the part of European theatre of 2oth century. The Exhibition shows the connections between the founding generation and their followers who also influenced the present development of stage design. Their names are known from the PQ as well as from others international exhibitions. The Exhibition presents: Ludovít Hradský (1902 - 1973), Ján Ladvenica (1898 - 1948), Eudovít Fulla (1902 - 1980), Ladislav Vychodil (*1920), Ludmila Purkyňová (1928 - 1990), Stanislava Vaničková (*1927), Helena Bezáková (*1936), Vladimír Suchánek (*1934), Štefan Hudák (*1942), Jozef Ciller (*1942), Tomáš Berka (*1947), Mona Hafsahl (*1948).

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Ladislav Vychodil

Additional information: Born in 1920 in Háčky na Hané. He is the chief stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and the chief of the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 1965 he received a Gold Medal as the best foreign stage designer at the Biennial of Fine Arts in São Paulo. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979. National Artist.

Exhibiting works

• Henry Purcell: (Dido and Aeneas), Lobero Theater (Lobero Theater), 1980
• Igor Stravinsky: (The Rake's Progress), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1982, Director: Branislav Kriška,
• Helena Bezáková

Additional information: Born in 1936 at Oponice. Studied at tne School of Industrial Art and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava under prof. L. Vychodil, L. Purkyňová and prof. J. Mudroch. Since 1962 she was at work for the State Theatre in Košice, and since 1966 she has been working for the Slovák National Theatre in Bratislava as costume designer. Her most important works are costume designs to Hamlet and to Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, to Atlantis by V. Nezval, to Dances and Tears by Zvon, to The Tragedy of Man by I. Madách, to Lady Macbeth and Aida by G. Verdi, to Norma by V. Bellini and to Svatopluk by E. Suchoň. She has collaborated also with the National Theatre in Prague, the Opera of the State Theatre in Brno, with the theatres in Ostrava, Olomouc, Košice, Banská Bystrica and in Prešov; abroad with the theatres in Sofia, Novi Sad, Rzeszów. She co-operated with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. With her costume designs she took part in a number of scenographic exhibitions at home and abroad.

Exhibiting works

• Peter Zvon: (The Dance Over Crying), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1969, Director: Tibor Rakovský,
• Eugen Suchoň: Svätopluk (Svätopluk), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1970, Director: Branislav Kriška,
  
  
  
• Štefan Hudák

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Velký Šariš. Since 1968 he has been working as an architect at the Czechoslovak Television Studio in Košice. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

Exhibiting works

• Alexandr V. Suchovo-Kobylin: (The Death of Tarelkin), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1966, Director: Jozef Budský,
• Alexandr Scibor-Rylski: Rodeo (Rodeo), Divadlo J.G. Záborského (Divadlo J.G. Záborského), 1975, Director: Jaroslav Chundela,
  
  
  
• Ludmila Purkyňová

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Hradec Králové. She has been working as a costume designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. She is an associate professor at the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She participated in the PQ in 1967 (Gold Medal for costumes), 1971, 1975 and in 1979. Artist of Merit.

Exhibiting works

• Ján Cikker: Beg Bajazid (Beg Bajazid), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1957, Director: Miloš Wasserbauer,
• Bartolomej Urbanec: (The Dawn Lady), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1976, Director: Július Gyermek,
• Richard Wagner: Rienzi (Rienzi), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1967, Director: Július Gyermek,
• Vladimír Suchánek

Additional information: Born in 1934 in Gbely. He has been working as a stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. He exhibited in the PQ in 1967 (Silver Medal for stage design), 1971, 1975 (Silver Medal for stage design) and in 1979 (Silver Medal for stage design).

Exhibiting works

• Fjodor Dostojevski: (The Idiot), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1965, Director: Pavol Haspra,
• Stanislava Vaníčková

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. She cooperates as costume designer with the Slovak National Theatre and with the New Stage Theatre in Bratislava. She took part in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 (Silver Medal for costumes) and in 1979 (Silver Medal for costumes).

Exhibiting works

• William Saroyan: (The Time of Your Life), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1973, Director: Jozef Budský,
• F. Loewe, A.J. Lerner: My Fair Lady (My Fair Lady), Nová scéna (Nová scéna), 1965, Director: B. Kramosil,
• Tomáš BERKA

Additional information: Born in 1947 in Bratislava. Since 1976 he has been working as a stage designér at the New Stage in Bratislava. He took part in the PQ 1971 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ 1979.

Exhibiting works

• Joseph Heller: (Catch 22), Nová scéna (Nová scéna), 1985, Director: Stanislav Párnický,
• Margita POLÓNYOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1948 in Bratislava. She graduated from an industrial arts secondary school, where she specialized in photography, and from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she specialized in stage and costume design. She studied under prof. L. Purkyňová and 0. Šujan and graduated in 1975. She designed the costumes for several productions of the Academy of Performing Arts Studio and collaborated as guest designer with the State Theatre at Košice, the Mrštík Brothers Theatre in Brno and the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. Since 1975 she. works as a designer at the Slovak National Uprising Theatre in Martin. She has participated in domestic exhibitions, the Prague Quadrennial in 1975 and in the stage design exhibition in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. She received the Gold Medal at the PQ in 1979.

Exhibiting works

• Ivan Stodola: (Tea at the Senators), Nová scéna (Nová scéna), 1976, Director: Ĺubomír Vajdička,
• Mona HAFSAHLOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1948 in Drammen (Norway). Since graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she has been living in Czecho- slovakia. She cooperates with various Slovak theatres, as well as with films and television. She participated in the PQ in 1975 where she exhibited within the framework of stage design schools.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Romeo and Juliet), Divadlo pre deti a mládež (Divadlo pre deti a mládež), 1982, Director: Juraj Nvota, ,
  
  
  
• Ĺudovít Fulla

Additional information: Ĺudovít Fulla (1902-1980)

Exhibiting works

• Maxim Gorkij: (The Lower Depths), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1932, Director: Ján Borodáč,
• Alexandr Afinogenov: (Fear), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1933, Director: Ján Borodáč,
• Viktor Dyk: (Don Quixote Growing Wise), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1932, Director: Viktor Šulc,
• Oscar Wilde: (Lady Windermere's Fan), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1933, Director: Ján Borodáč,
• Carlo Goldoni: (Il Ventaglio), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1933, Director: Viktor Šulc,
• Ĺudovít Hradský

Additional information: Ĺudovít Hradský (1902-1973)

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: Hamlet (Hamlet), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1925, Director: Miloš Nový,
• Williame Shakespeare: Macbeth (Macbeth), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1933, Director: Ján Borodáč,
• Ján Ladvenica

Additional information: Ján Ladvenica (1898-1947) Art Triennal Milan, Italy - Honorary Diploma, 1936

Exhibiting works

• Sergei Prokofiev: (Love to Three Oranges), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1931, Director: Bohuš Vilím,
• Williame Shakespeare: Hamlet (Hamlet), Slovenské národné divadlo (Slovenské národné divadlo), 1931, Director: Ján Borodáč,