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Edith Jeřábková

Born
1970
Birth place
Šternberk
Place of work
Prague
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About theorist

Jeřábková is regarded as one of the most important Czech curators. And yet how do we deal with such a premise, which asks more questions than it answers? Jeřábková herself rejects any conscious or systematic attempts to build a career, but instead emphases the role of intuition and collective, non-hierarchical collaboration. The most important elements of her curatorial style consist of a personal way of thinking of spatial arrangements and the communication of works within an exhibition as a whole, the interpretation of collective phenomena currently emerging on the Czech art scene, and a sensitive approach to the objects of fine art and their creators. Above all she tracks transformative processes in Czech art of the last thirty years, as well as being more and more active on the international scene.

Jeřábková studied art theory and history at the Faculty of Arts of Palacký University in Olomouc (1990–1996), after which she moved abroad. Since 2005 she was been an independent reviewer in many Czech periodicals, and her articles regularly appear in Ateliér, Umění / Art, the A2 cultural biweekly, Art & Antiques, Flash Art, Photographer, Pars, Wave, Artist or Revue Labyrinth.

Since 2006 she has been developing her curatorial activities at the Gallery Klatovy / Klenová, where in 2007 she and Lenka Vítková organised the exhibition Lovci lebek / Skull Hunters by Josef Bolf, Luděk Rathouský, Vladimír Skrepl and Lubomír Typlt, which focuses on the joint elements of the work of four Czech artists who have hitherto never been linked, such as their subjectivism, highly expressive style and traces of new romanticism.

In 2008 she and Jiří Kovanda curated the exhibition Když jsem byl malej, hrál jsem si s holkama / When I Was Small I Played with Girls at Klatovy / Klenová, which represented the start of a collaboration that continues to this day. This exhibition got her thinking about writing a book that would for the first time chart the work of the internationally famous artist. Jiří Kovanda came out two years later (2010), and in addition to its outstanding visual materials includes texts by important personalities on the Czech art scene who, freed by Jeřábková from the customary restrictions of such publications, reflected on the phenomenon that is Kovanda. During her three-year stint at the Gallery Klatovy / Klenová it is worth drawing attention to her participation on the award Startpoint (2007 with Marcel Fišer, 2008 with Pavel Vančát), which is now one of the biggest graduate shows for European art school students.

From 2009 to 2010 Jeřábková worked at the Museum of Art in Olomouc, and continues to organise independent exhibitions, for instance with Jiří Kovanda for the Prague 4th Biennale Bílý papír černá nevěsta / White Paper Black Bride (2009), in which the work of 29 contemporary Czech artists is reflected across different forms of conceptual tendencies that significantly transcend and hybridise this category. In terms of its installation the exhibitions interrogates its own conception by organising space on the basis of a discontinuity between work and the absence of meaning.

A third important art institution for Jeřábková is the Fotograf Gallery (2010–2012), where during the 2011–2012 season she was main curator. During the three years she worked here she organised many presentations of Czech and foreign artists, an overview of which is contained in the Exhibitions section.

During this time Jeřábková curated one of the exhibitions that reflected the growing trend of objective ontology. The exhibition was entitled Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan,ofBob Dylan (2011) and presented the work of Nina Beier, Jiří Kovanda and Marie Lund. It was spread over three floors of the DOX Centre of Contemporary Art and explored contextual, conceptual and minimalistic approaches and the new interest in sculpture and object, as the exhibition catalogue notes. Even though most of the works were firmly tied to their position in the gallery space, since three works from three artists always featured and these connections were communicated (invisibly) across three floors, one of the works transcended the framework of the gallery space. From time to time the custodians put on their tap dancing shoes and by means of their movement created a new topography for the institutions.

