Prague, May 7, 2024 (PROTEXT) – The first international exhibition of artistic posters on the topic of women’s rights in Prague will open on Tuesday, May 7. Artists from all corners of Europe are preparing for the opening. In the gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute, representatives of Polish, Iranian, Ukrainian and Czech posters will meet in person and jointly present a collection in which we will find representatives of thirty-seven countries from four continents.
A unique collection of one hundred and fifty printed posters emerged from an open call in which 347 artists from 50 countries of the world participated. The exhibition presents artists’ views on women’s rights, their status across countries, generations, gender and social status. It is a testimony to the fact that in the 21st century our society is greatly differentiated. On the one hand, the exhibition has a social and strongly alarming aspect, on the other hand, we do not shy away from artistic processing. In the final selection from the 678 posters received, our effort was to present the widest possible spectrum of creators and high-quality posters. A unique collection of posters was created, the ambition of which is to reach the audience at Prague exhibitions and then travel beyond the borders of the Czech Republic and reach the audience through a unique visual and communication medium.
The short list included a large number of legends, such as Polish poster stars Lex Drewinski and Agnieszka Ziemiszewska; Chairman of The 4th Block Ukrainian Poster Triennial Oleg Veklenko and designer Mykola Kovalenko from Ukraine; representatives of Iranian poster and graphics – Aménéh Moayedi, graphic designer and organizer of exhibitions and leading representative of the movement to support Iranian women Women. Life. Freedom, and award-winning Sina Afshtar; but also budding artists. The Czech poster is represented by three generations of artists. The doyen of the Czech poster, artist, graphic artist Jan Rajlich Jr., graphic designer Oleg Slepcoff and Anna Drozenová, who is currently studying at the Tomáš Bata University in Zlín.
“We first approached a few artists who we knew had strong posters on the topic of women’s rights, or who were generally involved in the topic. With great humility, we approached them with a specific invitation to participate in our project. The overwhelming majority responded to the invitation very positively and thanks to this, we managed to create a strong collection that includes posters by experienced and award-winning artists alongside young talented artists. I was delighted that the poster artist community supported us in our first exhibition.” revealed Radoslava Boor, curator of ARTtention Prague.
In addition to the posters themselves, we asked the artists two questions. They could write us something about themselves and their motive that led them to create a particular poster. Each artistic vision is thus supported by an often strong and personal story. You can now watch them together with the poster samples every day on our Instagram account.
Ameneh Moayedi, Bartosz Mamak, Mykola Kovalenko, Ivan Kashlakov, Akram Mokhber, Samira Korshidi, Angiezska Adam and Anna Drozen will open the exhibition on May 7, 2024 in the gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute.
Ameneh Moayedi is a graphic designer, artist and curator born in Iran and living in Paris. In 2022, she founded the group Poster for Iran, which collects posters by artists on the theme of Women, Life, Freedom. Moayedi has won numerous awards, participates in many biennials and poster exhibitions around the world, has served on the jury several times.
Bartosz Mamak is a doctor of arts, works as a graphic design lecturer in Poland and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Design. He won numerous awards in national and international graphic design competitions in Poland and abroad.
Mykola Kovalenko is a renowned Ukrainian graphic designer who, starting February 24, 2022, has been creating one poster a day to protest the war being waged against his country. Through his posters, Kovalenko, who now lives in Bratislava, Slovakia, sends his message to the world.
Fifty artists who made the shortlist:
Agnieszka Ziemiszewska (Poland), Akram Mokhber (Iran, Germany), Ameneh Moayedi (Iran), Anna Drozenová (Czech Republic), Bartosz Mamak (Poland), Bertug Bilgin (Turkey), Bright Woo (China), Christopher Han (South Korea) , Daniel Meier (Germany), Dmytro Dziuba (Ukraine), Emran Abtahi – (Iran), Erin Sedra (USA), Gitte Kath (Denmark), Goyen Chen (Thailand), Hyungjoo A. Kim (USA), Ivan Kashlakov (Bulgaria), Jan Rajlich, Jr. (Czech Republic), Jianfei Lu (China), Joanna Górska (Poland), Kaled Avila (Mexico), Keith Kitz (USA), Lenka Sisák (Slovakia), Lex Drewinski (Poland), Luka Prstojevic (Serbia), Łukasz Zwolan (Poland ), Lyuba Tomova (Bulgaria), Maria Eletta Baroni (Italy), Mario Fuentes (Ecuador), Masoud Saffari (Iran), Michel Bouvet (France), Mohammad Afshar (Iran), Mykola Kovalenko (Ukraine/Slovakia), Natalia Volpe ( Argentina), Oleg Slepcoff (Czech Republic), Oleg Veklenko (Ukraine), Olga Czechowska (Poland), Patrycja Longawa (Poland), Pepo Almonte (Mexico), Péter Pócs (Hungary), Qiang Gang (China), Rafael Ramirez Lozano (Mexico ), Raqee S. Najmuldeen (Iraq), Rosalio Rodriguez (Mexico), Samira Khorshidi – Iran, Taber Calderon (USA), Tomaso Marcolla (Italy), Vitaly Bondar (Belarus), Vlad Mykhajliv (Ukraine), Wesam Haddad (USA) , Zlatan Dryanov (Bulgaria)
He stands behind the exhibition the ARTtention Prague project, which aims to point out burning topics of today’s society through art. Specifically, visual artist and curator Radoslava Boor and producer Jitka Zárubová.
You can find more information about the exhibition and the entire project on our website and social networks.
Gallery BKI-Prague
7-24 5. 2024
National Technical Library in Prague
28 May – 28 July 2024
The first of the confirmed exhibitions outside the Czech Republic is the Poster Triennial in Sofia in 2025.
The partners of the project are the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Prague, the Scenic Poster Triennial in Sofia, Amnesty International CR, One World.
IG https://www.instagram.com/bki_praha1
https://www.instagram.com/arttention_prague/
FB https://www.facebook.com/BulharskyKulturniInstitutPraha
https://www.facebook.com/ARTtentionPrague
Website https://www.arttention.eu/
https://www.bki.cz/
Contact: [email protected]
ČTK Connect publishes an image attachment to the report, which is available at http://www.protext.cz.
Tags: International poster exhibition Womens Rights organized ARTtention Prague pretext
-
