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…
Prague, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, May 29 – September 1, 2019, http://www.ghmp.cz A conceptual-minimalist exhibition that featured 3D scans of specific parts of the interior printed out as large framed photographs installed next to the real parts of the interior scanned. Additionally, a room was almost closed off with a high white wall with a little hole…
Prague, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, May 8 – August 29, 2019, http://www.ghmp.cz The title of the exhibition pointed towards the reasons of the show, the early departure of the artist from our world, and it in that way it set the frame. The exhibition presented a survey of the oeuvre of Michaela Maupicova.
Prague, Municipal Library 2F, April 30 – September 29, 2019, http://www.ghmp.cz The exhibitions attempted to compare Czechoslovak and Portugese art on the basis of historical similarities between the “Carnation Revolution” in 1974 Portugal and “Velvet Revolution” in 1989 Czech Republic. The focus was on art spanning this period, with a little excursion into the contemporary…
Prague, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, May 29 – September 1, 2019, http://www.ghmp.cz The “Start Up” exhibition series is dedicated to the youngest generation of artists from Czech Republic. It takes place in one smallish room of the palace. Filipek’s sculptures strongly referenced the human body and its scale. They resembled furniture or objects from the urban environment…
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, December 17, 2014 – May 5, 2015, Prague City Gallery, Municipal Library Branch, http://en.ghmp.cz/past-exhibitions/milan-grygar-the-visual-and-the-acoustic/
City Gallery Prague, Golden Ring House, Prague, Apr 1 – June 28, 2009 The exhibition puts a good selection of works of important Czech artists of the post-war generation on display. All of the exhibits come from the gallery’s own collection. Each artist (Boštík, Boudník, Grygar, Kmentová, Kolíbal, Kučerová, Malich, Nepraš, Sopko, Svobodová, Šimotová) is…
Prague City Gallery, Old Town Hall, Old Town Square, Prague, May 13, 2009 – Jul 26, 2009 Filip Černý is a young emerging Czech artist. ‘Videoart’ is his solo show on the 2nd floor of the Old Town Hall, a gallery space managed by the Prague City Gallery. The first impression given by the exhibition…