COLLECTION NAME:
University Art Galleries (UMassD)
Record
exhibition_title:
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
exhibition_dates:
September 16 - October 19, 1996
exhibition_year:
1996
exhibition_location:
University Art Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)
exhibition_curator:
Organized by Joshka Skalnik and Artforum-Jazz Section in Prague ; Guest Curator Marcia Kreitman
exhibition_note:
244 small works created in secrecy by individual artists in 1984 as an act of freedom in the face of communist cultural repression. This exhibition is a symbol of the strength of the dissident voice, the collection has now been declared a Czech National Treasure. This exhibit is sponsored by Becker and Poliakoff, PA, a Florida based law firm with offices in Prague, with additional supports from Staropramen, the premiere brewery of the Czech Republic. The US tour has been organized by Marcia Kreitman, Arts Consultant/Management, Miami, Florida.
exhibition_genre:
mixed-media
exhibition_genre:
painting
resourceID:
12009_010
resource_type:
ephemera - invitation
copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
credit line:
UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
artist name:
Gebauer , Kurt
artist name:
Kurt Gebauer
artist_nationality:
Czech
artist_vital dates:
1941 -
artist_biographical note:
Emerita. prof. Akad. statues. Kurt Gebauer (* 18 August 1941 , Hradec nad Moravicí ) is a Czech artist and university lecturer. It is a member of the free group 12/15 Late Than Never . He studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in Brno (1955-1956), the Secondary School and stone sculpture in hořice (1956-1959), and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague , where he studied in the studio of Professor Vincent Makovsky and Karla Lidického . In 1965, he completed an internship with Professor Otto Herbert Hajek in Stuttgart (Staatliche Akademie der Künste Stuttgart bildenden). In 1972, then with Professor Cesar Baldacciniho . It is a member of the independent group of 12/15 Late Than Never . In 1990 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Applied Arts in Prague , in 1992 he was appointed professor. Today he is Emeritus Professor.
artist name:
Jiri Stamfest
artist name:
Stamfest , Jiri
artist_nationality:
Czech
artist_vital dates:
1950 -
artist name:
Juraj Melis
artist name:
Melis , Juraj
artist_nationality:
Slovakian
artist_vital dates:
1942 -
artist_biographical note:
Prof. Juraj Melis (* 13 July 1942 , New Castle ) is a Slovak sculptor . Between 1960 - 1966 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava in studio figural sculpture prof. Jozef Kostka . After a discharge in Bratislava in 1976 set up his own studio, where he lives and works. 1973 - 1993 external teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava 1990 - 2009 teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava 1991 was appointed associate professor VŠVU 1992 appointed professor of Academy of Fine Arts 1999 - 2002 Head teacher of the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava He is making sculptural, monumental art, drawing, graphic . One of the founding members of the Association Gerulata . Among other things, he organized several exhibitions listeners Jozef Kostka , participated in numerous albums. Had several solo exhibitions at home and abroad, participated in several important group exhibitions in Slovakia and abroad. About his work were published articles and studies, between 1993 and 2003 went about his work monograph (authors Catherine Bajcurová and Ivan Jančár).
artist name:
Jaroslava Severova
artist name:
Severova , Jaroslava
artist_nationality:
Czech
artist_vital dates:
1942 -
artist_biographical note:
Jaroslava Severová (* 1 April 1942 , Prague ) is a Czech graphic designer and teacher, head of the studio, field of graphic design - Multimedia UHK . She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (prof. J. Miner, V. Tittelbach, 1960-1966). In the years 1992 - 2008 was a teacher at the Institute of artistic creation of the Faculty of Architecture Technical University in Prague and in 1995 was appointed Associate Professor / AVU, Prague /. Since 2005 he has worked at the Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Department of Fine Arts, which guarantees the field of graphic design - multimedia. In 2005 won the prestigious Vladimir Boudník for personal and greatly contributed to the development of contemporary Czech graphic.
artist name:
Kordos , Vladimir
artist name:
Vladimir Kordos
artist_vital dates:
1945 -
artist_reference:
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
artist name:
Katarina Kissoczyova
artist name:
Kissoczyova , Katarina
artist_vital dates:
1956 -
artist_reference:
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
artist name:
Kern , Michael
artist name:
Michael , Kern
artist_reference:
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
artist name:
Joska Skalnik
artist name:
Skalnik , Joska
artist_nationality:
Czech
artist_vital dates:
1948
artist_biographical note:
Joska Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster own name Josef (* March 23 1948 in Prague ) is a Czech artist and graphic designer. [1] He graduated from the Prague Central School of Arts and joined the National Theatre Studio, where in 1977 he moved to the Drama Club , which organized and exhibition of paintings and photographs of artists who did not have access to the then official gallery. In 1970 he co-founded the Jazz section and also worked in samizdat periodicals (such as Revolver Revue and the People's newspaper ). The Jazz section also made his project Mini Salon. At the end of 1989, he participated in the founding meeting of the Civic Forum , of which he had, according to later accusations, inform the State Security . Cotoneaster rejects this accusation. After the Velvet Revolution became an adviser to President Vaclav Havel , and before the election in 1990, it was asked to create a new national emblem . Its effect on the Castle at the turn of 1990 and 1991 ended and has since dedicated painting and graphics. Since the mid-nineties of the 20th century run regularly draw inspiration and regenerate the island of Bali , where he was due to its exhibitions in Japan and Southeast Asia . In addition to these sites also exhibited in Europe , Africa and North America . In his works prevails blue color and appear in them settled motifs (white clouds or geometric shapes ). His works are in the collections of galleries in the Czech Republic and abroad.
work_title:
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
work_date:
1996
work_note:
The collection of multimedia works that comprise the Minisalon exhibit were the brainchild of dissident artist, Joska Skolnik. In 1984, Skolnik secretly commissioned 244 art works by prominent, underground Czech artists. Using 662 foot wooden boxes to convey their emotions, the artists created a startling and moving multidimensional exhibition of life under a Communist regime. In order to avoid confiscation, the works were then concealed until the fall of the regime in 1989. The 1948 seizure of Czechoslovakia by Communists resulted in severe curbs on freedom of expression. In order to exert its control over artistic thought, the regime denied nonconforming artists access to state-sponsored galleries. As a result, only those artists willing to promote the Socialist realism were permitted to display their works. Private exhibits and sales were criminalized. Ultimately, the realm of art was divided into the legal proregime works and their underground unofficial counterparts. In 1971, this repressive environment gave birth to the Jazz Section, a group of artists who fought for the freedom of artistic expression even in the face of the Government's repression. Free of Government control, the Jazz Section quickly became Czechoslovakia's leading culture force. Its popularity and irreverence angered the regime, and it immediately ordered the organization to disband. Instead the members of Jazz Section ignored the demand and continued their activities. The Government responded by arresting and imprisoning the Jazz Section leaders, among them Joska Skolnik.
work_topic:
art
work_topic:
dissidence
work_topic:
politics
date_of_ record:
11/19/13
name_cataloger:
jtrinh
Minisalon: Czechoslovakia's Dissident Artistic Voice
