Art / Photo

Adrian T. Bell, who is primarily known as a musician and the frontman of The Prostitutes, presents yet another creative personality; this time, a painter.

 




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a place with great music, DJs, bar, live graffiti painting and much much more!

You will find us at Janackovo nabrezi and our ZONE will be opened from 12:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 26.

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Design studio tai2 is celebrating 1 year since opening and in cooperation with other shops they decided to make the day more special by offering a little something to people showing up with the flyer... The day will be followed by a party at Tai2 studio from 8pm. 

Support your local businesses, discover innovative designers' products and shops! Participate in your city's character and color: come all day to the following locations: Harddecore , Flamingo Park , Tai2 studio , PourPour, Faaze.

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by Stephan Delbos 

The most striking contrast in Jindrich Streit’s photography is also the most obvious: black and white. But there are other contrasts evident in Streit’s work, contrasts which lose no power for being subtle.

Streit’s dominant subject is life in Czech villages, particularly those in the Bruntal region, where he lived for some time. His photographs capture Czech villagers in a variety of moods and activities - work, rest, mourning and celebration being some of the more obvious themes of Streit’s work.

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[1] CTM.08 – UNPREDICTABLE: PROGRAM ALMOST COMPLETE

 // Date: January 25 – February 2, 2008
// Maria am Ostbahnhof and other venues, Berlin

The 9th edition our festival club transmediale 2008 – festival for adventurous music and related visual arts – will take place at various venues in Berlin from January 25 to February 2, 2008.

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No Pain No Brain Tattoo Shop & Gallery Presents:

"TRASHY SPARKLING MEXICAN POP ART EXHIBITION"

by Dulce 'Tzopelli' Ortega

Christmas is coming and we have one of a kind original artwork all the way from Mexico on display and for sale.Dulce Ortega makes beautiful sparkling hand painted treasure chests, mirrors, frames & nic nacs with flaming hearts, mexican wrestlers, Jesus & Marys, Day of the Dead Images and more...

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NoD doporucuje:

BERLIN BRICOLAGE
Todosch a Petra Kludasch ("Kali & Salz")
jedinecne reseni pro Vas dum i zahradu "VITEJTE DOMA"
vernisaz v patek 30. listopadu v 19:00 v MeetFactory
vystava potrva do 9. 12. 2007

instalace v aterieru v 1. patre:
Esma Ciucir /Turecko/

MeetFactory, Ke Sklárně 15, 150 00 Praha 5
www.MeetFactory.cz

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14.11. – 30.11. 2007
Vernisáž 13.11. 2007 v 18.00

Vystavující umělci a umělkyně:
Radovan Čerevka, Pavlína Fichta Čierna, Jiří David, Ladislava Gažiová, Jaroslav Kyša, Radim Labuda, Karel Lampa, Slavica Lazić-Dundas, Kryštof Marschal, Milica Milićević / Milan Bosnić, Ilona Németh, Erik Sikora, Lucia Tkáčová / Anetta Mona Chisa

Kurátorka: Ivana Moncoľová
Spolukurátorka: Zuzana Štefková 

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Information compiled by Chelsea Kirk

Event: Andy Warhol: Disaster Relics
Location: Museum Kampa, U Sovových mlýnů 2, Prague 1
Dates: Through 21 October 2007
Hours: Tues - Sun, 10.00 - 18.00

Event: Correo Domestico - Installation Exhibit
Location: Roxy, Dlouhá 33, Prague 1
Dates: 5 October - 21 October
Hours: Mon - Sun, 11.00 - 1.00 

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ULTIMATE-SELECTED SKETCHBOOK by SHOICHIRO SATAKE

Hiroshige Ando, Nobuyoshi Araki, Donald Baechler, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chris Burden, Pauletta M. Chanco, Sarah Charlesworth, Robert Colescott, Denise Colomb, Salvador Dali, Patrick Demarchelier, Georges D'espagnat, Sante D'orazio, Tracey Emin, Sam Francis, Hamish Fulton, Alberto Giacometti, Nan Goldin, Anton Henning, J.C.J. Van Der Heyden, David Hockney, Jorg Immendorff, Karl Kasten, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Glenn Ligon, Damian Loeb, Brian McCarthy, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, A.R. Penck, Richard Pettibone, Gary Hume, Duane Michals, Kenny Scharf, Jonathan Seliger, Elaine Sturtevant, Trevor Sutton, Walasse Ting, Cy Twombly, Keith Vaughan, Peter Voulkos, Andy Warhol and Paul Wonner.

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by Chris McMorrow

Art has long been cultural ground zero for contrast and controversy, and the work of Czech-Canadian sculptor Lea Vivot is no different. Known internationally for her benched bronze figures depicting motifs of women and the family, her subjects range from the sacred to the profane, depending on which free magazines you regularly pick up in Prague. One person's humanity is another's vulgarity.

