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and demolished this square. (...) I would, however, rather look<br />

at the circumstances in which this work was created. High<br />

façades were built in the direction of the waterfront – the<br />

Devín hotel block – and in the rear there are restaurant areas<br />

situated in lower positions whose scale is nearer to the older<br />

housings. Dedeček actually did the same. When I look at the<br />

reconstruction of the Carlton Hotel, the impression you get<br />

from behind the gallery is much bigger in silhouette than the<br />

gallery. That is why these arguments are not so convincing.<br />

(...) The concept of this object [SNG] is exceptional because<br />

it has been a source of discussion from the beginning.<br />

I suppose in twenty years, when we search for objects<br />

whose concept is characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s, this<br />

building will be proposed as a national cultural monument.<br />

Maybe some people do not like to hear this but I think it is<br />

hard to assess the architecture of this period today.” 38<br />

the curator of the document exhibition Dr. Alexandra Kusá,<br />

architects Jaroslav Liptay, Marin Mašek and Peter Žalman as<br />

well as the director of the Slovak Architects Society Peter<br />

Mikloš commented on the history and future of the SNG<br />

building in the magazines Projekt and Arch. 39 Architect Imrich<br />

Vaško compared Dedeček's extension to the late-modern<br />

gallery institutions in the USA. 40<br />

in April – May, the journal Bratislavské noviny published<br />

a series of articles regarding the question of the SNG bridging.<br />

They included opinions from invited participants and were<br />

published under the name “Premostenie galérie by malo<br />

nahradit’ niečo, s čím sa stotožní väčšina Bratislavčanov<br />

(diskusia)” (Gallery bridging should be replaced by something<br />

that most citizens of Bratislava can identify with (discussion). 41<br />

Ministry of Culture spokesperson Juraj Puchý: “The most<br />

acceptable alternative, for now, seems to be to maintain<br />

the SNG bridging. The College of the Ministery of Culture has<br />

recently discussed this question. They have recommended<br />

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