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HOME Gallery Truhlářská 8 in P1 Open 12pm – 8pm Wednesday – Sunday Finding vibrant new art by local or international artists in this town has never been easy, and with the recent closures of the MXM and “I was tired of waiting for things to change,” says Veronika Drahotová, leader of the experienced and talented team of three women artists and professionals launching the project. “We felt we had to break away from a collapsing system where nobody was doing anything.” So the trio – which also includes Veronica Broumová, multimedia artist and head instructor of the New Media II studio at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts, and Aleksandra Vajd, Slovenian photographer and lecturer – pooled funds, struck a good deal with the owner of the space and, most importantly, came up with some ideas set to break the stagnant mold of the Prague gallery scene. Plans include something called HOMEnet: an international network of like-minded galleries that will organize and trade exhibitions composed of artists from around the world into tours that could last up to three years. “In the past, Czech art had to be sold as a package deal,” Drahotová explains. “A group exhibition composed solely of Czech artists would be offered and rejected. This is a complicated business. Our idea is to get Czech artists out there and break out of the box we find ourselves in. At the same time, we want to bring artists from elsewhere into this country and create a more fluid environment that will positively influence the artists and the city.” Representing artists and showing their work at international fairs will be another priority of the gallery – a brave undertaking in a country that many perceive as lacking a vibrant art market. Currently, the only successful private gallery representing artists abroad is the Jiří “What we have here are hybrid galleries, unable to define themselves as state or private, unable to make a profit as they continue to nurse from the tit of the state while aspiring to be a private gallery that turns a profit.” HOME’s position will also be a step away from the underground projects as they have existed in the past. Notable examples include NoD Gallery and Gallery Display, neither of which have earned credibility on the international market and thus remain little more than novelties. Drahotova points out that at least part of the problem is the air of defeatism that has settled over the art scene, with few people willing to start something new. “What was open at the beginning of the ‘90s is not so open now,” Broumová argues. “There is a bad feeling here, and we would like to work against this.” And, at least for Broumová, there is something more: “It’s the space that inspires me. And the time is different now; it’s no longer possible to sit in your apartment and do your work. It’s a change of mind, when you stop working for yourself and begin working for others.” HOME is currently planning to host seven shows a year, mixing in seminars, movie nights, special events and other activities. The Slovenian art group IRWIN opened the space on December 12 with a collection of photography that will run until the beginning of January. |
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