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IT WAS IN THE BLACK MIRROR OF ANARCHISM THAT SURREALISM FIRST RECOGNISED ITSELF.

                                                                 André Breton



PUBLICATIONS

 

Miroir Noir 2007-2012 book

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Miroir NoirPropter Nuptias book

Miroir Noir Propter Nuptias cover

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Miroir Noir Paralelné Svety  exhibition castalogue

Parallel Universes-catalogue

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Miroir Noir MRB exhibition castalogue

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SOME SAY

 

 

'Miroir Noir emerges as an apparently childish artist, a pre-scientific entity whose morality has not yet been aroused, cold in its approach to what is represented but as an adult and merciless executor.'

Katy Vives Phipps

 

'Miroir Noirpasses Baroque through a punk sieve, aesthetically, and above all in regard to the creating  procedure.'

Mery Cuesta

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MN SPIRIT FLIES IN MANY WAYS

 

 

 

 


MN ARTWORKS FOR SALE @

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Apr 2022 / Working Meeting 22-2

We are so impressed and concerned about Ukraine war that we also draw about this humanitary drama. Each to his own style. The synthethic Koptak against de detailed Escalé.

Vojna na Ukrajine nás tak zaujala a znepokojuje, že kreslíme aj o tejto humanitárnej dráme. Každý podľa svojho štýlu. Syntetický Kopták proti detailnému Escalému.

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We also will post a detailed galllery.

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Apr 2022 / Working Meeting 22-1

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After more than two years of pandemics, again a joint meeting of Miroir Noir in the Bratislava studio. Although we originally planned a different topic, the circumstances led us to a topic that we started many years ago. And so we added a new series to our collection of DICTATORS.

Po viac ako dvoch rokoch pandémie, opäť spoločné stretnutie Miroir Noir v bratislavskom atelieri. Aj keď pôvodne sme mali v pláne inú tému, okolnosti nás nasmerovali k námetu, ktorý sme odštartovali pred mnohými rokmi. A tak našu kolekciu DIKTÁTOROV sme doplnili o tento nový exemplár.

Putain de Sang

Soon we'll add a New Gallery

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Mar 2022 / Cecilizmus @ CinCin, Bratislava, SVK

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Opening evening

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Jan 2020 / MRB exhibition @ Martin, SVK

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Vernisáž  / Opening 30. 1. 2020 o 17.00 h

Výstava potrvá do / Exhibition running Until 25. 3. 2020

Kurátorka / Curator Ivana Moncoľová


Here some images of the installation and opening. There were lots of Bazovsky original drawings showing next to MN versions, coming from all the slovak galleries. It made a very cool installation and exhibition. Turcianske luxury. Thank you!

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Nov 2019 / Working meeting

We joined again in Bratislava couple of weeks before Christmas. 

We hadn't met since last May in Rai's Tarragona studio, (although it is not registered here in News as the work pics we took weren't so convincing, and we're getting too old to post ourselves monkeying). 

This second time we kinda started doubtful but turned out to be a mega productive working meeting. Once we decided that we were going to try to amuse while painting, and to let it run more free than lately, like back in the old days. It worked pretty well and we worked in many different series. Some amazing pieces, light but soulful, still needing some finishing and proper documentation.

Only some telephone shit photos, but let's see examples of that new easiness flowing in the studio is starting to show...



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Sep 2019 / Group Show @ Nitrianska galéria, SVK

We had a room in that fantastic exhibition, in Nitra Galery, from September 13th to November 24th 2019.

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The international exhibition of contemporary visual art titled Pobody Slovody / Faces of FreedomImage title is organised by the Nitra Gallery in cooperation with the Divadelná Nitra Association on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain (in former Czechoslovakia known as the Velvet Revolution), whose primary contribution to our society is freedom.

https://nitrianskagaleria.sk/en/event/en-coming-soon-faces-of-freedom/

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Apr 2019 / Group Show @ Wrocław - Poland

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We're sending a cuople of big paintings to this huge show.
The best central european painters

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Mar 2019 / Bratislava Olympic meeting

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After more than six months of being apart, Miroir Noir reunited during a few days in March in the Bratislava studio.

It was weird after so long no meeting. And after having closed the MRB project and the exhibition (that will be showing again next February in Martin (SK) City Gallery.

As a random playing theme, and after Milos's visits to Orsay we chose Manet's Olympia to play a little as a warming exercise. It took us the whole week this warming state. We still got the raw mobile pictures we took in the studio, but meh, just to get the idea thay work enough..

