Roman Turcel, a native of Prievidza, operated the ART POINT gallery in Prievidza for 8 years, during which he brought 969 events to visitors. However, the end of 2020 was final for the gallery. The reason was the long-standing bad cultural situation related to Covid - 19. However, the young artist did not hesitate and this year opened the virtual gallery artVIRTUAL.aRT.

Roman is a personality who has been working in the field of culture and art for many years. In ART POINT, the artistic spirit intertwined with gastronomy and a pleasant environment. He preferred representatives of minority genres and domestic artists to commercials. For his innovative approach, he became a Tourist Personality in the Trenčín Region in 2018 in the TOP in Tourism competition, which is annually announced by the Regional Tourism Organization (KOCR) Trenčín Region.

He moved his activities to Prague, where, together with the photographer Denisa Blatná and Katka Pračková, they exhibit their artistic statements in the form of fragments of cycles that are not yet completely closed, completed. This is the first exhibition in a virtual gallery called artVIRTUAL.aRT and is called "The Future of the Past". However, the trio do not exhibit for the first time. This is their fourth joint exhibition as the art group MoUCHY, which was established in House no. 20 on Pilsen Square in 2018.

Recent circumstances have affected their lives and their work. Everyone in the group is still fulfilling the future vision of their personal project, the impetus of which is to revive the past and make it accessible to the future.

You can watch the virtual exhibition in the video HERE .

In Trenčín 5.4.2021

Text: MT