Retina
19.10. – 16.02.20
Retina
Possibilities of Painting (1989–2019)
19.10. – 16.02.20Curated by Dušan Brozman & Emma Hanzlíková
Artists: Peter Bartoš, Andrej Bělocvětov, Václav Boštík, Michaela Černická, Jiří Černický, Filip Dvořák, Stano Filko, Martin Gerboc, Milan Grygar, Štepán Grygar, Vladimír Hanuš, Vladimír Havrilla, Bohdan Hostiňák, Milan Houser, Alžběta Josefy, KW, Miroslav Machotka, Martin Mainer, Marek Meduna, Jan Merta, Jakub Nepraš, Alice Nikitinová, Jaromír Novotný, Petr Pelzmann, Ivan Pinkava, Daniel Pitín, Viktor Pivovarov, Tomáš Ruller, Vladimír Skrepl, Jiří Sopko, Jiří Středa, Jitka Svobodová, Robert Šalanda, Adam Štech, Emöke Vargová, Vladimír Véla / Architect: Tomáš Džadoň
The exhibition traces the possibilities of Czechoslovak classical painting of the last 30 years. It focuses on the sensory perception of specific phenomena in painting, such as colours, shapes, light or the author’s style. Marcel Duchamp used the term “Retina art” derogatively for works focusing merely o the optical impression. The exhibition accentuates the visual nature of the painting, which is equivalent to the ideological component of the work. It may be seen as a way of traditional reading of contemporary painting, or contemporary reading of traditional painting.