Viktor Frešo is considered among the most remarkable figures of European conceptual art in the region of the formerCzechoslovakia. His work and approach to art are highly personal, while reflecting larger concerns and attitudes in global society and the art world at large.

Frešo addresses sophisticated cultural concepts and autobiographical themes using deceptively simple methods. Unafraid to challenge norms, his critical perspective sometimes expresses his contempt for the art scene itself albeit with a light, humorous and playful undertone.

Characteristic of his creations is the tension he creates between huge, grandiose ego-forward art with quieter paintings and humble found objects from his family’s history. His ability to unabashedly reveal his dark, sentimental, and comical sides endears the viewer by unselfconsciously allowing access to the artist’s inner sanctum.Frešo is interested in direct, efficient, visual tools. He prefers a short interval between action and reaction and enjoys it when viewers have speedy, unmediated responses to his work. Thus, he often works with unambiguous, recognizable objects. He has no compunction presenting radical and sometimes critical opinions of society or himself that might irritate and provoke discussion about what is and what is not considered acceptable contemporary art.

Whether he intervenes in public spaces or exhibits in galleries, he ensures that his raw, creative actions show themselves in his works’ final execution – grand, critical, honest, artistic, gestures.

Frešo is in the permanent collection of the Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL; Florida Museum of Photographic Art, Tampa, USA,;Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK; Bulgaria National Gallery, Sofia, BG; Czech National Gallery, Prague, CZ; Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, SK; Prague City Gallery, Prague, CZ; Colección Arte Al Límite, Santiago de Chile, CL; Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, SK; East Slovak Gallery, Košice, SK; Ján Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, SK; Museum Art.Plus, Donaueschingen, DE.

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