Jiri Kovanda
dal 15/9/2010 al 15/10/2010
Segnalato da
15/9/2010
Jiri Kovanda
amt_project (old location), Bratislava
Moss grows in shadow. Kovanda's minimalist actions and interventions of the 1970s, were so refined, that they appeared almost imperceptible. They mostly had an effect throughout time. Certain romanticism and personal aspect is characteristic for his work, which was quite refreshing in the depressing 1970s, and it opposed the trauma of politically - laden performances.
You wont feel like you are in a forest. Although moss grows in shadow. there
will be dwarfs, anyway. little ones, a little funny a little malicious. They
will crouch in an empty white room. They will play hide-and-seek behind the
kitchen furniture. There will be boards, there will be a clock. as if you
find yourselves amongst the lemures in the zoo. It will be minimalistic. It
will be surrealistic. it will be dry. But at the end there will grow a
toadstool in the middle.
Jiri kovanda belongs to the second generation of czech "actionism", which
appeared on the art scene in the late 1970s. The west discovered him through
his minimalist actions and "action-interventions" that may signify protocols
of a general record. They are significantly different from older czech
fluxus, which was oriented to pedagogy and utopy, and from those of his
contemporaries, whose works reflected mainly the physical and the
existential. Kovanda's minimalist actions and interventions of the 1970s,
were so refined, that they appeared almost imperceptible. They mostly had an
effect throughout time. Certain romanticism and personal aspect is
characteristic for his work, which was quite refreshing in the depressing
1970s, and it opposed the trauma of politically - laden performances.
Guest: Stanislava Karbušická
Project: Jiří Thyn
Opening 16 Settembre 2010, 7pm
amt_project
Bastova, 1 - Bratislava
Hours: wednesday - friday, 1 - 6 pm and by appointment