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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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, 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…
Prague, January 13 – May 6, 2021, https://www.meetfactory.cz This exhibition, split into three equal parts in three rooms, dealt with the topic of disabilities. Who decides who is “normal” and who not? The first room was dedicated to a large scale installation that looked a bit like a construction site. All across the site, over-sized…
Prague, January 13 – June 6, 2021, http://www.meetfactory.cz A narrative interactive animation about the education and reading habits of women with rich husbands in India.