ART AND SHADOW
ART
6/2 2014 – 23/ 3 2014
Czech Centre Prague, Rytířská 31, Prague
SHADOW
6/2. 2014 – 17/ 3 2014
Galerie NoD, Dlouhá 33, Prague
THE SUN IS SHINING ON A DUSTY CORNER
7/ 2 2014 – 31/ 3 2014
Windows Gallery, Czech Centre Vienna, Herrengasse 17, Vienna
Press release, Czech Centres - Headquarters
Prague, 5/2 2014
The curating duo, Edith Jeřábková
and Dominik Lang, prepared an
exhibition that will be displayed in the
exhibition space of the Czech Centre
Prague and in the Gallery NoD starting
this February. It will introduce the
artwork of students from a Vienna art
school and two Prague art schools. This
large project originated through the
cooperation of the Czech Centres, the
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, the
Academy of Art, Architecture and Design
in Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts
in Vienna.
The title ART AND SHADOW expresses a
seeming contrast between the tangible and
the intangible, which poses questions on the
topic of „what is art?“ and “how is actually
a piece of art constituted by its shadow?”
The exhibition consists of two parts. The
first part, with the title ART, focuses on
spatial forms in the Czech Centre Prague,
while the foundation of the installation in the
Gallery NoD, is constituted of works
floating on walls like SHADOWS.
EFFECT IN A CONTEXT
The project reflects the beginning of the
cooperation between the Czech Centres and
renowned institutions including: Academy
of Fine Arts in Prague, Academy of Fine
Arts in Vienna and Academy of Art,
Architecture and Design in Prague. This
interconnection was inspired by the book Art
and Its Shadow written by Italian
theoretician, Mario Perniola (*1941). The
ambition of this relatively extensive project
is to attempt to find answers to basic
aesthetic questions through workshops,
seminars, presentations and exhibitions
taking place throughout the year. In addition
to that, it also focuses on the development of
relations between art institutions, such as the
Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín or the
Secondary School of Art, Architecture and
Design in Bechyně. Simultaneously with the
presentation of the work of Czech and
Austrian artists taking place in the Czech
Centre Prague and the Gallery NoD, there is
a parallel exhibition in the Windows Gallery
in Vienna. Each presentation will introduce
the work of students from the trio of the
cooperating universities. A reciprocal
exhibition is planned for the second half of
this year in the Austrian gallery Büro
Weltausstellung.
CZECH CENTRE PRAGUE,
GALLERY NoD
The exhibition taking place in Prague is
divided in two parts. It will focus on spatial
forms under the broad name “art” in the
Czech Centre Prague, while in the NoD the
exhibits will be moving on the walls like
“shadows”. Both parts are open to the
public from 6 February 2014, but their
closing dates differ. The Gallery NoD
hosts the exhibition until 17 March 2014
and the gallery of the Czech Centre
Prague until 23 March 2014.
The exhibition entitled The Sun is Shining
on a Dusty Corner will take place in the
Windows Gallery in Vienna (7/2 – 31/3
2014) parallel to the exhibition in the Czech
Republic.
THE SUN IS SHINING
ON A DUSTY CORNER
WINDOWS GALLERY, CZECH
CENTRE VIENNA
7/2 2014 – 31/3 2014
The Austrian part of the project entitled
The Sun is Shining on a Dusty Corner will
address visitors in Vienna and its organizer,
the Czech Centre Vienna, will lure an
audience to the showcase of the Windows
Gallery. The “showcase”, in this case,
represents a space where people look for
something to buy, something pleasing, but
they actually see only themselves. The
project is a result of the collective work and
thought of UMPRUM students Anna
Ročňová and Jan Boháč.
MARIO PERNIOLA’S
INTERPRETATION OF SHADOW
Many of us suspect what art is and we think
we know what shadow is. For the
aesthetician, Mario Perniola, shadow is an
area that confirms and activates the existence
of objects and art. Art without a shadow,
same as a figure without a shadow, cannot
be trusted – they lack both a past and a
present. Perniola is not interested in an
illuminated artefact, he is interested in its
background, reasons for its origin, the
connection to its theme and exhibiting, the
circumstances regarding its existence, its
commentary, critique, and history. And
despite the fact that the curators did not
reject an exhibit or illumination, some of
Perniola’s thoughts appear in the work of the
students.
VARIOUS TRAITS OF MODERNNESS
In its two parts “Art” and “Shadow”, the
exhibition guides its visitors through various
forms of modernity. Diversity comes to the
fore in full significance, whether it is in the
form of Athens, the countryside, large or
small gestures, views of architecture, pocket
or shelf souvenirs, memorabilia, spotted
motifs, names found, their partitioning and
displacing, from the east to the west and
from the west to the east. The exhibition has
an open conception. The main curators are
Edith Jeřábková and Dominik Lang, who
invited Jiří Příhoda, Pavel Humhal, Simone
Bader, Heimo Zobernig, Roland Kollnitz
and the students from AVU and UMPRUM
in Prague and from AdBK in Vienna to
collaborate with them.
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM:
5/2 2014 at 1 p.m, Czech Centre Prague,
Rytířská 31
Art and Shadow
Open discussion of the students about their
projects, show and collaboration in the 2014.
Moderators: Simone Bader, Edith Jeřábková,
Dominik Lang and Pavel Humhal.
All parties interested in the area in the area
of modern and contemporary art are
welcome to join the open discussion.
Exhibiting artists:
Students from the Academy of Fine Arts
in Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts in
Prague and Academy of Arts,
Architecture and Design in Prague:
Jan Boháč, Dominik Gajarský, Elisabeth
Greinecker, Filip Hauer, Anna Holtz,
Stanislava Karbušická, Barbora
Kleinhamplová, Martin Kolarov, David
Krňanský, Kateřina Kučerová, Fabian
Leitgeb, Petra Lelláková & Vladimíra
Večeřová, Martin Lukáč, Kristýna
Lutzová, Billie Meskens, Richard Nikl,
Martin Nytra, Ondřej Reichel, Anna
Ročňová, Rudolf Samohejl, Anna
Shestakova, Iveta Schovancová,Stefania
Strouza, Roman Štětina,Viktorie
Valocká, Julia Wallisch, Martin
Zvěřina.
Curators: Edith Jeřábková,
Dominik Lang
ART
6/2 – 23/ 3 2014
Czech Centre Prague, Rytířská 31, Praha 1
Opening:
5/2 2014 at 5 p.m.
Czech Centre Prague
Opening hours
Mo – Fr: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Admission free.
SHADOW
6/2 – 7/ 3 2014
Gallery NoD,
Dlouhá 33, Prague 1
Opening: 5/2 2014
at 7 p.m. at the Gallery NoD
Open daily
10 a.m. – 01 a.m.
THE SUN IS SHINING ON A DUSTY
CORNER
7/ 2 – 31/3 2014
Windows Gallery,
Czech Centre Vienna
Herrengasse 17, Vienna
Opening:
at 6:30 p.m. at the Windows Gallery,
Czech Centre Vienna.
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