JARMILA MITRIKOVA & DAVID DEMJANOVIC, SK

The Slovak artist duo Jarmila Mitríková (1986) & Dávid Demjanovič (1985) works with the traditional technique of pyrography, burning motives into plywood and colouring them with wood stains, as a reference to a folk amateur art. The technique of pyrography was popular among people during socialism in former Czechoslovakia. They also create glazed or polychromed figurative ceramic sculptures. In their hybrid style is possible to recognise Christian traditions, folklorism, pagan rituals, superstitions, myths, local legends linked to WWII and socialistic history. Their works are, among various private collections, also in the Slovak National Gallery and other public museums. They live and work in Prague and Košice.