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dealing artistically with materials since time immemorial.<br />

The strength of this composition is the activation of the<br />

view of the old building’s arches towards the waterfront<br />

promenade. (...) The author’s architectural intent may be<br />

accepted, accepted with objections or not accepted by the<br />

recipient. (...) We must count on the fact that there are works<br />

of architectural creation too, the same as in art that as such,<br />

lead to new invasions. The public accepts these with difficulty<br />

at the time when they are produced, or even criticize them.<br />

As long as such work is based on the elaborated theory<br />

of architecture and it conforms to it and stays programmecompliant,<br />

it follows the development trends and becomes<br />

style-constitutional; it is beneficial for art because it stimulates<br />

the further deepening of innovation. (...) Thus, the awareness<br />

that art cannot be imposed on people; that art can be<br />

accepted or not accepted by the public at its level, is yet more<br />

10 Vladimír Dedeček. Areál Slovenskej národnej galérie v Bratislave.<br />

Projekt. Revue slovenskej architektúry, 23, 1981, No. 1–2, p. 9.<br />

“Ing. Marcinka objected against the dominant solution of the<br />

administrative building that is inconsistent with the exhibition<br />

premises’ main function and its architectural form.” In: DEDEČEK,<br />

Vladimír. Technická správa k alternatívnemu riešeniu ÚP SNG,<br />

typewritten copy. Bratislava 11 June 1967, p. 1. Fond Vladimír<br />

Dedeček, Zbierka architektúry, dizajnu a úžitkového umenia SNG.<br />

11 DEDEČEK, Vladimír. Nová tvár Slovenskej národnej galérie.<br />

Technické noviny, 8 April 1975, No. 14, p. 5.<br />

<strong>12</strong> KUSÝ, Martin – GRÁCOVÁ, Genovéva. Slovenská národná galéria.<br />

Slovensko, 1, 1977, No. 3, p. 4–5.<br />

13 See MRUŠKOVIČ, Štefan. Expozície Slovenskej národnej galérie<br />

v Bratislave znovuotvorené. Vlastivedný časopis, 26, 1977, No. 3,<br />

pp. 97–101 and idem. Pred novou etapou Slovenskej národnej<br />

galérie. Výtvarný život, 22, 1977, No. 7, pp. 11–<strong>12</strong>. Two years later<br />

he also published the anniversary text: MRUŠKOVIČ, Štefan.<br />

Slovenská národná galéria tridsat’ročná. Vlastivedný časopis, 28,<br />

1979, No. 2, pp. 74–76.<br />

14 VACULÍK, Karol. Nové priestory a expozície Slovenskej národnej<br />

galérie. Výtvarný život, 22, 1977, No. 7, pp. <strong>12</strong>–19.<br />

15 PETERAJOVÁ, L’udmila. Slovenská národná galéria po dvadsiatich<br />

rokoch. Výtvarný život, 22, 1977, No. 7, pp. 20–23.<br />

16 THURZO, Igor. Budova Slovenskej národnej galérie a jej história.<br />

Československý architekt, 24, 1978, No. 7, pp. 4–5.<br />

A piece of information on SNG was also published one year later:<br />

ČAPKA, B.[?] Slovenská národní galérie v Bratislavě.<br />

Československý architekt, 25, 1979, No. 7, p. 8.<br />

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