First Matter of Art

Matter of Art ('Bienále Ve věci umění') with the subtitle Come Closer ('Pojď blíž') is a new event with the ambition of becoming a biennale - an event that takes place every second year. The full programme takes place in the Prague Municipal Library in Mariánské Square until the 15th of November, offering guided tours, workshops, and discussions. Proximity and empathy are the two central motifs of the Matter of Art 2020. One of the main locations is the Municipal Library's exquisite exhibition halls in Prague's Old Town.

 

Selection of projects

The event will introduce 45 artists and groups. The British artist Lucy Beech will introduce her film ‘Reproductive Exile’, dealing with the topic of assisted reproduction.

Ragnar Kjartansson from Iceland will present a series of videos ‘Scenes from Western Culture’, in which he captures scenes from life in western society in an ironic and subversive way.

Tuan Mami, a conceptual Vietnamese artist from Hanoi, has prepared an environmental-performance project where a grocery store, a hostel and a small gallery of his works will be open in one of the halls in the Prague Market.

The key element of the event is a programme for the whole community, where dozens of workshops, discussions, and other events will take place.

For further information, please visit Prague City Gallery’s website http://en.ghmp.cz/, or the event’s website https://matterof.art/.

29. srpna 2020
29. srpna 2020