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Jan-Feb 2019 / Still vacation!!

We're still running errnds, but here we can show that Rai has finished the studio, what a studio, and Milos has kept himself documenting and sending inspiration images from all the museums in the world...

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Sep-Dec 2018 / Closed for vacation!

After closing the MRB exhibition AND all those non-stop yippy-yippy years we've decided we'll take a break . Untill next year. Rest our rusted bones and attend some matters outside the studio.

Rai is going to reconstruct the house he bought in the country. And make a sunny big and beautiful studio there.

Milos is going to spend some time in Paris and St  Petersburg, exploring museums and antique shops.

Life after the 50's.

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Aug 2018 / MRB Catalogue

We finally managed to get the exhibition catalogue done, and it is a beautiful 64 page book with all the paintings in the exhibition, following the hanging order and including a few of the Bazovsky's guide drawings, in spectacular folded pages inside, that we used to recreate his slovak lands universe.

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Jul 2018 / MRB Installation pics

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June 2018 / GMAB-MRB

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We're close to a very unusual Miroir Noir expo at the M.A. Bazovsky Museum (Trencin, SVK).

We've spent nearly the whole past year painting secretly some thirty reinterpretations of the not so well known landscapes drawings from the Slovak master. A trip that has been worth it. We are very proud and excited with the results.

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May 2018 / The Naked Artbook

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Apr 2018 / Apócrifa Art Magazine Interview

We've been reviewed and interviewed in the coolest mexican art magazine.

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https://issuu.com/satyriconegro/docs/apocrifa30

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Mar 2018 / Group Show @ Heliumcowboy Hamburg

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'Hello my dear' a portrait exhibition for the official Re-Opening of the heliumcowboy artspace.

Opening March 24, 2018.

List of artists: Adrian Landon Brooks * Alex Diamond * Alekseij Mirnij * Ben Tolman * Boris Hoppek * Casey McKee * David Shillinglaw * Henning Kles * Jade Townsend * Jaybo Monk * Jeff Soto * Jon Todd * Mercedes Helnwein * Mikael Takács * Miroir Noir * Rune Christensen * Victor Castillo * Will Barras.

Über cool.

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Feb 2018 / Group Show @ Zoya Museum

Among the best slovak artists in a mega group show at the luxurious ZOYA Gallery&Museum, in Modra (SVK), homeland of the finest slovak wines.



We present those chrisantems and a couple of nevesty portraits. It will be a massive exhibition, shared with many good friends and full of new friends to make too.

Zoya Museum is no joke :) Unique space and great shows and collection.

We believe is one of the more interesting modern museums in central Europe. So we are very happy.

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Jan 2018 / Happy New Year

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Another sneak preview of what's coming, still a mistery to us too!!

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Dec 2017 / Show @ Razzmatazz

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Nov 2017 / Working Meeting

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We were visiting a slovak museum, and were given an exhibition there for next June. More details on the project and the matter will not come until very close to the exhibition. We can sneak a preview of what's it going to be. Yes, some landscapes are getting ready.

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Oct 2017 / Group Show @ Sevilla

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Aug 2017 / Working meeting

After the relaxing period we enjoyed while working on our landscape series, we continued on our series of nudes. Another plunge into the shapes of the human body. Pleasure and pain for the painter. This series was painted on thick luxury etching paper – an unfamiliar material for us. Paper is so expressive and yields so many more sensations than canvas. At least for us, canvas is the never-ending battle of layer upon layer and (often violent) trial and error. When painting on paper, one must be much more focused at the first stages of expressivity, and be more sure of one’s brushstrokes. Quite a zen exercise after the mayhems our working together have been so far!

Please visit the new gallery 'Amore carentes' to see the whole set.

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Jun 2017 / Groupshow @ Heliumcowboy Hamburg

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May 2017 / Nocturno opening

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We were very generously hosted by all the team and city of Pelhrimov, and had a great opening.

As we did in the previous trip, we also spent a week in the studio to continue with the exploration of new ways to paint human body. We thought about calling this series 'Peep Show', which is probably too obvious, but that was the aim. Of course we enjoyed ourselves quite a lot. Although there is some post productionj to be done with the images (and proper pictures), here are a couple of sneaks.

 

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Apr 2017 / 'Nocturno' exhibition @ Dub Gallery

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'Avant le soir', acrylic on canvas, 80x130 cm, 2017.

