Milan Tittel
Born in Litomyšl, 1966 and lives in Bratislava and Šenkvice
From 1980 to 1984 studied at the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, from 1987 to 1993 at the Department of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, under Prof. J. Kulich, J. Hoffstadter and Vladimír Havrilla. In 2003 he was awarded grant of tranzit.sk grant. Originally trained as a sculptor, Tittel uses different media, employing post-conceptual tendencies – he works in the field of object, sculpture, installation, video, photography and performance. For the main part of his artistic career (2003-2013) he was closely bound with Matej Gavula, with whom he formed a tandem – group XYZ. In his individual practice, Tittel is acting as an attentive and quiet observer, skilful sculptor, constantly exploring the possibilities of this medium. His daily routine is based on uncovering particularly “ordinary”. By subtle interventions or “just” by documenting selected objects or situations Tittel is preserving an important visual footmark of everyday, initially banal reality.
