Two weeks of professional opportunities to understand the complexity of the contemporary art scene in Hungary, examined in the broader context of the CEE region as well; organized by Easttopics (Budapest), the East Call residency program creates an exciting framework for gaining new insights into the region. We asked curators participating in the 2019 edition …
Artists: Alban Hajdinaj, Ergin Zaloshnja, Eva Mahr, Robert Pichler,Robert Krenn, Matilda Odobashi, Dritan Hyska, Gentian Shkurti Title: shitet toka Venue: HDA, Graz Curator : Michael Petrowitsch (European Cultural Network Austria – EPeKA Austria) The exhibition draws attention to the rapid socio-political development of Albania in the last few years, and also addresses the Austrian view …
Artist: Anežka Hošková Title: Lucifer’s The Light Of The World IV. Venue: Pragovka Gallery (The White Room), Prague Curator: Lucie Nováčková To better understand Anežka Hošková’s Lucifer’s Light of the World IV installation, you need to be familiar with the personality of a musician, poet, artist and activist King Dude. King Dude is just a …
Artist: Katja Novitskova Venue: Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany Date: August 16, 2019 – February 16, 2020 Photography: All images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin Novitskova’s work tackles the complexity and eventual failures of depicting the world through technologically driven narratives. By bringing together art and science to the level of nature, Novitskova brings awareness …
Artist: Meta Grgurevič Title: Impossible Machines Venue: UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia Curator: Simona Vidmar 29 November 2019 − 1 March 2020 UGM | Maribor Art Gallery and Künstlerhaus Graz, in collaboration with The Marignoli di Montecorona Foundation in Spoleto, are proud to present the first comprehensive overview of works by Meta Grgurevič. Meta Grgurevič …
Artists: Matěj Frank and Jasmin Schaitl Title: Entering Continuities Venue: Pragovka Gallery Entry Curator: Jakub Frank Photo: Marcel Rozhoň 03.12.2019 – 15.01.2020 By entering the continuity, we do not disrupt it – we become part of it. At the very first exhibition of entering continuities in 2017, Matěj Frank and Jasmin Schaitl introduced their projects …
Artists: Julia Gryboś and Barbora Zentková Title: What is happening with sleep today? Curator: Lýdia Pribišová Venue: AlbumArte, Roma, Italy 7.11.2019 – 7.12.2019 Photo: Roberto Apa, Sebastiano Luciano The exhibition places sleep and its possible, but at the same time impossible commercial use in today’s society at the center of its reflection. It takes inspiration …
Artist: Jan Domicz Title: 1070 Abholbox – SO Burggasse #24 Venue: Significant Other, Vienna 30.11.2019 – 31.01.2020 If Dante Alighieri would nowadays decide to repeat his descent through the ten circles of hell, he would be surprised to find that the complexly structured Inferno of his times, full of Florentine’s dignitaries were flattened into one …
Artist: Dia Pintér Exhibition title: In Terms of Analysis Venue: Horizont Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Date: November 13 – December 21, 2019 Photography: Dávid Biró, all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Horizont Gallery, Budapest Horizont Gallery is pleased to present In Terms of Analysis, a solo exhibition by painter Dia Pintér. The paintings of Dia Pintér are most often …
Artist: Barbora Kleinhamplová Title: If I could die on Mars, it would be great. Venue: Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague Text: Tereza Stejkalova and Elon Musk Date: 15.11.2019–1.2.2020 How to make human life on planet Earth dignified We would like to tell you something about our project SpaceX Earth. We want to make life on planet …
Artists : Kaspars Groševs, Philip Hinge, Emma Pryde, Joe Speier, Līga Spunde, Hanna Umin, Amanda Ziemele. Exhibition title : Kā skan, tā atskan Venue : No Moon, New York Date : November 26th – December 21st 2019 Photography : Philip Hinge No Moon is pleased to present Kā skan, Tā atskan*, an exhibition curated by …
Artist: Kateřina VincourováTitle: Touches of Innocence in the Past ReflectionsCurator: Jen KratochvilVenue: Zahorian & Van Espen Prague14 Nov – 12 Dec 2019 “Young, beautiful, desirable. Men find her irresistible, but something is happening to her, something that she doesn’t quite understand, and soon, she will be swept up in a frantic fury of…REPULSION.” When in …
In the Anglo-Saxon world the flower power was a massive and significant phenomenon. In Poland and several other countries of Eastern Europe (including the USSR) – hippies never played such a role, but yet marked their independent presence. While consumerism was contested in the West, hippies in PRL (Polska Republika Ludowa, eng. Polish People’s Republic) …
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Artists: Pakui Hardware Title: Thrivers Venue: Polansky, Prague 2019 – 11. 1. 2020 THRIVERS is the first solo show of Pakui Hardware duo in Czech Republic. Conceived specially for Polansky gallery space, the installation presents a setting for unresolved figures that merge human limbs with diverse bodies of extremophiles. Thriving under harsh environmental conditions such …
Artist: Štefan Papčo Title: Verticality as Fantastic Occupation Venue: Zahorian & Van Espen Bratislava Curator: Elena Sorokina Photo: Marko Horban Mountaineering was often described as an adventure into a new vertical world. Indeed, the naked eye perceives mountains in the distance as a vertical plane, an absolute verticality crowned with rocky or snowy peaks. The …