To be shown at the forthcoming Miroir Noir exhibition @ Dub Gallery in Pelhrimov, Czech Republic. Opening May 5th. Please check the gallery 'Nocturno' to view all the pieces.

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Mar 2017 / News resume

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We met in Bratislava last February for a few days of frantic work. We've solved the last steps of a few landscapes and 'tree portraits' that we'd brought slightly unfinished from our meetings in Catalonia last summer and autumn. We framed and varnished them after deciding the exact measures for the different series. It ended with a bunch of beautiful massive and dark olive trees, and finally an overall general gothic approach to the mediterranean stereotypes of light and sun, again severed by our Black Mirror.

This series will be shown in a forthcoming show at Dub Gallery, in Pelhrimov. Opening next May 5th.

(we've been very lucky with the soundsystem upgrading, to a totally unexpected hi-fi top tech set)

We also had time for a series of fresh nudes on luxury etching paper, a material we usually don't work with. The great illustrator Mme čitecova gave us a full 100's pack of them as she decided she wouldn't be using them.

Nude series

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Dec 2016 / Happy happy 2017

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Oct 2016 / Landscapes Gallery

A few of the finished pieces we were painting @ Bellavista last month. Find them in the 'Amissum Lumen' (The loss of light) Gallery. Some dark trees and landscapes we did :)

Ils sont venus deux acrylic on canvas, 130x80 cm, 2016

Ils sont venus deux acrylic on canvas, 130x80 cm, 2016

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Demi-jour acrylic on canvas, 130x80 cm, 2016


il tombe de la rosée acrylic on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2016

 
Evening Holm Oak Path acrylic on canvas, 80x80 cm, 2016

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Sep 2016 / Working Meeting @ Bellavista

We had great fun and great weather for the whole two weeks of september that we spent at Ranbcho Bellavista. And a dog watching over us, and even taking the brush when needed.
We managed to finish a few landscapes, again dark landscapes about the early or late lights throgh the trees. We also worked on a few olive trees, were practially portraits more than landscapes. Those old ones around Bellavista, with their 500 years old or more, are really breathtaking. We tried to chase their grandeur and balanced weight. Next month we'll post the edited gallery and some previews here in the News section.

@Bellavista Rancho, september 2016.

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Aug 2016 / La Vanguardia 16.06.2016

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Jul 2016 / White&Weiss or Buy MN online

June 2016 / Konvent Residency

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May 2016 / Hell Gallery exhibition

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May 2016 / White & Weiss auction

We're happy to show this beautiful painting we're auctioning @ White & Weiss Contemporary Art // Predajná výstava | Sale exhibition next May 23th at Erdödyho Palác, Bratislava.

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May 2016 / Konvent Show photo report

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The exhibition and setting were really beautiful, as it always is in Konvent. We were exhibiting in the exact same space that we did our installations five years ago. In the nun's cells. Very powerful spaces that let you create a strange and trippy state of mind.

The amazing photo-report with all it's fantasy and sense of humour is done by the always more-creative-than-expected official Konvent reporter: Mr Abel Castells. Again thumbs up and big thanks to him.

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Apr 2016 / Konvent Exhibition

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Mar 2016 / 2 Exhibitions

Milos Koptak Afrikan tales expo

Milos had his show @ Institut Français de Bratislava, showing his collection of illustrations for this fantastic french book on African Tales. There were some african masks from the Ivan Melichercik collection.

Group Show @ Praha

We also had a couple of big pieces at the Ľuboš Lehocký's curated New Slovak Surrealism Group Show at Galerie kritiků in Prague (CZR).

Miroir Noir 'Papa a mama'

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Feb 2016 / Bratislava working meeting

New MN Studio

Again meeting at our new studio @ Stefanikova in Bratislava. We've continued with our Dead Flowers series, that is evolving from a tiny idea to complet the previous Marriage and Communion Series, to a solo universe that is taking us much further than expected... Soon we'll have pro pics of them.

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Jan 2016 / Hell Gallery

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We're in the new exciting gallery project in Barcelona: Hell Gallery

We'll be opening the space with our new exhibiting project 'Cecilismus' next May 20th.

For now you can buy prints of some of our works at their online shop

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Dec 2015 / Again highlighted @ Saatchi

Back again @ Saatchi Art weekly selection, with the monster version of our successful 'Plazma Dog'

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After that big thumb up, as it happens, the dog was sold within two days. But alas, not @ Saatchi!  Please visit our page there!!

