Piačka (anglicky, slovensky) – Petránsky Ľudovít (2022)

A monographic publication dedicated to the work of Slovak artist, illustrator, painter, graphic designer, and stamp creator Igor Piačka. This lavishly illustrated publication maps the work and life of Slovak artist Igor Piačka (1962), with an emphasis on the last decade. Book illustration, painting, graphics, drawing, stamp creation – these are all areas of interest for the author, who has made a name for himself in the international context and has received several awards. "Drawing is still the skeleton of my work, but painting is the body and color is the blood in the veins," Igor Piačka says in an interview, capturing the essence of his creation. This interview, along with other texts from well-known personalities, brings readers closer to the central ambition of Igor Piačka's work – to present, in a way that is understandable to the audience and at a high artistic level, the unending desire for what we so often lack in today's world: the aesthetics of human, especially feminine beauty. The author's aesthetics are emphasized by high craftsmanship, which is characteristic of the artist as a graduate of the legendary department of Prof. Albín Brunovský at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. The monograph has the potential to appeal not only to admirers of Slovak visual art and Igor Piačka's work but to everyone...