Oslo is one of the world cities presented at the exhibition of art photographs by Czech photographer Jiří Turek. Large scale pictures of Oslo accompanied by a literature extract by Norwegian author Jan Erik Vold will be exhibited from 6 May until 11 June at the Gallery of Czech Centres in Rytirska street, Prague.
The European metropolises will be presented in big enlargements on all sorts of areas right in the streets of the capital of Prague. In this way, the town districts would “transform” into individual metropolises of Europe. For example Kampa would become Venice, Old Town would be Paris... The towns will be depicted in an emotive way by Turek´s own pencil. The photos have a strong emotive charge capturing the atmosphere and inhabitants of the world metropolises. They renounce mere mapping of typical places and buildings, they get rid of usual clichés.
The photos will be accompanied by extracts from selected proses of individual states in their own language, in Czech and English in parallel. The interconnection of word and picture is supposed to bring near the diversity of cultures of the individual states as much as possible.
The exhibition in the public space will be accompanied by 2 exhibitions in stone buildings – the first one in the domiciliary Leica Gallery Prague in Školská ulice 28 and the second one on the exhibition premises of the Czech Centres in Rytířská ulice.
Duration of the Exhibition:
Leica Gallery Prague, Školská 28, Praha 1
http://www.lgp.cz/
6. 5. – 12. 6. 2011
Galerie Českých center
http://prague.czechcentres.cz/
6. 5. – 11. 6. 2011
Exhibition in the free space
15. 5. – 15. 7. 2011
Praha 1 (for example Hradčany -Prague Castle, Nový Svět, Vltava embankments)
Paris, Rome, Venezia, Firenze, Lisboa, Hamburk, Barcelona, Krakow and Prague
Praha 2 (for example náměstí Míru) Vienna and London
Praha 3 - Berlin
Praha 4 - St. Peterburg
Praha 7 - Amsterdam
Acompanying program in Leica Gallery Prague:
Art workshop for schools
Discussion with Jiří Turek (May 9 2011, 7 pm)
Book:
Jiří Turek - cityLAB
The CityLAB project is supported by partners: TV Prima, Rádio Impuls, Eclipse Print. The project is under the aegis of Foreign Secretary Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Culture of the CR Jiří Besser, Councillor of the Capital of Prague for the sphere of culture and tourist trade Lukáš Kaucký, and mayors of town districts of the capital - Oldřich Lomecký (Prague 1), Ing. Vladislava Hujová (Prague 3), Ing. Pavel Horálek (Prague 4), Marek Ječmének (Prague 7). The partner of outdoor exhibition is the Capital of Prague.
Photogallery: Oslo
Further pictures:
http://prague.czechcentres.cz/galerie/foto/2011-05-citylab/