| What do you collect? | Clothing + Fashion | Jewelry + Watches | Pottery + Glass | Furniture + Home | Art + Photos | Music + Movies | Toys + Games | Sports | Coins + Stamps | Paper + Books | Ads + Signs | Autos + Transport | Eras + Decades | All » |
Organizer name and contact info:
Museum of Contemporary Photography - 312.663.5554
Karen Irvine,
Event hours:
Mon. - Sat. 10am - 5pm
Thurs. 10 am - 8pm
Sun. 12pm - 5pm
Web page (URL):
http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2010/01/contemporary_cz.php
Other information:
In the Czech Republic—as in so many countries—photography took a while to come into its own. In the early twentieth century, professional photographers such as František Drtikol (1883–1961) and Josef Sudek (1896–1976) used alternative techniques to make personal work that was imitative of painting. This work, which became part of the international movement known as pictorialism, strove for beauty and atmosphere as a way to counter the mechanical coldness of photography. In the 1920s and ’30s, under the democratic presidency of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Prague was a cultural crossroads and Czech artists were exposed to a variety of artistic movements including constructivism, futurism, surrealism, and the German Bauhaus. Avant-garde artists such as Jaromír Funke (1896–1945), Jaroslav Rössler (1902–90), and Eugen Wiškovský (1888–1964) made daring experiments with photography and celebrated its special characteristics. From angular nudes to geometric light studies, to collage and abstractions that adopted cubist elements popular in Czech art at the time, this group of avant-garde photographers collaborated with writers, poets, and painters, and they showed their photographic works in the context of painting, printmaking, writing, and graphic design.
This event is a museum event and expects 21-100 people.
Note: Please confirm event details with the organizer before traveling long distances to attend this event.
Advice to attendees? Questions for the organizer? Memories from last time?
Facebook
Twitter