I recently stumbled upon Vivot's work on a post-holiday trip to the doctor, and was struck by her sculpture, “Unity”, positioned at the front door of the Canadian Medical Center in Prague 6. Seated here since 2006, two bronze figures - a young Canadian girl engrossed in the Montreal Daily and an African reading his Malawi Citizen - sit side-by-side on a wooden bench. Inscribed on the bench are the words "In our differences we unite."

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Researchers in the evolving field of neuroesthetics seek to determine what happens in the cerebral cortex when we see art—and, in the process, figure out what makes great works so mesmerizing

by Ann Landi

Original article from Artnews.com

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Žižkov International Photography Festival - Dec. 3rd - 22nd

It is back. Yes, the ZIP Fest will back in Žižkov this winter. This is a community event, meaning any one can show some photos.

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Original article by Philip Heijmans, Prague Post online

The Czech Press Photo exhibition opens for the 15th consecutive year, showing the best images from the news and beyond from the past 12 months

Sometimes, the straight approach pays off.

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Original article by Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian

Amsterdam's red light district has landed in the National Gallery, London – and it's not pretty.

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By Natasha Kirshina
 

    Masked villains stealing ancient masterpieces for their Sicilian mafia boss...is this the image an "art crime" inspires in your mind? Or perhaps it's a collage of headline-smashing thefts - like the recent disappearance of Andy Warhol’s Athletes silk-screens from a museum in California. But is that really the whole range of art crime’s colours or just its varnished surface?

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Normal Festival 2009

Sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Culture, this year's Normal Festival features art for and by people who live with learning disabilities.  Often unable to succeed in school, these artists have found a means of self-expression through elements ranging from film, to performance, to photography.  Featured works include; A Little Different Theatre from Poland, a documentary film called Die Heide ruft from Germany, large format photographs of the actors of Theatre Inventura by Martin Mařák and much more.  There will also be workshops with slam poet Bohdan Blahovec.  So come support the artists and experience art by people for whom life is often more challenging, but who thrive in creative endeavors,  artistic and moral support.

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Original article by Prague Post

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the World Press Photo exhibition must be worth a million or so, and most of them on par with the best from Shakespeare.

The exhibition returns to Prague's Karolinum this year and runs through Oct. 11.

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Original article by Natalia O'Hara, Prague Post online

A photo exhibit kicks off the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and places events in a larger context

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Two minds, two creations, two worldviews in a single exposure…This is ‘The Known World' exhibition, which will open next Wednesday, September 2nd in Karlin Studios/Entrance Gallery.

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In preparation for the party at the 15th century Burg Sommeregg Castle during the weeklong body painting festival in Seeboden, Austria, we had the possibility to become personally adorned with dazzling colors. We were intrigued as to how these artists practise their art and manage to survive. So in the hopes of having the experience of becoming ambulant art pieces, we asked around and bartered an interview for a painting. We were lucky to come to an agreement with Marcel Klaus’s team of Bergheim, Germany. I had to abandon my typically prude nature and strip down to my little short shorts to be air brushed by the artist. With the help of Katerine Hoeper, assistant and seemingly right hand girl, I had the privilege of conducting a quick interview:

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Written by Whitney Highum

Topless women, ripped shirts, butterfly wings, and techno.  Just a few keywords from an awesome night out.  You might be wondering where I found such an eclectic mixture - the World Bodypainting Festival in quaint Seeboden, Austria.

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Prague College is pleased to announce its 4th HND Graphic Design Graduation Show, which will be held in Doubner Gallery Václavské náměstí 15 between June 18th and June 21st 2009.

We would like to invite you to the Opening on June 18th at 18:00.

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DOX Nano

5.6 – 9.7

LOCATION: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

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PRAGUE BIENNALE 4 / PRAGUE BIENNALE PHOTO 1 @ Karlin Hall

May 14 — July 26, 2009

Karlin Hall, Thamova 8, Prague 8

PRAGUE BIENNALE 4

Polymorphous, multifaceted, multicultural and in continuous dialogue with itself as well as with its audience; these are the

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 08_04-15_04

Tired of stuff that sucks? Well we gots the cure for whats ails ya.
Recommended Events Listings: In addition to a print magazine we are media sponsors for things of specific interest that happen to be a bit weird, marginal or under the radar.

