Representative work by Július Koller
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Artist

Július Koller

1939–2007 · Slovak · Based in Bratislava, Slovakia

  • Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (1965)
  • Conceptual Art
  • Anti-Art
  • Ping-Pong Performance

Július Koller developed a distinctive conceptual practice from text, amateur sport, public situations and the recurring U.F.O. motif. Working in socialist Czechoslovakia, he created 'anti-happenings' and simple actions that resisted official cultural structures through everyday participation.

Conceptual art; performance; text

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1970U.F.O.-naut J.K.
  • 1965 onwardAnti-Happenings
  • 1970 onwardUniversal-Cultural Futurological Operations (U.F.O.)
  • 1970Ping-Pong Society
  • 1960s onwardQuestion Mark paintings
  • 1960sText Cards
  • 1960s–70sCultural Situations
  • 1970s–2000sU.F.O. Archive
  • 1960s–70sSports and Game Actions
  • 1970sSelf-Portrait / U.F.O.-naut works

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