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22. 10. 2023 — 04. 02. 2023

Stanislav Podhrázský and friends

In 2020, the centenary of the birth of one of the most distinctive Czech artists of the post-war generation, Stanislav Podhrázský (1920–1999), passed almost unnoticed – in part because of the limitations on cultural life resulting from the anti-Covid measures. According to Marie Klimešová, Podhrázský is one of just a few Czech artists who – had it not been for Communism – would undoubtedly have achieved European fame thanks to the unique and timeless nature of their work. His unusual lyrical form characterised by a distinctive sense of unease combines artistic trends of that period such as Surrealism, abstraction and New Figuration, while at the same time its spontaneous expression preserves Podhrázský’s characteristic personality.

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08. 10. 2023 — 14. 01. 2024

František Kupka – Biblioman

The title of the exhibition Biblioman (Bookworm) is a reference not only to František Kupka’s (1871–1957) eponymous crypto-self-portrait from the year 1897, but also to his lifelong searching and tireless and systematic study of science and the humanities, which influenced his progressive views of painting and his informed approach to illustrating historical texts. Kupka’s illustrations from the first half of the twentieth century and their place within the oeuvre of this ‘pioneer of abstraction’ form the main focus of this exhibition, which also presents an extensive set of fine press editions from the GASK collections within the context of works influenced by the classical tendencies found in his work in the first decade of the twentieth century.

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08. 10. 2023 — 21. 01. 2024

Threads of Resistance – Rufina Bazlova

Rufina Bazlova (born in Hrodna, Belarus) is an artist, illustrator, and stage designer. She graduated from the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and Alternative and Puppet Theater at the Theater Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She has been active in the Czech art scene for over a decade. She uses the traditional craft technique of embroidery, which she doesn’t employ decoratively, but as a medium of ironic expression in protesting against totalitarian power represented primarily by the ‘last European dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko. Currently, Rufina Bazlova is working on a social art project dedicated to political prisoners in Belarus called #FramedinBelarus. This project will be the focus of Bazlova’s exhibition at GASK, which she conceived in collaboration with curator Sofia Tocar.

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01. 10. 2023 — 14. 01. 2024

Santini through the Lens of Vladimír Uher

No publication on Baroque architecture in the Czech lands would be complete without the photographs of Vladimír Uher (1925–2016). Uher inherited his love for photography and a close relationship to nature and music from his father. Although his hopes and dreams for the future were initially tied to music, after the war his professional life would revolve around photography.

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10. 09. 2023 — 14. 01. 2024

Jaroslav Prokeš and Petra Vlachynská – Disposition

Petra Vlachynská and Jaroslav Prokes’s joint exhibition project with the simple yet ambiguous title DISPOSITION works consequently with the specific layout of the ground floor spaces in the north wing of the Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region. Through the use of elementary forms, both installations respond to the spatial axes of the former Jesuit College. Petra Vlachynská works with a horizontal view down the north wing’s main corridor, while Jaroslav Prokeš responds to the glass areas to the left of the main entrance from Smíškova Street (Projectroom). In their work, both artists have taken into account the building’s cultural and spiritual history. Quietly and contemplatively, yet also sculpturally and as installations, their works emphatically transform the space and how it is perceived. Their works speak in a language of elemental forms, symbolic intersections and archetypes. A shared theme, one that adds an additional layer of meaning, relates to the phenomenon of attention and the possibilities of perception.

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10. 09. 2023 — 14. 01. 2024

Markéta Váradiová – DAILY DREAMING

Sculptor and multimedia artist Markéta Váradiová (born 1973) creates objects and installations in which she uses physical phenomena to produce a specific visuality that stimulates the viewer’s imagination and uncovers hidden layers of a space or place. For GASK’s Experimental Space, she has put together two unrelated installations whose common denominator is the concept of ambivalence: an ambiguous interpretation of the primary visual situation and its shifting meaning – a single theme explored in two places and in two different ways.

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27. 08. 2023 — 28. 01. 2024

František Štorm – Maldorör Disco

The title of the latest art and music project by typographer, painter, printmaker, founder of the legendary Střešovice type foundry and musician/songwriter František Štorm, Maldorör Disco, combines the seemingly uncombinable – entirely in the spirit of the legendary ‘chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table’. The artist lets visitors peer into his studio, where he works on several fronts simultaneously – along with musical experiments, group practice sessions and demo recordings, the project has produced a series of wildly colourful psychedelic paintings, which form the basis for the original graphic design that Štorm has used for the entire project and which features the widespread use of a dominant original typeface. .

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States of Mind / Beyond the Image
– Interventions and Innovations

A uniquely conceived collection exhibition that arranges works according to different states of mind into thematic categories. It will appeal to all perceptive visitors without the necessary knowledge of artistic styles and chronological order.

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24. 03. 2021 — 24. 03. 2033

Open-air GASK

Project Open-air GASK is a presentation of sculptures and installations by artists represented in the permanent exhibitions States of Mind / Beyond the Image and Avenue of Saints or whose works are featured in current or upcoming exhibitions.

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