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Simona Pavlicová
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Teoría
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01.01.2005
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BLACK AND WHITE CLONES
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| Alena Kotzmanová, Cyclone
December 2004–January 2005
Jelení Gallery, Prague
The work of Alena Kotzmanová (b. 1974) seems to surpass all the postmodern tendencies, excesses and peculiarities, as well as the esthetics of surprise and shock. Nevertheless, it manages to touch in a unique way the introspective visual icon hidden in the depths of the soul.
Already Alena Kotzmannová’s portfolio is… |
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Ondřej Váša
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Teoría
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01.04.2004
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THE MONSTROUS MUTENESS OF FRANTIŠEK SKÁLA
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| Skála v Rudolfinu
Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague
October 10, 2004 – January 2, 2005
After a few days of observing its destructive traces I stood over it, heard its weakening breath and I was drowning in a sea of despair unable to help it in any way. It extinguished and I remained there in total darkness.—
František Skála
Once upon a time, there was a golden era for junk collectors under communism.… |
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Lenka Vítková
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Teoría
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01.04.2004
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COLD, STABBING, CUTING
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| The members of the secret fellowship BKS (Bude konec světa - The End of World is Coming) presented their weapons on the 10th of November at the occasion of the exhibition Skála at the Rudolfinum. The exhibition of weaponry is a well-tried demonstration of power still not limited to any particular opponent. In this case, BKS also presented the enemy. The action was a double propaganda move.
“BKS… |
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Jiří Ptáček
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Teoría
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01.03.2004
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A USER’S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM
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| Thompson, Nato – Sholette, Gregory (ed.): The Interventionists. User’s Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life. Cambridge 2004.
When you buy a book and find out that you have accidentally purchased an exhibition catalogue, you might be disappointed. You missed the first experience with art. When you later find out that the reading of the catalogue doesn’t have to follow the seeing of… |
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Andrew Hunt
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Teoría
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01.03.2004
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SASNAL
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| Wilhelm Sasnal
Camden Arts Centre, London
25 June to 22 August 2004
With sixteen paintings shown in a precarious sequence, first impressions of Wilhelm Sasnal’s exhibition at Camden Arts Centre were of its filmic and fragmented sense of narrative. In some respects this came as no surprise; the paintings, contained within a large rectangular room snapped from one scene to another, and presented… |
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Jiří Ptáček
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Teoría
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01.01.2004
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AL HURRA GUMA GUAR !GUMA GUAR: CELL, GALLERY JELENÍ, PRAGUE, 15 DECEMBER 2003 – 26 JANUARY 2004;GUMA GUAR: RECONSTRUCTING THE UTOPIA SYSTEM RULES, A.M. 180, 17 DECEMBER 2003 – 8 JANUARY 2004
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| Mass media makes full use of its fictional potential. Al Jazeera is waging an undeclared information war against CNN, and both have emblazoned the same words on their artillery: “information” and “exclusive.” Less openly, they admit having “spheres of external interest,” and they divert us along with them into the world of speculation and X-files. The paradoxical meeting points of investigation,… |
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Louis Armand
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Teoría
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01.01.2004
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PIERRE DAGUIN: FRANK´S WILD YEARS(DRAWING SECTION) - HOME GALLERY, 17 DECEMBER – 30 JANUARY 2004
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| For Pierre Daguin’s return show in Prague at Home Gallery last December, entitled The Frank’s Wild Years: Drawing Section, Daguin exhibited a series of faux-naif renderings of images culled from pornographic magazines. Unlike Daguin’s previous work, these renderings take the form of line drawings, ink sketches, paintings and stylised outlines coloured-in with felt-tip markers like the images in a… |
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Ingrid Chu
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Teoría
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01.01.2004
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"READ IT" - JÁN MANČUŠKA AT THE ANDREW KREPS GALLERY, NEW YORK
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| What one interacts with on a daily basis holds a continuing interest for Czech artist Ján Mančuška. Frequently incorporating tables, chairs, cabinets, and cups into his installations, Mančuška’s works convey how domestic objects not only occupy but also define our experiences in space. Selecting objects that register a direct relationship to the body through their use, collectively they provide a… |
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Jiří Ptáček, Arlene Tuckerová
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Teoría
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01.03.2003
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THIN CZECH LINE
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| Things You Don’t Know, K&S, Berlin,
Nov. 20, 2003 – Jan. 17, 2004
An evening walk down Linienstrasse
avenue is disheartening. Every second or third shop window warmly glows in its exclusivity, the wide halls behind a sterile white decorated with insta-art installations. The surplus of Capital is obvious, but the result is an investment into a luxurious mountain sanatorium. Digressions down… |
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Tony Ozuna
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Teoría
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01.03.2003
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ART OF RESISTENCE 2003
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| "The art of rebellion comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. It’s not necessarily a new form of social protest, but the format is new. Beyond graffiti, it’s done as elaborate murals, cartoonish characters, deformed corporate-type logos, massive poster campaigns, ubiquitous stencils, stickers, and even strategically placed objects on the street. It’s not done on canvas, or framed, and most… |
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