Czech and Slovak pavilion
The Czech and Slovak pavilion houses the national representation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Background
The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]
Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]
Organization and building
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Architect Otakar Novotny designed the pavilion for Czechoslovakia in 1926 with strong influence from Cubism and European functionalism.[2]
Representation by year
Art
- 1926 — Charlotte Schrötter-Radnitz
- 1942 — Janko Alexy, Miloš Alexander Bazovský, Martin Benka, Ľudovít Fulla, Jan Hála, Jozef Kollar, Frantisek Kudlac, Eugen Lehotský, Gustáv Mallý, Peter Matejka, Lea Mrazova, Jan Mudroch, Karol Ondreička, Štefan Polkoráb, Teodor Tekel, Jaroslav Votruba, Júlia Kováciková-Horová, Vojtech Ihrisky, Jan Koniarek, Jozef Kostka, Ladislav Majerský, Fraňo Stefunko, Koloman Sokol
- 1956 — Josef Lada, Adolf Zábranský, Jiří Trnka, Antonín Pelc, Cyril Bouda, Václav Karel, Kamil Lhoták, Antonín Strnadel, Vincenc Vingler, a.o.
- 1964 — Vladimír Kompánek
- 1966 — Jozef Kornúcik, Vladimír Kompánek
- 1970 — Jozef Jankovič
- 1986 — Ivan Ouhel
- 1993 — František Skála, Daniel Fischer
- 1995 — Jozef Jankovič
- 1999 — (Curators: Petra Hanáková and Alexandra Kusá)
- 2001 — Jiří Surůvka, Ilona Németh (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková)
- 2005 — Stanislav Filko, Jan Mančuška, Boris Ondreička (Curator: Marek Pokorný)
- 2007 — Irena Jůzová (Curator: Tomáš Vlček)
- 2009 — Roman Ondak (Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg)
- 2011 — Dominik Lang (Curator: Yvona Ferencová)
- 2013 — Petra Feriancová, Zbyněk Baladrán (Curator: Marek Pokorný)
- 2015 — Jiří David (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková)
- 2017 — Jana Želibská
- 2019 — Stanislav Kolíbal (Curator: Dieter Bogner)[3]
References
- Russeth 2019.
- Volpi 2013.
- Alex Greenberger (December 13, 2018), Stanislav Kolíbal Will Represent the Czech Republic at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
Bibliography
- Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Czech Republic and Slovakia". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 172. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.
Further reading
- Kwok, Natasha (June 28, 2016). "czech and slovak pavilion at the venice biennale". Designboom. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Mairs, Jessica (June 4, 2016). "Czech and Slovak Pavilion explores whether Soviet-era architecture is worth saving". Dezeen. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Wolf, Veronika (2016). "Czechoslovakia at the Venice Biennale in the 1950s". In Bazin, Jérôme; Glatigny, Pascal Dubourg; Piotrowski, Piotr (eds.). Art beyond Borders: Artistic Exchange in Communist Europe (1945–1989). Central European University Press. pp. 345–356. ISBN 978-963-386-083-0. JSTOR 10.7829/j.ctt19z397k.