Cz
  • 8smička
  • Kamarytova 97
  • Humpolec

Art has moved to Humpolec!

Zone 8smička in Humpolec aims at blurring out differences between the city centre and the outskirts. The industrial area located half way between Prague and Brno has undertaken a major transformation into a cultural venue which conveys a visitor’s encounter with contemporary art. The Art Zone 8smička has the ambition to create an impetus for creation of a local community in Humpolec, which would also be open to all visitors from the surrounding area and further. 8smička will show 3 curated exhibitions per year accompanied by variety of programmes. 8smička opened in 18 April 2018 and it is administered by 8smička Foundation.

Exhibition:

IN MARGINE

02. 03. – 19. 05. 2024

IN MARGINE

Frame, Plinth, Vitrine

02. 03. – 19. 05. 2024

Curator: Emma Hanzlíková

Artists: Ádám Albert, Néphéli Barbas, Jana Bernartová, František Bílek, Constantin Brâncuși, Martin Herold, Klára Hosnedlová, Július Koller, Stanislav Kolíbal, Alžběta Krňanská, Alena Kučerová, Piero Manzoni, Zbyněk Sekal, Josef Sudek, Jan Svoboda, Miroslav Tichý, Josef Váchal, Edmund de Waal, Erwin Wurm

Artistic mounting, meaning the act of preparing a work of art for exhibiting by the artist him- or herself, is a subject that is usually on the margins of the viewer’s interest, and one that has been similarly marginalized by art historians. IN MARGINE explores precisely this subject, the artistic preparation of frames, plinths, and vitrines, for today we can speak of a certain romantic renaissance in the use of expressive tools by which the artist pulls the viewer into the world within the frame, much like magic portals capable of teleporting people to other dimensions. For some artists, the creative process does not end with a stretcher frame, a sculpture placed on a universal plinth, or an object enclosed within a sterile, uniform vitrine like under a glass jar. Nevertheless, such artists capable of moving beyond predefined zones often exist on the margins of the artistic community. Their thorough and frequently obsessive and sensual way of working with mounting reflects their search for a comprehensive approach in the sense of total art. But there also exists a conceptual position involving literal invisibility in which the artist plays with the semantics of mounting.

Working with works of art borrowed from art institutions and private collections in the Czech Republic and abroad, the exhibition IN MARGINE: Frame, Plinth, Vitrine presents works by contemporary artists alongside pieces by living and non-living artists, made primarily in the second half of the twentieth century. In addition, there are several timeless iconic works from the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that are again relevant today. Thanks to increased interest among the youngest generation of artists, the original and often manual mounting of art has become a subject of discussion and a contemporary phenomenon that practically calls on us to take a look back at the recent past.