Prague, September 5, 2024 – January 5, 2025, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz A very generous exhibition in the magnificent spaces of Rudolfinum Gallery. And by “generous” I mean primarily in terms of space. Each of the large rooms was basically reserved for one gesture, but this gesture was given space to unfold to its fullest. Additional materials like…
Prague, 19 October 2023 – 21 January 2024, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz The spacious and beautiful halls of Rudolfinum Gallery were adorned with a small number of large artworks, giving each individual work space to breathe. This was about minimalism and its heritage, but it was also about the effects that objects have on a space. Where is…
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…
(10/3/2013 – 1/5/2014) Alsovo Nabrezi 12, Prague 1, http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz Rudolfinum Gallery is a large art space located in a beautiful historical building (something one would call a “Kunsthalle” – a place for temporary exhibitions without own collections, state-funded). Rudolfinum is doing quite a good job over the years bringing over some big names in the…
Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, May 7, 2009 – Aug 16, 2009 The show displays recent works of four middle-aged artists, three painters and one sculptor. “What all of the artists have in common is a firm basis of deeply understood and mainly experienced history of European culture and the artistic legacy with which they work.” –…
Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, Sept 25, 2008 – Nov 28, 2008 The Chinese painting display in Rudolfinum was rather a disappointment. I want to stress that I mean the display. The featured superstar-artists names gave on show what you expected: Zhang Xiaogang’s existential portraits of individuals and families, drawing from recent Chinese historical experience, surrounded by…