Milan Vagač's 'Black Box' Opens at LABS Contemporary Art in Bologna
Slovak artist Milan Vagač (Bratislava, 1987) presents 'Black Box,' a solo exhibition at LABS Contemporary Art in Bologna, featuring new works that depict the interiors of electronic devices. Using pastel tones—violets, pinks, and whites—Vagač transforms the dark, artificial colors of technology into soft, humanized imagery. The show explores the ambivalent human relationship with technology, making the inaccessible micro-world of circuits visible on a macro scale. Curator Domenico de Chirico describes the artist's approach as revealing hidden structures while turning the entire painting into a surface. The exhibition runs in 2023.
Key facts
- Milan Vagač is a Slovak artist born in Bratislava in 1987.
- The exhibition is titled 'Black Box' and is held at LABS Contemporary Art in Bologna.
- The works use pastel colors like violet, pink, and white to depict the interiors of electronic devices.
- The show consists of a selection of new works inspired by the ambivalent relationship between humans and technology.
- Curator Domenico de Chirico wrote the critical text accompanying the exhibition.
- Vagač enlarges and translates the inside of technological objects into realistic yet abstract paintings.
- The black box is treated as a magical space, almost a Wunderkammer.
- The exhibition took place in 2023.
Entities
Artists
- Milan Vagač
Institutions
- LABS Contemporary Art
- Artribune
Locations
- Bologna
- Italy
- Bratislava
- Slovakia