Sep 05 | '14 | The Waking Dragon
Visit Prague's National Gallery today in its Kinský Palace location to see this exciting art exhibition focusing on contemporary East-Asian art.
The National Gallery's Kinský Palace is playing host to a new exhibition titled The Waking Dragon - Contemporary Inspiration by East-Asian Art from September 5th – November 23rd 2014. This exhibition, which deals with the prominent symbolism of the dragon in East-Asian culture is spread over three exhibition halls where contemporary Czech and East-Asian artists residing in the Czech Republic present their work. These artists all find inspiration in early East-Asian art as well as contemporary pop culture – all of these influences can be seen in their work. Visit the permanent collection Art of Asia, also at the Kinský Palace, after and compare contemporary to ancient art.
Artists: Petr Bařinka, Filip Černý, Patrik Hábl, Markéta Hlinovská, Veronika Holcová, Vojtěch Horálek, Anna Hulačová, Petr Hůza, Song Mi Kim, Tomáš Kubačka, Marie Ladrová, Pavel Mrkus, Stanislav Müller, Radka Müllerová, Michal Nesázal, Tets Ohnari, Eva Pelechová, Dana Sahánková, Veronika Slámová, Jiří Straka, Gabriel Vach, Hana Vinklárková, Diana Winklerová, Dalibor Worm.
With Special Guests: Dragan Stojčevski, Petr Písařík
Author & Curator: Ph.D. Petra Polláková
Kinský Palace
Staroměstské náměstí 12, Praha 1
www.ngprague.cz