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Nov 2015 / New Bratislava Working Meeting

And again, to end up a year full of work, travels and exhibitions, we gathered again to continue our explorations on the world of cementery paraphernalia. Old men never get tired.

Cementery Candles

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Oct 2015 / Bratislava working meeting pics

We gathered again in late September in our new studio and continued developing the floral theme.

It happened naturally that we unconsciously ended turning bridal flowers and bridal bouquets into Cementery Flowers and all that's putt aside next, to be left next to our dead kin.

It's our nature...

HRBITOVNE KVITI / mrtve kvety FB Gallery

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Sep 2015 / MN @ Berliner Liste 2015

MN @ Berliner Liste 2015 Fair for Contemporary Art with Dub Gallery. Find us there from Sep 17-20.

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Aug 2015 / GMB Exhibition Catalog Presentation

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M I R O I R  N O I R / P A R A L E L N É  S V E T Y
Derniéra výstavy a krst katalógu // Exhibition finissage and catalogue presentation.
26. august 2015 o 18.00 hodine / August 26th, from 18.00

v Galérii mesta Bratislavy, Pálffyho palác, Panská 19, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

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July 2015 / Documentary Uncovering Miroir Noir: The Real Truth

 


We can't hide anymore this document uncovering the real truth about Miroir Noir painting group and their working methods. Shot under the influence in MN old studio in Bratislava, some three winters ago, the time has come to show people what really has been happening. (SVK-ENG emb.subs.)
By Zora Stassova Creative Studio and Nicolas Arnaud!
— with Rai Escalé and Milos Kopták at UFO Bridge - Bratislava.

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June 2015 / Galeria Mesto Bratislavy 'Parallel Universes' solo show

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We are very proud to announce our forthcoming exhibition at Palffyho Palace, the most beautiful of the Bratislava Town Gallery (GMB) buildings. It was four years since we had our last show in Bratislava, but it has been worth waiting. Opening will be next June 9th.

We will be showing a selection of works from the four first galleries in the Gallery section here, that are:

     COMUNION                CANIS L.                   PROPTER N.             

COMUNION           CANIS LUNAE            PROPTER NUPTIAS         





We came to the gallery with more than 30 paintings, but the power of the collection told us that the installation had to be very simple and spacious, as every one of the pieces to be shown was powerful and self explanatory, andcould even use much more blank wall in-between than what we finally could give them. So we ended turning down all redundant or superfluous pieces, until getting an essential presentation. Very pleasant and smooth to walk through, and a smart syntethisation of our work and evolution for the past nearly three years.

We must thank our collectors for their patience and collaboration, as half of the pieces here (and in Mikulov exhibition) are coming from private collections. We thought it was important to show the highlights of our rare production, so we once again bothered them with our requests and annoyances. All of them understand that we're on a mission, and they are on it with us.

Please visit our FB page for the full photo-documentary on installation and opening and after-party.

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May 2015 / MN book cover

We yielded an image for the cover for a beautiful spanish poetry book, 'El sol horizontal' by Irene Jové!!

MN spanish poetry book cover

Day-break , acrylic on canvas, 100x80cm, 2010. Private Collection

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Apr 2015 / Bellavista working meeting

Miroir Noir last working meeting a Bellavista, Tarragona, Spain. It has been said it happened in El Rancho Bellavista, Tamaulipas, Mexico...

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                  See artist's residence next to Capilla de La Santa Cruz and unbelievable working open air spaces.


We joked on FB about Tarragona being so similar to Mexico, we stated that we'd been on a residence there, sponsored by Tequila El Jimador. So many of our friends asked about our mexican trip. The power of internet misinformation. Click images to see full April's fool day album @ FB.

We were painting some small-sized open-air landscapes for the first time together. They have been already sent to our main studio in Bratislava to be finished and varnished, but here's a peak for our friends that take time to be here.

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They look more like Massachussets than Tarragona, but, hey ho, we're Miroir NOIR.

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Mar 2015 / Exhibition @ Regionální Muzeum v Mikulově

Miroir Noir / Počátek

Opening Friday, March 27 at 7:00pm

Zámek Mikulov in Mikulov cz

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Plese click on image to go to full gallery @ FB

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Feb 2015 / Bratislava working meeting

During January we had our first working meeting of the year in a snowy Bratislava.

