Incheon, July 15 – September 11, 2022, https://inartplatform.kr A solo exhibition of an artist who I encountered nor long ago within the „Kak“ group show at Hite Collection. Different materials, different sculpting methods… somehow it all related to the city environment and the materials used in constructing or designing the city space. However the shapes…
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_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Seoul, South Korea
Hite Collection „Kak“
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Seoul, May 28 – July 17, 2022, https://hitecollection.com “Kak” is a survey exhibition about sculpture today in Korea. Exhibited artworks span a period of about 25 years. In all cases, the positions are forward-looking positions of artists who were thinking about what the next step could be or how to reinterpret sculptural traditions with new…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
Pragovka „Dira ve stazi / Blasts Cries Laughter“
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Prague, Jan 20th – Apr 19th, 2022 With Pragovka, Prague has a small but nice industrial factory art zone similar to the likes of M50 in Shanghai or 798 in Beijing. The scale is large for Prague but of course little compared to the Chinese megacities. The concept is similar: A large high-end property development…
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DOX: “Great Expectations” + Patrik Habl & Anna Beata Hablova “Such Other Presence” + Jaroslav Rona “Architectons and Machines”
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Prague, 10 Nov 2021 – 24 Apr 2022 (Great Expectations), 27 Jan – 1 May 2022 (Hablovi), 17 Feb – 12 Jun 2022 (Rona), https://www.dox.cz On my prior visit to DOX, I enjoyed the “Russia, Timeless” exhibition. What a paradox, that my follow up visit took place right on the day when the horrible Russian…
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Pop-up Galerie AVU: “Jiny svet je mozny”
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Prague, Krizkovskeho 1288/10, June 22 – July 3, 2021, https://www.avu.cz/category/avu-menu/galerie-avu Galerie AVU is the gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The exhibition space was located in the main building of the schoool, but recently it moved out into a “pop-up” space in Prague Zizkov. The exhibition was a cynical commentary on the…
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Rudolfinum: “Compassion Fatigue is Over”
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Prague, January 21 – August 8, 2021, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz/en/ A video art exhibition organized around a theme that was not completely clear to me. “Compassion Fatigue” was still a term I understood. It means being tired of feeling empathy for others, a term firstly applied to those whose job is to do so, but indirectly applying…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
Pragovka Gallery: “Ko-laborace”
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Prague, May 9 – August 26, 2021, https://x.pragovka.com/cs/pragovka-gallery, https://www.facebook.com/pragovkagallery Pragovka Gallery is an art space in a large old factory complex on the outskirts of Prague that houses many artist studios. Once a year, all the artists come out of their studios to create a large group show, which is what this exhibition was. Generally…
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Jiri Svestka Gallery: Omar El Sadek
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Prague, 14 May – 19 June 2021, https://www.jirisvestkagallery.com An exhibition of a young artist based in Prague. The paintings and drawings were raw and had an air of art brut. Also the installation was a bit haphazard. Then there were small ceramic sculptures, that looked like the results of a teenager attending a ceramics workshop.…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
Prague City Gallery: Jan Jedlicka
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Prague, May 20 – September 5, 2021, https://www.ghmp.cz/ When I decided to see this show, I was expecting it will be a slightly boring and traditional one. The kind of show with canvases hanging one next to each other on the wall, without much more interaction. But nevertheless, I wanted to see it, because I…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
Galerie Proluka: Rafani “Smer vetru” (Direction of the Wind)
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Prague, April – June 2021, Bezručovy sady (park opposite of the address Slovenska 23), https://ctyridny.cz Galerie Proluka is in fact a green lawn in a small city park, that is used for outdoor installations, and seems to be related to the yearly 4+4 dny v pohybu art and performance festival in Prague. I saw the…