6. Biennial of Young Art ZVON 2008

The Biennial of Young Art – Zvon Again, the Biennial presenting the work of the youngest generation of artists takes place in Dům U Kamenného zvonu under the title “Zvon 2008”. This year’s exhibition critically reassesses the earlier criteria of talent scouting – the same curator chose the same artists as two years ago to show their new work. The architectural arrangement, too, is reminiscent of the last display evoking a kind of déjà vu in the viewers. The majority of the artworks were made exclusively for the Biennial. The exhibition is accompanied by a conference about the exhibition’s themes and many other programs. The artists presenting their work are as follows: Jesper Alvaer, Zbyněk Baladrán, Josef Bolf, Filip Cenek, Patricie Fexová, Jiří Havlíček, Jakub Hošek, Magdalena Hrubá, Jana Kalinová, Barbora Klímová, Eva Koťátková, Ján Mančuška, PAS, Jiří Skála, Ludmila Smejkalová, Matěj Smetana, Petr Strouhal, Kateřina Šedá, Jan Šerých and Evžen Šimera. 6th Biennial of Young Art ZVON 2008 City Gallery Prague (Galerie hlavního města Prahy), Dům U Kamenného zvonu June 27 – September 21, 2008 Curator: Karel Císař. Accompanying programs : The following performance will be played in the concert hall on June 26 at 6 o’clock p. m. and July 2 at 5 o’clock p. m.: A Triumph of Death (soundtrack) Scenes from the Real Life By Jiří Havlíček, Filip Cenek, Johana Švarcová Music and image fight the text by the Italian poet and war hero Gabriel d’Annunzio. Extremely decadent, sometimes even disgustingly erotic texts; overly brutal violent scenes and descriptions of unusual mental states scattered in magnificently staged scenes; live paintings, dead actors. (15–20 minutes) A guided tour with curator Karel Císař: Wednesdays July 2 and Sept. 10 at 4 o’clock p. m. Educational tours July – Thursdays, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 4 o’clock p. m. August – Thursday, August 28 at 4 o’clock p. m. September – Thursdays Sept. 4, 11, 18 at 4 o’clock p. m. Creative dialogues with art “The Experimental Zvon”, Saturday June 28, from 1 to 6 o’clock p. m. “A Dialogue with Zvon”, Saturday Sept. 6, from 1 to 6 o’clock p. m. As part of the Rainbow Week: “Experiments in Contemporary Art”, Tuesday July 8 and Friday July 11 at 10 o’clock a. m. (meeting point: by the box office) The media supporting the 6th Biennial of Young Art – Zvon 2008: Radio 1, Respekt, Týdeník A2, Art&Antiques, Xantypa, Čro 3 – Vltava, Artmix, Výletník.cz The winners of Radio 1 contests can win free admission to the Biennial; one of the winners will win a guided tour by curator Karel Císař.