Who had hair, was the enemy of the socialist state. All were supposed to look alike!
Dušan Lupták was born in 1962 in Košice into catholic family of teachers. During the socialism, his father was criticizing failings of his superiors at schools, what had its impact on his and his son‘s later career. He was having problems in searching appropriate employment and young Dušan had to also pay for his father‘s persecution. As a teenager he wasn‘t accepted to secondary art school, thus he studied within the closest possible sphere to art - sign writing. During the normalization he was a marginal worker in different jobs and he had problems with the former State Security members also due to his look, since he wore long hair. He had negative attitude towards the socialist regime during its whole era and therefore he welcomed the Velvet Revolution, even without being actively engaged in politics. He has been married and has two children. Today he works as an educator in Košice.