Oldřich Hamera, a tribute to Josef Váchal and other outsiders of Czech fine art.
till 29. 5. 2022
open | till 30th September: Tu–Su 9.00 – 12.00, 13.00 – 17.00, since October only weekends (Saturday and Sunday) 9.00 – 12.00, 13.00 – 17.00
curators | Eva Čapková and Hana Klimešová
promoted by | Portmoneum – Museum of Josef Váchal, T. Novákové 75, Litomyšl
Ninety years ago, the painter and graphic artist Josef Váchal published the book Šumava: Dying and Romantic, one of the most important works of Czech art and Czech literary culture of the 20th century. The artist Oldřich Hamera commemorates this anniversary with “makulaturas”; works that are made from the wasted paper of reprints of the book, which Ladislav Horáček decided to publish in 2008 at the Paseka publishing house. The term "makulatura" means a defective print or printout, a worthless printed matter or a book. Hamera "recycles" wasted paper. In his hands, these unnecessary press sheets turned into nooks of Šumava, memories not only of Váchal, but also of other masters of Czech graphics, such as Bohuslav Reynek, Vladimír Boudník or Jiří Kolář, who was the master of collage. Hamer's collages and assemblages are accompanied by a small Váchal's menagerie made by Eva Čapková. Among the exhibits, there will be a facsimile of Šumava by the Paseka publishing house, luxuriously bound in Lubomír and Miroslava Krupka's bookbinding.
Accompanying program:
26. 6. 2021 at 16.00
Portraits of Josef Váchal
A special afternoon, during which four contemporary graphic artists - linocuts - Zbyněk Hraba, Petr Palma, Pavel Piekar and Ladislav Sýkora - donate their own portrait of Josef Váchal to the Portmoneum collections.
2. 7. 2021 at 17.00
Art workshop
It is the workshop in the Portmoneum studio on the theme of the exhibition. We will work with the waste paper (makulaturas) of Šumava, as well as with the ones of Oldřich Hamera. The workshop will be led by the artist and curator Eva Čapková.
3. 7. 2021 at 10.00
Guided tour of the Recycling exhibition
with curator Eva Čapková, author of some exhibits from the animal world.
Current information on the accompanying program at www.portmoneum.cz.
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