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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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