Wednesday 8:

Film klub / Filmy Francizsky a Stefana Themersonových @ MeetFactory (20:00)

The films of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson

- The Adventure of a Good Citizen, 1937
- Calling Mr.Smith, 1943
- The Eye and the Ear, 1944/45

Stefan Thammerson was a writer, Franciszka Thammerson was a painter. He was born in Plock, 1910, she was born in Warszawa, 1907. Stefan trained briefly in architecture and physics, Franciszka graduated in paintning from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. They meet in 1930, married the next year and began a lifelong collaboration that started with making films and books.
The Themersons moved to Paris in 1938. They made two more films with the Polish Film Unit in London: a moving propaganda appeal Calling Mr.Smith their only film with the use of colour, and The Eye and the Ear, an imaginative experiment in visualising the sound.
In 1948, they founded Gaberbocchus Press, the leading avantgarde small press in post war Britain, which they ran until 1979. During those years, they followed remarkable and prolific careers; he with words, she with images. They both died in London in 1988.

AirFare (cz) @ Palác Akropolis (19:30)

Czech rock-and-roll band lead by american guitarist and songwriter Thomas J. Lichtag.

AirFare is known for their oddball sound, which is a result of recording their songs in the old analogue way. Their live shows are very wild and unpredictable.

They also entered in the czech film industry by collaborating with two songs of their first album called Hotel Moscow in the movie “O život”.

Project Pitchfork (de), Depressive Disorder (cz) @ Lucerna

Since more than a decade, the German industrial/dark-electro band Project Pitchfork delights thousands of fans worldwide with a unique mixture of danceable beats, breathtaking melodies and deep lyrics.

With 10 albums, 6 eps, and more compilation appearances than you can shake a stick at, Project Pitchfork have reached the status of “masters of electro-goth music”.

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by Kate Pinto

Folke Köbberling (de) & Martin Kaltwasser (de) + Miklós Mécs (at)
Exhibition guests: Jan Jaroslav Sterec (cz), Carbusters Magazine, Auto*Mat

@ MeetFactory, Ke Sklárně 15, Praha 5
28.02.09 - 29.03.09 wed-sun | 15.00-20.00

www.meetfactory.cz
www.folkekoebberling.de
http://mecsmiki.blogspot.com
http://www.carbusters.org/
http://www.auto-mat.cz 

The urban space as an experimental canvas choice has been the emphasis of Köbberling and Kaltwasser's artistic activities for the past ten years. Through their pieces they approach questions such as city life in the context of privatization, commercial interests and economic concerns and how this affects sustained development.

By developing installations, exhibits and interventions in urban spaces, they focus on topics concerning the public sphere, such as surveillance tactics, illegality and self-organization. They achieve it by transforming it into practical examples of temporary use and informal methods as well as to show possibilities for its enlivenment and repossession.

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by Alex Henderson
image: Self Portrait by Tom Deininger

One man's trash is another man's yadda yadda yadda.

We all know this. Any two-bit high schooler with a garage full of crap can turn a junkyard into a showroom. What's the key, then, to creating something actually interesting out of a pile of garbage? The following artists' work sheds some light on that mystery:

Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a live-in couple out of England who stick bits and scraps of trash together in ways that initially seem to make no sense, until you turn on the light. Then -- voila! -- the formless junk heaps project a shadow on the nearby wall of something recognizable and compelling. Often the couple's art ends up casting an image of themselves in various poses but it shouldn't take long to spot the silhouettes of old men and bicycles being cast by cast-aside materials. If you're like me, it will seem like magic at first. But don't spend too much time pondering -- there's lots more to see.

Try googling German artist HA Shult, a man who makes people out of pure rubbish -- kind of like the opposite of a celebrity reality TV show. His work has appeared all around the world, usually in big cities or at famous historial landmarks. Basically, he takes old Walkmans and Coke cans, crushes them together, and births a new trash person. (He obviously doesn't do it alone -- imagine being one of the interns that lines his sculptures up at the Great Wall of China.) You can also watch a video of Shult on YouTube that features just a bit too much man-on-trash PDA for me. But you might like it.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 25_02-04_03

Tired of stuff that sucks? Well we gots the cure for whats ails ya.
Recommended Events Listings: In addition to a print magazine we are media sponsors for things of specific interest that happen to be a bit weird, marginal or under the radar.

Wednesday 25:

Tony Allen @Palác Akropolis (19:30)

Tony Allen gets Palác Akropolis dancing as part of the Respect Plus world music concert series.
As the drummer of Fela Kuti's legendary Africa 70 band, he played a vital role in the creation of afrobeat, the world-conquering genre that blends West African styles with Western jazz and funk.
Allen went solo in 1979, disillusioned with the cronyism and carelessness that had crept into the band.
He moved to Europe in 1984, eventually settling in Paris, and created a hybrid genre called afrofunk by blending afrobeat with electronica, dub, R&B and rap.

Described by producer Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived," Allen's most recent release, 2006's Lagos No Shaking, saw him returning to his afrobeat roots with a live album recorded in the Nigerian metropolis.

Plague Playwrite contest @ Divadlo Minor

we|st 25.02.2009 (20:00)
su|ne 01.03.2009 (20:00)

we|st 04.03.2009 (18:30) 

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