"Heroes? Victims? Deliquents? And what about us?"
Images by Michal Kadleček
2. 3. – 2. 4. 2017
Vysočina Regional Gallery in Jihlava
Masaryk Square. No. 24
ground floor hall
Opening March 2nd, 5 pm. Author will give a commented tour of the exhibition during the opening.
"Heroes? Victims? Deliquents? And what about us?", Images by Michal Kadleček
The exhibition brings together, for the first time, the two author's image series ("The happy one who forgets everything that cannot be changed. Is the one who forgets really happy...?" from 1996-98 and "The most fiery places in hell are reserved for those who see injustice and keep silent" from 1998-2001) that deal with our modern history, above all the coexistence of people of different nationalities in our territory from World War I untill its tragic ending during World War II and afterwards. The images bring back the forgotten or intentionally concealed fates and events and due to their big sizes enable the audience to "enter" the depicted situations, imagine them personally. Titles of the images are often in contrast with the depicted subject, thereby evoking questions that should be answered by visitors themselves.
Michal Kadleček studied The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Sculpture Studio led by professor Aleš Veselý. Except from painting, drawing and graphics he dealt with conceptual projects for saving or preservation of devastated areas around Lemberk and Most. During this time he got to know the Sudetenland landscape and history, to which he devoted himself for a longer time afterwards (travels, studies, contacts with witnesses, international meetings and symposia). Both of the exhibited series come from this period. Author is currently interested in painting, freely following genres from the turn of the 19th and the 20th century, as well as seriously intentioned painting for children. His figures, often mythical or fairytale-ish, are set in a real landscape and form unusual relations, underlined also by image titles - those are in apparent contrast or bring about a germ of a story or an action.
(michaelkadlecek.eu)
THURSDAY MARCH 16, 2017 FROM 5 PM
Commented tour connected with the discussion and author's narration about his meetings with witnesses and experiences with exhibiting these images and reactions on them.
