Articles
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Jeffrey A. Buehler
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reviews
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01.04.2001
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GEOMETRY, ROUGHLY SPEAKING
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| "20% Sale: Jiří David, Jan Nálevka, Petr Pisařík, Jan Šerých, Tomáš Vaněk, kurátor Jiří Ptáček, House of Art—České Budějovice, 17 Sept. – 21 Oct. 2001It hits you about 80% from the end: the everyday geometry, roughly hewn. The group exhibition Sleva 20% (20% Sale), curated by Jiří Ptaček, brought Prague talent into the brewing town of České Budějovice in southern Bohemia for a one-month show at… |
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new faces
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01.04.2001
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MAREK THER
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| "Marek Ther (b. 1977) currently studies under Vladimír Skrepl in the painting studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He cooperated this year with Jiří Skála on the project Microfiltration (Gallery Jelení); his latest work was exhibited in the group exhibition Casino (Universal NoD) and in an exhibition in the school’s studio. Marek Ther plays out the tension between artificiality and the… |
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new faces
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01.04.2001
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JIŘÍ HAVLÍČEK
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| Jiří Havlíček (b. 1977) currently studies under Tomáš Ruller in the studio of performance in the fine arts department of the Technical College in Brno, CZ. He previously attended Václav Stratil’s drawing studio and Keiko Sei’s video atelier.
Jiří Havlíček’s recent animation immediately grabs the attention. And not only because he chooses as his protagonists Tip et Tap (Tip and Tap) the well-known… |
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waanja
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reviews
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01.04.2001
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PAINTINGS TO LIVE AND THINK BY
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| Isabela Grosseová, Habitable Paintings, Gallery Jelení, Prague, 25 Sept. – 28 Oct., 2001Making the transition from the relatively safe haven of a school studio into real life is often difficult for fresh graduates. This makes it crucial that galleries give them the opportunity to develop their graduation projects. And Isabela Grosseová, whose graduation series Habitable Paintings was exhibited at… |
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Františka a Tim Gilman-Ševčík
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reviews
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01.04.2001
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THEIR FANTASY (MY REALITY, BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, NY)
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japane-se Animation, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 28 July – 7 Oct. 2001This traveling exhibition investigates the influence anime has had on high art, not just inside of Japan, but around the world. Among the 18 artists showing sculpture, video, painting and photography, only eight are actually from Japan. The work of the native Japanese… |
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Ulrika Stahre
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reviews
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01.04.2001
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FREEPORT
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| "Free Port: Janine Antoni, John Bock, Cosima von Bonin, Paul D. Miller, Magasin 3, Stockholm, 15 Sept. – 9 Dec.2001There are three towns called Freeport in my atlas, and all of them are visible remnants of a world order encompassing free-trade areas. But when Magasin 3 in Stockholm calls an exhibition Free Port, they are referring to the harbor, or free port, in the vicinity of the art gallery,… |
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David Kulhánek
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artist
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01.04.2001
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THE BEAGLE BOYS ARE HERE
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| "Few initiatives in the Czech art scene in recent years have attempted to break past the borders of the communal cottage industry that is the visual arts. Generally speaking, only rarely does Czech art respond to immediate social and political influences; and if it does, the reaction is almost always refined and polite. The activities of the Czech group Rafani (Beagle Boys in English) are… |
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