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"The photographic work of Ivan Matejka is connected with several paradoxes. He possessed a genetically-determined head start compared to other photographers - blessed with distinctive talent, he created his first noteworthy shots at the age of sixteen. It seemed that he took off as a photographer at full speed, as his photographs were quickly exhibited, published and from time to time even awarded. However, he remains a little-known photographer. He has only had two smaller solo exhibitions, and sporadically participates in cultural life; in fact, almost no one has seen his work from the past two decades. Ivan Matejka perceives the world as ""chaotic and messy."" However, when it comes to photography, he thinks that ""this mess must be removed. In a photographic picture, there must be order like the gears in a watch..."" And so, for Matejka, roses bloom even in a junkyard. One simply has to be close enough, and supremely alert in order to observe the world opening up for us in countless new views."

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Aurel Hrabusicky was born in 1955. He is an art critic and historian. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava. In 1996, he was appointed curator of the new media collection and the collection of photography at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. His field of research is visual art in Slovakia in the last century. Filip Vanco was born in 1972. He is a photographer, curator, teacher and gallerist. He completed his Master's studies at the Department of Visual Media of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava where from 2004 to 2009 he was the head of the legendary Photography Studio. In 1996, he founded the journal PARK (1996 - 2002) and served as its editor in chief.

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