Prague, November 21, 2018 – March 3, 2019, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace 3F, http://www.ghmp.cz A duo-exhibition of two young sculptors. The exhibition space was located in an old crumbling palace, but the insides of the rooms were transformed in a white-cube setup, and I could feel that the exhibition architecture was considered as an inherent part of…
Prague, November 21, 2018 – February 24, 2019, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace 2F, http://www.ghmp.cz The space in which the exhibition took place was by itself very impressive: An old, crumbling palace, walls covered in red canvas surrounded with golden ornaments on white background, some in marble, creaking wooden parquet flooring, large crystal chandelier… Within the space I…
Prague, September 22 – 28, 2017, https://lustrfestival.cz The fourth edition of a festival dedicated to contemporary illustration. In fact, the focus was on the youngest generation of illustrators emerging in Czech Republic with a number of foreign guests invited. This event was on the design side, which had its advantages. It was incredibly user friendly.…
March 23 – April 21, http://nod.roxy.cz/en/ At first sight, I encountered strict black and white abstract shapes on canvas and smaller, almost monochrome paintings with line patterns of applied paint. The whole space was permeated by a steady ambient-style music reminiscent of a science fiction movie soundtrack.
Prague, March 16 – April 20, 2017, http://www.dscgallery.com The large scale interior architecture-like installations from glass and stainless steel appeared to me most of all as a celebration of the capitalist-realism architecture of office towers and business districts. The scale was monumental, larger-than-human. The surfaces were smooth, reflective. Some transparent and some opaque, all set…
Prague, March 2 – April 7, 2017, https://www.galeriespz.com/ A little one-room gallery, which probably used to be a garage. The peculiar thing was that there seems to be no opening hours (or at least they were not listed). You can only peek through rather small window panes of a large grey four-segment door. The show…
Prague, March 17 – May 22, 2017 (VII Day), February 10 – May 8, 2017 (307), http://www.dox.cz/en/ I stopped by in DOX more by coincidence than plan. The largest exhibition space was closed in preparation of the upcoming (and now already opened) Big Bang Data show. Nevertheless, there was still enough to see and enjoy.
Prague, March 10 – April 6, 2017, http://www.zatrojku.cz/atrium/vystavni-sin/ The atmosphere of the space was a bit weird. It was rather deserted, and there was an old lady sitting and selling “exhibition tickets” for CZK 30 (EUR 1.1). I am guessing that the number 31 on my ticket stub meant that I was the 31st visitor…
Prague, National Gallery, Trade Fair Palace, October 5, 2016 – February 2, 2017 (Jiri Kovanda), October 5, 2016 – February 19, 2017 (Moving Image + Megan Clark), http://www.ngprague.cz
Prague, February 1 – March 7, 2017, http://www.dscgallery.com Entering Viktor Freso’s show felt not like being in Prague, but rather at some international art fair location, somewhere, someplace on the annual trajectory followed by the nomadic art crowd of gallerists, dealers, curators and collectors. The sculptures were large, bright and assertive, pointing to a capital-intensive…