Jiří Skála's Conceptual Practice Explores Handwriting Exchange and Post-Communist Industrial Legacy
Jiří Skála's work focuses on themes like transcription, personal stories, and the evolving society in the Czech Republic. His artwork titled 'Exchange of Handwriting' was displayed at Art in General in New York from January 14 to March 4, 2006. It then moved to the Moravian Gallery in Brno, where it was shown from December 13, 2006, to March 11, 2007, and later at UBS Gallery in New York from August 16 to November 9, 2007. The piece also traveled to Brussels from February 25 to May 1, 2011. In 2007, he launched 'Two Families of Objects,' leading to the publication 'One Family of Objects' in 2010. Other significant works include 'Notes Regarding a Request For Help' (2008) and 'Real Presence' (2010), along with exhibitions in 2010 like 'Messages in an Emergency.' In 2009, he was nominated for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award.
Key facts
- Jiří Skála's 'Exchange of Handwriting' performance first occurred from January 14 to March 4, 2006, at Art in General in New York.
- The project 'Two Families of Objects' documents machinery purchased by workers after factory bankruptcies in the Czech Republic.
- Skála's book 'One Family of Objects' was published in 2010 by JRP Ringier and tranzit.org.
- He was a finalist for the 2009 Jindřich Chalupecký Award.
- His work 'The Involuntary Archivist' (2009) was created in collaboration with Zbyněk Baladrán.
- Skála's mother Jiřina Skálová received a turning lathe as a gift in 2001 from his father Jaroslav Skála.
- The performance 'Exchange of Handwriting' had iterations in Brno, New York, and Brussels from 2006 to 2011.
- Critic Ján Mančuška analyzed Skála's work as combining conceptual art with personal and social commentary.
Entities
Artists
- Jiří Skála
- Christina Courtin
- Andrea Láníčková
- Filip Smetana
- Diego Cagüeñas
- Kendra Mylnechuk
- Aurelia de Conde
- Alan Fertil
- Jiřina Skálová
- Jaroslav Skála
- Zbyněk Baladrán
- Aleš Čermák
- Tomáš Pospiszyl
- Jan Šerých
- Filip Jakš
- Ján Mančuška
- Rudolf Těsnohlídek
- Vilém Flusser
- Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Denis Diderot
- Jean Cayrol
- Jindřich Honzl
- Jan Neruda
- Karolína Světlá
- Zdeněk Barborka
- Bohumila Grögerová
- Josef Hiršal
- Jiří Kolář
- Věra Linhartová
- Ladislav Nebeský
- Mark Ther
- Angela Detanico
- Rafael Lain
Institutions
- Art in General
- Moravian Gallery
- UBS Gallery
- Wiels
- Czech Center
- Václava Špály Gallery
- Hunt Kastner Artworks
- Brno House of Art
- Index, The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation
- ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program
- Galleri Experimentell, Valand School of Fine Arts
- Gallery Dox
- Gallery Labor
- Centre for Visual Introspective
- Kunstverein Frankfurt
- Galerie Nova
- Futura
- International Center for Contemporary Art
- Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
- Plan B
- Tranzit Workshops
- Prague City Gallery
- Seoul International Media Art Biennale
- Palais de Tokyo
- Wannieck Gallery
- Marek Collectors
- Frac Lorraine
- JRP Ringier
- tranzit.org
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- New York
- USA
- Brooklyn
- Brno
- Czech Republic
- Pražák Palace
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Prague
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Gothenburg
- Budapest
- Hungary
- Bucharest
- Romania
- Kirchdorf an der Krems
- Austria
- Zagreb
- Croatia
- Berlin
- Germany
- Cluj
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Curitiba
- Brazil
- Moscow
- Russia
- Paris
- France
- Metz