We managed to finish this big canvas that we had started with the other 'Communion' series paintings, in early 2014. We doubted on how to mix the lightness of aura and sweaters with the harsh and violent flesh-paint representation. It went well. We were also painting some bouquets. Yes.

As usual here's a non-offical picture, before the photographer makes his job. Right one now!

Druzicky-Forestier. Acrylic on canvas, 190x130, 2015

We were experimenting on some 'complementary' paintings for the forthcming exhibition @ GMBratislava, and we tried some 'wedding flower bouquets'. When reediting this post in May, here there are recent pictures of them.

Miroir Noir_Nadhera ( Beauty ) 120x100 cm, akryl na plátne, 2015

Nadhera ( Beauty ) 120x100 cm, akrylic on canvas, 2015

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Jan 2015 / Quitting old studio

Milos goodbye

Last elevator to the gallows, last truck with some of the big paintings, going to the new studio.


We've finally left our studio at the SVK Artist's Syndicate Building. We've been the last artists to be kicked out.Milos was there for nearly 15 years, so he was quite emotional. Click on the pictures to watch a larger selection of pictures at our FB.

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Dec 2014 / Best of the year @ Saatchi Art

Miroir Noir @ Best of 2014 Saatchi

This year 2014 was full of work and studio surprises. It ended with agood surprise coming from our friends at Saatchi. This new 2015 looks like it's coming full of surprises and acomplishments.

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Nov 2014 / Bratislava working meeting

Again, to end the year, we gathered at Milos studio in Bratislava for another 2 weeks of mad painting.

We painted a series of cocks, fighting cocks, and birds.  We can only show a rough studio picture, this year we've been too busy with everything else and still not sent the paintings to the photographer. But with that you can see where the style is going right now. Quite interesting. Promise pics will be online soon.

Miroir Noir: Po zápase, 120x100, acrylic on canvas, 2014

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Oct 2014 / Web updates & Improvements

During this month we are going to improve our website, adding a slight re-design to make it responsive for mobile viewing, and start to replace Photobucket missing images (Photobucket is an image hosting and video hosting website); most of our images in the News and Press sections were hosted there and lately their servers are not responding well to calls from external pages (as ours), so posts look like un-imaged. So we've started a new procedure to reupload them to our own server (thanks Juraj!). I t will take few more time to be done...

(some users don't experience this missing-images problem though)

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Sep 2014 / Bratislava working meeting (4)

Is this you Laika?

New working meeting this September to continue with the moon dogs series, that looks like a good alternative portrait way. We are really having fun with them.

Soon real pictures of the whole series will come out, these are just working pictures from our studio camera.

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Aug 2014 / Saatchi pick of the week again

Miroir Noir's Ghost Dog

We were again selected at Saatchiart.com weekly collection curated by Rebecca Wilson.

They selected this beautiful image, 'Ghost Dog', which is surprisingly light and powerful. The image is originally a sketch ment to be pained in a 2x2m canvas. We'll see if we go through it. 

Another good summer new is that we've started negotiations with Dub Gallery (CZ) for them to be our representatives.

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Jul 2014 / Bratislava working meeting (3)

Plasma Dog Head -detail-.

This year's full of working meetings, as we have to finish all the series for the heavy forthcoming schedule in 2015. Full of good surprises and luxury venues for MiroirNoir at last, both in Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Above is one detail of the 'Moon Dogs' Series we're working on. We've made a comeback to a theme that we've been working on since so long ago, we've been finally able to match it with the palette and pictorial treatment of the more recent works. 

Watch below the 'Plasma Dog' complete. Also with other beautiful pictoricity at times. Our colleague Michal Borik, appreciated painter of the void, and kind studio sharer, told us he had observed us develop this light style, in the sense that we are more throwing and brutalizing painting rather than painting in the known sense of the term. That is....paint without painting, form without border, movement in a still matter.

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Jun 2014 / Bratislava working meeting (2.1)

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We also were working on some pieces for the Natura Incognita collection.

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May 2014 / Bratislava working meeting (2)

Last March we met in our Bratislava studio and continued on our new Panta Rhei series, and managed to finish a couple of them, that go with our 'Druziky' couple. Here they are better photographed ans balanced.

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Good evening acrylic on canvas, 190x150cm, 2014

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Papa et mama acrylic on canvas, 190x160cm, 2014

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Apr 2014 / Eat Meat Show Press Reviews

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Please watch the video, on the closing party of our exhibition... too much

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Mar 2014 / Bratislava working meeting

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('Papa a Mama', 190 x 150 cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2014)

We started a few big paintings on the last working trip last March. This one was the biggest, still in process but close to an end. For the first time we've done a frame by frame of the stages. We're deciding if it is cool to show so deep inside the process.


