Exceptional Czech – Slovak exhibition of geometric abstraction will be presented in Jerusalem until the end of this year
Opening of the Czech – Slovak exhibition ‘ACID HAUS’ presenting two top-class geometric abstract artists – Ján Vasilko and Karel Štedrý attracted more than a hundred visitors.
On Thursday, September 1st, 2022, the Slovak Institute in Jerusalem hosted an opening of the Czech – Slovak exhibition of abstract art titled ‘ACID HAUS,’ presenting the established painters Ján Vasilko and Karel Štedrý.
Ján Vasilko (*1979) is a graduate of the contemporary art studio of doc. Adam Szentpétery at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice. One of the most successful Slovak contemporary painters and a winner of many awards currently has his largest exhibition to date in the Eastern Slovakia Gallery in Košice.
Karel Štedrý (*1985) is a leading representative of the young generation of Czech painters. He is a graduate of the painting studio of Stanislav Diviš at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 2010 he received the ARSkontakt prize for young visual artists. His work is characterized by the blending of apparent opposites – on one hand, that of architecture and classical modernism, and on the other hand of pop culture like graffiti, hip-hop, break-dance, and computer games.
Vladimír Beskid, curator of the exhibition: “This exhibition brings together two artists of the same generation, leading representatives of geometric abstraction in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in an intense dialogue. In both cases, we can see a certain evaluation of the language of architecture and the visuality of modern art. Both painters are characterized by visual rhythm, order, and systematic composition. In defining the geometric abstract framework and the organized form of lines and surfaces, we find a vigorous dose of playfulness, variability, and dynamism in the visual language.”
Jakub Urik, the director of the Slovak Institute in Jerusalem: “I am glad that this exhibition was a success. I wanted to do an exhibition in Jerusalem, in cooperation with our Czech colleagues, especially because many Slovaks and Czechs living in Israel today remember their homes in Czechoslovakia. And also, because I know the works of both artists and I like the way they both perfectly complement each other in the form and color in their works. After I got the approval from the curator Vladimír Beskid and our Czech colleagues, we got straight to work.”
All those who could not attend the opening can still visit the exhibition at the Slovak Institute in
Jerusalem until January 5th, 2023.