From 2010 to 2012 Jeřábková was active at the Academic Research Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (VVP AVU). Her research culminated in one of the most important retrospective exhibitions of recent years: Ostrovy odporu. Mezi první a druhou moderností 19852012 / Islands of Resistance: Between the First and Second Modernity (National Gallery, 2012). This exhibition, which examined the last 25 years of Czech fine art, was curated along with Jiří and Jana Ševčík as one of the outputs of a five-year research project conducted by the VVP AVU. The installation, like the choice of artists, reflected the conviction that the political, social and cultural milestone in Czech art during the mid-1980s had left its trace on the next quarter of a century.

Jeřábková has worked with many artists, including the Rafani group and the exhibition Rafani (Galerie U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy, 2009), Dech / Breath (Dům umění města Brna, 2012), O równości (Galeria Awantgarda, BWA Vratislav, 2013), Kometa (Centrum pro současné umění Futura, 2014), O kladu a záporu (Czech Centre Sofia, 2015); Markéta Othová with the exhibitions Tichá dohoda / Silent Agreement (Galerie Šternberk, 2008), Bílý papír černá nevěsta / White Paper Black Bride (Karlin Studios, 2009), Ears Like Loops (Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Łódź, 2010), Země se otáčí a vše z ní sklouzává (Hunt Kastner Artworks, 2013), Explain Me Not (SVIT Prague and Autocenter, Berlin, 2014), Nejlepší Krejčí ve městě (Hunt Kastner Artworks, 2015) and Václav Girsa – Line Up The Creatures (Galerie Jelení, 2009), Říkám Vám, je to pravda… (Kabinet T, Zlín, 2012), Vašek a Vašek (Entrance Gallery, 2013), Kometa (Centrum pro současné umění Futura, 2014), Sestry, držme se! (Czech Centre Sofia, 2015).

Since 2011 Jeřábková has also jointly headed the Sculpture Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague with Dominik Lang. One of the first creative collaborations of artist and theoretician in this position yielded the series Episodes IIV (2015), exhibitions, and other projects on which Jeřábková and her students collaborated in an open, equal dialogue. Episode IV was part of the project Satellite Prague and Brno coordinated within the framework of the OFF-Biennale Budapest. Her teaching work is an integral part of Jeřábková’s activities in the sphere of art.

From around 2013 we see the locus of her activities shifting beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. There was the exhibition of works by Zbyněk Baladrán Socio-fiction (2015) at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the group exhibition Explain Me Not (2014) curated with Mariana Serranová in the art-residency premises of the SVIT Gallery in the Autocenter Gallery in Berlin.

A noteworthy recent exhibition is the group Kometa (2014) at the Futura Contemporary Art Centre, which examined the possibilities of another consciousness through the prism of the counterculture of the sixties (the hippies), seventies (punk) and nineties (rave). The movement was confronted with the present (whence the metaphor of a constantly returning comet) and current sociological and philosophical discourse, e.g. the ideas of Bruno Latour, post-internet theories and speculative realism.

Jeřábková is also a member of the association of curators Are (along with Zuzana Blochová, Jan Zálešák and Christina Gigliotti), a platform for independent collaboration with artists from the CR and abroad.

Author of the annotation
Jana Baierová

Published
2016

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Education, grants and scholarships

1990 - 1996 Theory and History of Art, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University in Olomouc (MA degree)

Experience

- since 2010 Academic Research Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague

- since 2010 Fotograf Gallery, Prague (since 201 as a chief curator)

- 2009 - 2010 curator, Museum of Art, Olomouc

- since 2006 curator of exhibitions and art collections and deputy director at Klatovy / Klenová Gallery

- since 2005 independent art critic (Ateliér, Umění, Kulturní týdenník A2, Art & Antiques, Flash Art, Fotograf, Pars, Vlna, Umělec, Revue Labyrint)

 

Membership in Boards:

Cena Kritiků, Galerie kritiků, Praha

Galerie České pojišťovny, Praha

Galerie Mladých, Brno

Meet Factory, Praha

Start Point Prize, Klatovy / Klenová, GASK Kutná Hora

Výběrová komise pro 54. Bienále výtvarného umění v Benátkách

Grantová komise Magistrátu hlavního města Prahy

Grantová komise Ministerstva kultury ČR

Komise pro Nový zlínský salon VI

Exhibitions

Exhibitions/events not included in database

2011 Screen Tests Revisited (Conrad Ventur), Fotograf Gallery, Praha

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Boba Dylana (Nina Beier, Jiří Kovanda, Marie Lund), DOX, Praha