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Mar 2014 / Eat Meat Solo Show ( Barcelona, SPA)

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The show was great success and fun, Miroir Noir finally got the marriage they wanted.

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Also lots of friends

You can chek it  @ the BcnTv

or pics @ our FB

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Feb 2014 / 'Propter Nuptias' book

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A reminder review on the book we edited with Slovak Ministry of Culture back in september and that we forgot to mention. Hard cover, full equiped, 58 pages catalogue, Critic text by Jiri Olic,  and all the paintings of couples, brides and flower girls in the Bride Series, linked to the poetry of slovak poet Jaro Broz and the steps of love from the tragic slavian life point of view. You can download it here.

Propter Nuptias book and cake

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Jan 2014 / Saatchi 'Inside the studio...'

Miroir Noir @ Saatchi Art Magazine


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've started the new year with good news, after the Madrid's Blokker exhibition shutting down tomorrow, we've been reviewed @ Saatchi Art online magazine. We got our interview and quite a lot of pics of weird studios we've worked in. Worth a watch (here).

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Jan 2014 / 2 X 4 = ∞ Group Show @ Nitrianska Gallery (Nitra, SK)

We were invited to participate in 

2 X 4 = ∞

curated Group Show @ Nitrianska Galéria, in Nitra, SK. It's about artists working together on duos or collectives. Please follow the link for more detailed info.

Curator was Miroslava Mauréry.

Other artist participating were: Strana Železných: Ján Vasilko & Peter Králik (SK) // ALLT: Elena Bolčeková & Peter Simoník (SK) // M1+1: Jack Hauser, Michael Mastrototaro (AT) // Sabina Holzer, Sabine Maier.

Exhibition will be held between December 19th 2013 and February 2nd 2014.

We could not attend opening nor installation, and we were surprised by the bunker space (it was literally a Bunker under Nitrianska Gallery), and by the innovative floating - hanging system and its illumination.

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Dec 2013 / El País Review (!!)

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Nov 2013 / Blokker Show Highlights

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We had a cool opening night in Madrid's Blokker Gallery. Wehad the most thrilling surprise when we had to make a private view to the most admired collector, Frank Black from Pixies!!! Here you can see him with guitar player Joey Santiago, Gallery Director Elo Peral and artist Rai Escalé, as Mr Koptak was on kocovina still in bed when thay happened (!!)

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Just before the opening!

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And we had our Marriage Cake!!!

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Oct 2013 / Blokker Gallery Solo Show (Madrid, SPA)

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We are heading to Madrid for a super show with the best of our 'Propter Nuptias' collection.

At Blokker Gallery, c/ Espalter, 5, Madrid.

Some reviews in Madrid press, please.

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Sep 2013 / Rochuskapelle Solo Show (Landshut, GER)

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We are very proud to announce that on September 6th opening of our first 'Propter Nuptias' exhibition, in Landshut (GER).

Further exhibitions of this collection are set in Madrid (November), Barcelona (February) and Bratislava (May).

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Aug 2013 / Saatchionline Collection

Once more Saatchionline includes Miroir Noir in one of their curated weekly selections.

This time in the 'White Hot Collection'.

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More cool news about Saatchi this september. Stay Tuned!

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Jul 2013 / Hlavy exhibition @ Roman Fecick Gallery (Bratislava, SK)

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On July 1st is the "Hlavy" (Heads) exhibition opening at Roman Fecik Gallery, @ Bratislava. This exhibition features some of the Gems of the Ivan Melicherčík collection, this time selected under the Heads theme. Miroir Noir is of course represented by this African mask that was already shown in the latest Melicherčík book (see Apr 2012 / Zberatel alebo Zmluva s Diablom // Art book, an entry in this section). We are happy for the decision of Mr. Melicherčík to also show our individual heads in his collection, and even print Rai's in the brochure.

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Jun 2013 / Bratislava working meeting

Rai is travelling to Bratislava on June 20th, to stay until July 10th.

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Between those dates MN will work on finishing all Nevesty series paintings, as SlovakCultureMinistryhasawardedagrant to print a book on that project, curated by Jiří Olič. Our aim is to have it ready for the Germany exhibition next September.

