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5KV / Five Years of Art and Design in Kvalitář Gallery
6/10–22/11 2017, Kvalitář Gallery, Prague – Czech Rep.
Exhibiting Artists and Designers:
Atelier Biagetti, Jakub Berdych Karpelis, Sarah Crowner, Federico Díaz, Romana Drdová, Olafur Eliasson & Frederik Ottesen, Martino Gamper, Hilda Hellström, Jakub Jansa, Milan Knížák, Fernando Laposse, Arik Levy, Sabine Marcelis, Shawn Maximo, Alessandro Mendini, Edgar Orlaineta, Toilet Paper, Fredrik Paulsen, Tadeáš Podracký, Robert Stadler, Studio Swine, Nik Timková, Thomas Traum, Zeitguised & Daniel Hundsdörfer
Curators:
Monika Čejková, Adam Štěch
Photos:
Zdeněk Porcal (Studio Flusser)
Full exhibition documentation on Domus and Wallpaper.
The "5KV" exhibition on the overlap between art and design is the symbolic culmination of five years of the Kvalitář Gallery's work, which, against the background of the eponymous architectonic studio, focuses on both disciplines. The exhibition is divided into two parts; the first represents the above-mentioned contemporary works by domestic and international artists who, in various ways, touch on both disciplines, whether from a theoretical perspective, a visual perspective, or from the perspective of how both branches of visual culture function. The second part of the exhibition is then dedicated to a specific example from history demonstrating an instance of the actual overlap of both disciplines, namely, a dialogue between the oeuvres of the Italian designer Alessandro Mendini and the Czech artist Milan Knížák.
Full exhibition text.
5KV, exhibition view
5KV, exhibition view
Milan Knížák’s furniture, Family table, 1983, Slanted Shelf, 1971-1981, Determined Shelf, 1983
Milan Knížák, Determined Shelf, detail, 1983
Sabine Marcelis, Voie Light Hanging Medium, 2014–2017; Fredrik Paulsen, Triangle & Base from the Prism collection, 2012
Tadeáš Podracký, Sculptural Lounge Chair, 2016; Robert Stadler, Aymeric, 2014
5KV, exhibition view
Robert Stadler, Aymeric, 2014
Arik Levy, SolidLiquidVase_Pink, 2012
Jakub Jansa, Spiritual Fitness, Video Case, 2016
5KV, exhibition view
Thomas Traum, Fear and Love, 2016
Hilda Hellström, Mountain I, 2016
Romana Drdová, Plastic Casting, 2017
Edgar Orlaneita, Blind Alphabet, Three Lives, 2014; Martino Gamper, Back and Ring, 2017; Thomas Traum, Fear and Love, 2016
Edgar Orlaneita, Three Lives, 2014