“AMA” is the first critical survey devoted to the long-term educational activity of Ľubomír Ďurček (1948), Květoslava Fulierová (1932) and Július Koller (1939 — 2007). Extensive photographic documentation, together with a selection of key texts, presents their distinctive programme of working with amateur artists during the years 1968 to 1998. As tutors they were acting under the auspices of the district cultural centres in Bratislava. This bilingual publication (Slovak and English) is compiled from hitherto unpublished materials, focusing on a method of alternative education that retains its relevance today. The Cultural Situations, initiated by Július Koller, reveal the determination of these artists to freely develop their own programme, in which amateurs attending summer gatherings were involved on a basis of equality. May this publication motivate today’s young specialists to be unprofessional and inspire future professionals to artistic amateurism.

Publisher: SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR

ISBN: 978-3-903172-62-3

Measurements: 230 x 300 mm

Biding: softcover

Number of pages: 340 

Edited by Daniel Grúň

Production and coordination: The Július Koller Society

Video link https://vimeo.com/460520734

The book was made possible thanks to generous support of: Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation, Slovak Arts Council, and Bratislava City Foundation