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Featuring RU/YVAA artist-in-residence Ľuboš Kotlár in the RU voices interview series 🎤
Ľuboš Kotlár is one of the 2025 laureates of the Oskar Čepan Award for contemporary art in Slovakia. Currently based in Prague, the Czech Republic, Ľuboš is a visual artist and photographer that focus on exploring concepts of non-normative time and space, drawing primarily from the field of queer theory. At a time when the future seems uncertain and unpredictable, he seeks to redirect our attention to the present moment and the experiences taking place within it. This approach is in stark contrast to traditional reproductive futurism, which privileges linear progress and stability. In addition, elements of liminality, his Romani heritage, physicality, and occasionally a bit of mystification often enter his work. These influences manifest themselves in his work mainly through site- and time-specific strategies of creating. He often creates processual/dynamic installations that incorporate an element of spontaneity and unpredictability, allowing for a dynamic interaction between the artwork and its audience.
During his time at RU, Ľuboš presented Untitled (fountain) and Untitled (runner) an installation work that reimagine the Romani ancestral traditions and how Roma bodies are seen and understood. The moon ritual referenced in his installation whispers a quiet prayer that the larger cycles of renewal and fortune may be the only forces to depend on.
✨ Ľuboš paintings are on view in the exhibition “Whispers in Plain Sight” on Governors Island for one more weekend (September 27–28). Come see it at the RU House at 404B Colonels Row!
Ľuboš Kotlár’s residency is made possible with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
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