MN also will be attending the opening of Ivan Melicherčík collection exhibition "Hlavy", at Roman Fecik Gallery, in Bratislava, next July 1st.

See more info about the exhibition in July's post, please.

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Apr 2013 / Bratislava working meeting

We spent two weeks working really hard at our Bratislava Studio. Milos had made excellent preparations in the operation room. Then he looked quite satisfied after finishing some really nice Nevesty / Brides. Scroll to see some close ups of our favorites, or go to Galleries to watch them full.

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Studio panorama

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Mar 2013 / Rai Escalé show @ Eat Meat (Barcelona, SPA))

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And while Miroir Noir sleeps, Rai shows in Barcelona. Though life!!

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Feb 2013 / Bratislava working meeting

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Rai visited Bratislava again. Snowy weather, real cold. Only place good to be was in the studio. So it was a hard working meeting. This was what there was outside, and inside.

And the universe that the studio's floor turned into after the black and white battle...cool.

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And see a couple of examples what we were working in:

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This last one was started at our Barcelona residency in November, finished after struggle in Bratislava February 2013. Step by step!

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Jan 2013 / Rôznakí 2 group show @ Oravska Galéria (Dolny Kubin, SK)

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Jan 2013 / Saatchionline new account

Now you cand also find us in Saatchi Online Gallery: Miroir Noir page

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Saatchi is a free and digital Gallery, instead of the real and collaborativer we're looking for to get a little more international exposure. Opting for representations of european galeries will be more than welcome.

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Dec.2012 / Oltáre súčasnosti- súčasné oltáre group show (Martin, SK)

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Turčianska galéria v Martine Vás pozýva na vernisáž výstavy
Oltáre súčasnosti – súčasné oltáre
Reflexia kresťanstva v slovenskom vizuálnom umení v horizonte obdobia nultých rokov
(od roku 2000 až po súčasnosť)

Opening:
6. decembra 2012 o 17. h
Kurátorka: Lucia Miklošková
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Artists in the exhibition // Vystavujúci autori:

Marko Blažo, Andrea Čepiššáková, Anton Čierny,
Mária Čorejová, Ivan Csudai, Rai Escale, Eva Filová,
Miloš Kopták, Magdaléna Kuchtová, Matúš Lányi,
Radko Mačuha, Marcel Mališ, Stano Masár,
Svätopluk Mikyta, Veronika Rónaiová, Peter Rónai,
Maroš Rovňák, Dorota Sadovská, Anabela Sládek,
Ľubo Stacho, Erik Šille, Jozef Šramka, Ján Vasilko
Peter Barényi, Dávid Demjanovič, Mira Gáberová,
Oto Hudec, Dagmar Mavrevová, Eva Mikulášová,
Jarmila Mitríková, Mira Podmanická, Jozef Poník,
Matej Rosmány, Martin Rusina, Ivana Sláviková

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Nov 2012 / Barcelona working meeting

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Milos visited Barcelona for a one week working meeting at Fabra i Coats Factory. We continued working on the 'Brides's' Project, but in very much larger scales. Soon we'll post some pictures of job done.

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Find Mr. Koptak flying across the studio at doom... frightening.

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Oct 2012 / Milos Koptak Wild Cards (Prague, CZR)

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Our Milos Kopták did these Wild Cards on Future Dangers for Humanity. After seeing the setting, we really don't know who was meeting and what were the intentions of that black club in Prague...

Check them all here

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Oct 2012 / Rai Escale installation @ FiC Opening

 

Pictures of Rai Escale's one day installation

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@ Fabra i Coats Arts Factory opening in Barcelona last

September 29th.

Crappy pics for now. All fabrics were natural...

pork skin and cow stomachs mainly...ua.

Angels were a bit rabbitty indeed.

 

 

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Sep 2012 / Bratislava working meeting

Back home after another long and intense visit to the East. We had our successful opening in Kosice, then travelled a bit around, and finally spent some 8 extra days in Milos Koptak studio doing some good work.




'Les 4 masturbateurs sur la plage', 180x120cn, acryl on canvas.



Milos coming out the Romanov's tondo, diameter 220cm, beautiful...

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Aug 2012 / Východoslovenská galéria Solo show (Kosice, SK)

Miroir Noir @ VSG, a retrospective exhibition at Slovak Eastern Gallery, in Kosice (SK)
Opening 23.08.2012 // Exhibition from 24.08 to 23.09.2012

 
It’s been a monster workyworky to set up a mega show like this one; so many painting loans from our collectors,  transport arrangements, insurance issues, accomodating all friends traveling and so.
 
