Jun 18 | '08 | REPRESENTING THE NATION
REPRESENTING THE NATION Compensation Portraits Representing the Nation is a project specially prepared for the ITCA 2008 in cooperation with the National Gallery in the Czech Republic. The work is based on results from research addressing regional public art museums, for the most part established in 1950s' and 1960s' in Czechoslovakia, today existing as the Association of Czech Galleries. Materialized as a reader, the publication include interviews and statements from museum directors. Compensation Portraits introduce issues relating to institutional practices in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. (Czech/English version available online at: http://o----o.info/tmp/RepresentingTheNation.pdf) Project: REPRESENTING THE NATION Jesper Alvaer / Isabela Grosseová. Prepared for the exhibition: I T C A 2 0 0 8, International Triennale of Contemporary Art RE-READING THE FUTURE - National Gallery in Prague 3. 6. – 14. 9. 2008, Fair Trade Palace, 4th floor. Curator: Tomáš Vlček