 

2010 Mínus jedna (Tereza Velíková), Fotograf Gallery, Praha

Graffity (Ivan Vosecký), Karlín Studios,

Praha

Adaptace (Silvie Kolevová), Fotograf Gallery, Praha

2 : Má jich víc (Jana Vojnárová, Alžběta Říhová a Zuzana Ondroušková), Galerie Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze
, Praha Andrew´s Honeymoon (Andrew Gilbert), Galerie Kabinet T., Zlín

Ears Like Loops (Petra Herotová, Eva Koťátková, Markéta Othová, Pavel Sterec, Kateřina Šedá, Jan Šerých, Jiří Thýn), Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Lodž (PL)

Martin John, Jiří Kovanda, Vladimír Skrepl, 1988, SVIT Praha, Praha

Records (Michal Škoda), Fotograf Gallery, Praha

Sebrané úvahy (skupinová výstava), Entrance Gallery, Praha

 

2009 Zeichen und Wunder, Cora Piantoni, Entrance Gallery, Praha

Bílý papír černá nevěsta (s Jiřím Kovandou), Prague Biennale 4, Karlin Hall, Praha

So Much More / Utopia of Apocalypse (Jubal Brown, Filip Cenek, Richard Healy, Charlie Tweed, George Young, Timothy Roberts, Conrad Ventur, Erik Tode, Matej Smetana), Meet Factory, Praha

Historická práce (s Lenkou Lindaurovou), (Vilém Kabzan, Jiří Kovanda, Marek Meduna, Michal Pěchouček, Pavel Sterec, Jiří Thýn, Tomáš Vaněk), Galerie Václava Špály, Praha

Line Up The Creatures (Václav Girsa), Galerie Jelení, Praha

Boty (s Jiřím Kovandou), 36, Olomouc Ty nejsi ty, ty jsi já (Josef Bolf), GHMP, Staroměstská radnice, Praha

Rafani, Galerie U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy

 

2008 Vkus Francouzů je mi zcela lhostejný (Patricie Fexová, Sláva Sobotovičová, Lenka Vítková), Karlin Studios, Praha Když jsem byl malej, hrál jsem si s holkama (Jiří Kovanda), Galerie U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy

Gehilfen (Michal Pěchouček, Jiří Skála, Jan Šerých, Evžen Šimera a Pavel Štýbr), Galerii U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy X + X (Jan Freiberg, Tomáš Hrůza, Tereza Kabůrková, Petr Krátký, Lukáš Kubec, Tomáš Moravec, Michal Pěchouček, Dušan Skala, Jiří Skála, Tomáš Svoboda), Galerie U Bílého jednorožce, Klatovy

Start Point 2008 (s Pavlem Vančátem) Galerie Klatovy / Klenová

Tichá dohoda (s Pavlem Vančátem), (Marek Meduna, Markéta Othová, Jiří Thýn, Vincenc Vingler), Galerie Šternberk Pink Carpet (Jiří Kovanda), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (ES)

 

2007 Lovci lebek (s Lenkou Vítkovou), Galerie U Bílého jednorožce v Klatovech, Východočeská galerie v Pardubicích, Galerie Šternberk a Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg (DE)

Mobility (spolukurátorka projektu Kunstverein Graz), Regensburg (DE)

Start Point 2007 (s Marcelem Fišerem), Galerie Klatovy / Klenová

Bibliography

Bibliography

Catalogue Texts:

 

Texty do katalogů:

 

Obraz je druhá strana překližky, text pro katalog Lovci lebek, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, 2007 Texty a příprava GA2LERIE, příloha kulturního týdeníku A2, Praha, 2007

