The First Exhibition of Astrology, City of Pisek, 2010 March-April
THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ASTROLOGY
MARCH 6th – APRIL 11th 2010, City of Písek, Czech Republic
The story of human meeting Nature and the Universe
ITINERANT EXHIBITION, organized with help and support of the Sladovna Art Gallery in City of Písek, Czech Republic, introduces the world of astrology and enables visitors to look inside astrological history of Czech and Moravia.
THE OPENING PARTY March 6th, 2010 at 4pm
Sladovna Art Gallery, City of Písek, Vysoké trámy
The exhibition takes place from March 6th to April 11th 2010.
The exhibition scenario, organization and collages – MARTINA LUKÁŠKOVÁ
pen-and-ink drawings – KLÁRA SEKYROVÁ
graphic art work – MIROSLAV ŠVEJDA
photographs – ONDŘEJ KOUBEK
Presenting artists-astrologers:
glass art – Soňa Erbanová,
textile works – Alexandra Lechovská,
paintings – Natálie Hejlová, Ondřej Klouček, Pavel Turnovský,
collages and pen-and-ink drawings – Ondřej Ivanek,
graphics – Ladislav Puršl, Jan Vratislav Žižka,
wooden objects – Martin Lukeš,
photographs – Jan Kazda, Vladimír Pospíšil, Martin Stejskal
The exhibition concept includes three stories.
Astrological story – leading through basic principles of astrology as star signs, astrological houses, planets, aspects and other terms of it’s symbolic language in a form of comics, collages and sententious texts.
Historical story – telling about evolution of astrology in Bohemia and Moravia from times of Bojas and Slavonians to the present. Introducing showcases of historical illustrations and astrological books, showing rulers listening to astrologers, scholars charmed by astrology, artists and statesmen using astrology deliberately.
Aesthetical story – enables us to enter into landscape of art work of contemporary Czech astrologers showing their paintings, graphics, pen-and-ink drawings, textile objects, models, glass and wooden objects and photographs inspired by astrology. Children can enjoy astrological games and folders.
mail-to: astrologMarLuk@seznam-dot-com
