Clifden Arts Festival 2024 curated by Lenka Sýkorová
Exhibition opening September 15th @ 5pm
An international group exhibition focussed on contemporary drawing extends the collaboration between artist-run spaces Altán Klamovka, Prague and Interface, Connemara.
The artists Marija Griniuk (LT), Jiří Kovanda (CZ), Darja Lukjanenko (UA), Jan Pfeiffer (CZ) join Interface artists Anne McAlarney, Christine Prescott, Ian Wieczorek, Lelia Henry, Michael Geddis, Margaret Irwin West, Noel Arrigan & Thomas Brezing.
Curator Lenka Sýkorová (CZ)
Interface, Cloonacartan, Recess, Co Galway, H91VW58
Open 12-6 daily 16th-28th September
Drawing provides space where we can slow down, entering a full perception of the here and now. Being an intimate gesture, drawing is perceived by many artists as the most direct medium for expressing experiences with a specific sense of sensitivity to noticing the great or small history that is currently taking place. A sketch of an idea has accompanied artists since time immemorial. By combining the mind, eye and hand, they can capture the world around us. The drawn line, whether on paper or guided by matter in space, is a strong visual gesture of contemporary intermedia artists.
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Curator in Conversation event: 4pm Tuesday 17th September
Presentation by Lenka Sýkorová, independent curator and founder of Altán Klamovka Gallery, Prague. Together with her associate artists Marija Griniuk (LT), Jiří Kovanda (CZ), Darja Lukjanenko (UA), Jan Pfeiffer (CZ), Lenka will share some of the activities of Altán Klamovka.
Lenka Sýkorová
Lenka Sýkorová, Associate Professor (1977, Prague) is an art historian, critic and curator of contemporary fine art. She studied the History of Art at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, received her PhD (2012) and Associate Professor (2022) from the Faculty of Art and Design of the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. She has been the curator of the Altán Klamovka Gallery in Prague since 2004. She is the co-author of the project Virtual Biennial Prague focusing on the International author’s poster in the field of social topics. Curator of exhibitions in the Czech Republic – The Brno House of Arts, 2016, Regional Gallery of Highlands in Jihlava, 2017, Regional Gallery in Liberec, 2018–2019, in Slovakia – Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava, Synagogue – Center for Contemporary Art, 2017 and in China – Pingyao Modern Engineering Technology School Gallery, Pingyao, Shanxi, 2018. She lectured at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology and has been active in the Department of the History and Theory of Art in the Faculty of Art and Design of the J. E. Purkyně University. She regularly publishes in periodical and other publications (Flash Art, Artalk).
The Here, The Considered Line (Zpřítomnění) international exhibition project, reg. no. MK 62743/2024 OMVEU, is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, FAD JEPU in Ústí nad Labem and GESTOR.
image: Michael Geddis
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