The Quiet Observer of Objects Born in Žilina, Slovakia, in 1949, Dušan Bada has spent his life looking closely at the world around him. His work often finds its roots in the simplest of subjects, turning the mundane into something worthy of a second glance. He is a painter and an illustrator who finds meaning in the stillness of a room or the way light hits a common object. There is a certain patience in his approach, a sense that he i…