Exhibiting plan in 2020
Since the year 2020, the curatorial intention of the Altán Klamovka Gallery has been concentrating on current topics in art, such as art sustainability and intergenerational dialogues of new and middle generations.
Because the lesson of the year 2020 was that we succumbed to hurry, so we slowed down. That is why I decided in 2020 to only four exhibitions with a longer duration, but with a more sophisticated system of documentation - quality photo documentation and video interviews with artists.
At the same time, the gallery focused on presenting foreign authors and deepening cooperation with them. The curatorial plan was again aimed at contemporary drawing with post-conceptual overlaps into other media. The established artist Dorota Sadovská represented the Slovak Republic, who prepared a unique painting installation for the gallery emphasizing the possibilities of drawing led directly into the canvas material. Then an exhibition was followed by Ostrava-based author David Vojtuš, a graduate in the field of illustration and graphics at the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava. For Altán Klamovka David Vojtuš created a site-specific graphic installation based on his current work, working with plastic material and traditional graphic techniques. The last exhibition in 2020 was XI. Virtual Biennale Prague which connected the phenomenon of the artist's poster with the internet network (more https://www.aug.cz/virtualni-bienale). This international project featured a publication that documented the previous ten years and included texts from leading graphic designers of the middle and older generations from around the world who participated in this project in past years by sitting on the international jury of this art competition.
Social distancing has stopped cultural activities that are dependent on visitors and direct interaction. After the first shock, it was essential to continue the work because art is necessary for the mental hygiene that we still need. The role of culture is that art has the potential to influence the future. Altán Klamovka Gallery serves as an essential platform for developing future cooperation in both publishing and exhibition areas in connection with cooperating galleries, and institutions (eg Regional Gallery Liberec, Supermarket Art Fair, etc.).