Miroslav Cipár died. The Silent Man of the Revolution, who was not seen in the photos, but in hundreds of books, newspapers, paintings and logos – Diary N

Apparently when he once heard the artist Alojz Klim answer the question why he still works at such an old age, he did not quite understand how he could say that it was an instinct for self-preservation. He was still too young. Later, he most likely understood this, and even felt it himself when, as a fresh man in his eighties, he said, “I have to appreciate that I am. And I have to use that time. “

It became increasingly clear that the question why? it was completely useless to him. His work reflects the admirably unbreakable vitality of life, and therefore his work is closed only with his definitive departure.

Miroslav Cipár died at the age of 86. However, looking at his work, it seems as if he has used not one time, but several lives. It is difficult to find another author who would penetrate as deeply into the layers of visual and cultural identity of our country as he did.

Always different and still yours

Maybe it happened because he held several professions, which could be divided by several – graphic designer, typographer, calligrapher, illustrator, painter, sculptor and graphic artist.

Theorists who wrote about him sometimes summed it up in the profession of “universal author”, which, however, is a bit in contrast to what was