 
Some promo readymades we splitted through the city. PRVA SLOVENSKÁ KORIDA!!!
And the SVGallery street totem.

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Aug 2012 / MN Book freshly baked!

Miroir Noir’s brand new catalogue.
2007-2012 works and ideas revealed and beautifully presented and commented. Brilliant varnish and other beautiful printing melodies, done by Devin Printing house in Bratislava. Design by monster Riot Über Alles from Eat Meat. We’ve issued 300 of them, numbered and signed, and they will be given to friends, supporters, collectors, and hopefully new galleries aiming to collaborate with the project. Buff was the sponsor of the marvel, we must proudly say.

 

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July 2012 / Fiura Magazine

Open publication - Free publishing - More belleza

Milos Koptak and Rai Escalé (separatedly !!) are in. They are crowfunding for the paper edition. Very cool project to mini-invest in.

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Jun 2012 / Ipad version of MN book

Now available free download for the Ipad version of our beautiful book. Follow this link please, and enjoy!Looks gorgeous and include few more illustrations, and all are full page sets.

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May 2012 / Gorila's Book Released in Slovakia

Finally released after being banned in Slovakia the book on the cause to slovak ‘Gorila’, about the political corruption and its relationship with real estate scandals that tore down last slovak government, from the brave aussy journalist Tom Nicholson. Top 1 seller in SK, and our ‘darkest’ cover! Check ArtforumSK top list.

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Apr 2012 / Zberatel alebo Zmluva s Diablom // Art book

There’s a nice review and picture of our work in Mr. Ivan Melichercik new book about his collection and slovakian contemporary art. We feel good next to such good artists!

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Mar 2012 / Bratislava working meeting








This time were three working weeks at Milos Koptak’s studio, in Bratislava, working in our common project Miroir Noir, that is becoming a big monster that is to devoure us both.
We visited Vienna, for the presentation of August Balla retrospective at Guggin, we travelled to Kosice to check about our exhibition at Východoslovenská Galéria, Eastern National Slovak Gallery (!!), next September 2012. Also, Reinhard Austrup and Katja Linz paid us a visit, to talk about our upcoming exhibition in Rochuskapelle in Landshut, September 2013. We also received a visit from our kind collectors Ivan Melichercík y Peter Kolnik…more than intense days they were….
Because as usual we also had time to do lots of new work. Photos to come soon (well, are in Gorilai and Natura Incognita Galleries now)

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Oct 2011 / Dom Hrôzy / BLAF Fest. / Fru Fru Gallery (Bratislava, SK)

Amazing very dark group show held by Fru Fru during the BLAF Festival in Bratislava at their upper abbandonned floor. Miroir Noir showed some of the 3D works done in Konvent Residency Berga last spring. Opening: 02.10.2011 // Closing 05.10.2012

 

 

photos by Martina Rozinajová

More Pics @ our Facebook

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Sep 2011 / MN @ Limes Galéria / SymPat residency group show (Komarno, SK)

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Outside / inside our painting vessel...uaa. We did some wall paintings too!! :))))

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Outside / inside our painting vessel...uaa

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Sep 2011 / SymPat Art Symposium @ (Patince/Komárno, SK))

Miroir Noir was invited to the 17th edition of “Sympa” Art Symposium at Patince, near Komárno, in south Slovakia, just on the Hungarian border. Here some pictures about the studio they let us us…our Titanik.

Some weird details were waiting for us to clean:

And some we left for the demolition team:

 
   

We did some paintings too, of course. Here some of them, others already in Natura Incognita gallery. It is weird we've been painting deers and hunting scenes in a place full of woods and were the menu includes nearly daily hunted meat...

 
 

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Aug 2011 / Octomeron group show @ Fru Fru Gallery (Bratislava,SK)

Cool group show with best artists at FruFru! We sold Salomé, after she's been travelling around Spain and Slovakia so long!

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Jun 2011 / Festival Konvent.0'11 Berga Special Pictures by Eduard Fíguls

Eduard Fíguls took some very special pictures on our installations at Konvent.0’11 Fstival. He always have a brilliant and slightly different point of view.

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This last one is Eduard's portrait...amazing. He stood for two days looking for the right point of view to each installation. He surely found it!. Check his work on his site, one of the uprising conceptual catalan artists!

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