Vitrína Deniska
The exhibition space Vitrína Deniska is situated on Denisova Street, in the historic heart of Olomouc. Since November 2011, every month contemporary Czech and Slovak art is being introduced in ‘Vitrína Deniska’ by several curators: Nina Michlovská, Katarína Gatialová, Alexandr Jančík, Marie Meixnerová and Nela Klajbanová. The curatorial selection of young artists, art students, but also artists already established in Czech and Slovak art world, is dependent on the quality of the artist work, on personal friendships, and on the willingness of selected artists to exhibit in this specific, non-gallery space of a showcase.
During the first year of its existence, following artists presented their work in ‘Vitrína Deniska’: Lenka Vítková, Peter Homola, Anna Balážová & Katarína Hládekov, in 2012 Tomáš Moravec, Adéla Korbičková, Ondřej Vavrečka, Michaela Čevelová, Petr Dub, Andrea Kalinová, Krizový Štáb, Petra Herotová, Vladimír Turner, Karolína Mikesková, Petr Krátký. In 2013, the exhibitions of artists Zuzana Godálová & Anna Kianičková Godálová, Jiří Havlíček, Adéla Sobotková, Jan Švankmajer, Ján Gašparovič, Tereza Sochorová, Peter Liška, Veronika Slámová & Jan Jaroslav Sterec, participants in collective exhibition Conference and Aleš Čermák have so far being carried out; in 2014 Kata Mach, Martin Kochan, Karolina Ketmanová & Dan Friedlaender, Floex, Jana Doležalová, Mák Hustoles, Toast Mc Farland, Krisztián Kristóf, Miroslava Večeřová, Viktor Takáč, in 2015 Klára Doležálková, Tomáš Hrůza, Dana Balážová, Jakub Kovařík, Jana Kasalová, Vojtěch Vaněk a Kateřina Kynclová, Martu, Michal Cáb, Tomáš Javůrek, Barbora Trnková, Zuzana Kantová, Dominik Podsiadly a David Možný, in 2016 Valentýna Janů, Martin Blažíček, Iryna Zakharova, Marius Konvoj, Kateřina Konvalinová, Lenka Žampachová, Martina Holá, Georgy Bagdasarov a Alex Morales, in 2017 Laura Trenčanská a Johana Novotná, RIchard Loskot, Ivana Hrončeková, Šimon Kadlčák, Bára&Barbora, Martin Zet, Žaneta Reková, Petr Šprincl a Marie Hájková, in 2018 Jana Bernartová, Kamilia Kard, Tomáš Petřík, Mira Gáberová, Juliana Höschlová, Dominik Gajarský, Alžběta Wolfová, Tomáš Kajánek, Roman Štětina, Magdaléna Manderlová, Martin Kohout, in 2019 Andrea Pekárková, Darina Alster, Vendula Kolářová, Jiří Žák, Mark Ther, Dalibor Knapp a Lukáš Prokop, Overall Office, Lucie Rosenfeldová, in 2020 Lenka Lukačovičová, Jiří Procházka, Eva Krhutová, Markéta Othová, Barbora Kleinhamplová, in 2021 Dominika Dobiášová, Jaro Dufek, Karolína Rossi, Televize Estráda.
The installations are specifically made to meet the showcase 108 x 164 x 34 cm measurements; in most cases, they are direct reactions to the exhibition space itself and its surroundings. The openings are taking place right on the busy street where showcase ‘Vitrína Deniska’ is situated. The visitors are getting in the way to casual passers-by, who thus acquire their confrontation with contemporary art. The openings are always followed by informal discussion and presentation of work by the artist exhibited, held at various places throughout Olomouc. (2022)
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