Text pro Album Jakub Špaňhel, Benzinky, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, 2007

Zakázané uvolnění (Jan Šerých / Michal Škoda), text pro katalog Zakázané uvolnění, k výstavě ve Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Praha 2008 Místo narození, X+X 2008, katalog k výstavě, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová 2008

Včera jsem vydesinfikoval celý nebe, Laďa Gažiová, Obrazy 2004-2008, Praha 2008

Evžen Šimera - Poctivá příprava a podvratná estetika, Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého 2008, Společnost Jindřicha Chalupeckého, Praha 2008

Aktivistická skupina Jiří David (angažovanst, symbol a Ziggy Stardust), katalog Jiří David – Předběžná retrospektiva, Moravská galerie v Brně 2009, s. 123 – 129

Bílý papír černá nevěsta (s Jiřím Kovandou), Prague Biennale 4, Flash Art, Milano 2009 Katalog dílna 08, Mikulov Art Symposium XV, město Mikulov 2009

Adaptace (Silvie Kolevová), publikace k výstavě, Fotograf Gallery, Praha 2010.

Jiří Kovanda, White Blanket Secese, katalog k výstavě, Secession, Vídeň 2010, s. 5 – 23.

Jiří Kovanda, Composition with Butterfly, Dominik Art Projects Foundation, Krakov 2010, s. 8 – 80.

David Böhm a Jiří Franta, Pozor na pozoruhodnost. Kresba přes překážky, Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého Finále 2010, Společnost Jindřicha Chalupeckého 2010, s. 18 – 19.

Patrik Kovačovský, výběr z tvorby 1994-2010, Bratislava, 2010, s. 27 – 31.

Records (Michal Škoda), publikace k výstavě, Fotograf Gallery, Praha 2010.

Jiří Kovanda, editor katalogu, Fakulta umění a designu Univerzity Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová 2010, počet stran 288.

Plán B (s Lenkou Vítkovou), Místa počinu, Komunikační prostor Školská 28, Praha 2010.

Screen Tests Revisited (Conrad Ventur), publikace k výstavě, Fotograf Gallery, Praha 2011.

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Boba Dylana (Nina Beier, Jiří Kovanda, Marie Lund), editor katalogu, Centrum současného umění DOX, Praha 2010.

 

 

Texts in Art Periodicals:

Plán B (s Lenkou Vítkovou), Umělec, 3/2006.

Ne-moc mladých v Rudolfinu, týdeník A2, 46/2006.

Punkwa Blues, pomalu a líně, týdeník A2, 46/2006.

Na okraj jednoho experimentu, týdeník A2, 37/2006.

Nová generace na Artfestu, týdeník A2, 35/2006.

V parku „36”, týdeník A2, 31/2006.

Ther těsně po Broughamu, týdeník A2, 26/2006.

VIP festival, týdeník A2, 26/2006.

Jarní vánoční ozdoby, týdeník A2, 22/2006.

minirecenze, týdeník A2, 10/2006.

Der die das – psí vocas, týdeník A2, 09/2006.

Je mi to kouř, Ateliér 4/2007, s. 5.

Startpoint 2006, Pars pro toto 9/2006, s. 4 – 7.

Art&Pond 2006, Pars pro toto 9/2006, s. 10 – 13.

Workshopy, Pars pro toto 9/2006, s. 14 – 15.

Premisy a očekávání, Galerie Rudolfinum, Vol. I, No. 2, Flash Art CZ/SK 2006, s. 55. Patrik Kovačovský, Prelet a Kosmos, Vol. I, No. 1, Flash Art CZ/SK 2006, s. 62.

Tomáš Hrůza není krajinář, ročník 5, číslo 8, fotograf 2006, s. 92 – 93.

Lovci lebek, katalog, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová, 2007.

Start Point 2007, katalog, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová, 2007.

STILL another exhibition of painting, A2 kulturní týdeník, 45/2007.

Ostravská specifika, A2 kulturní týdeník, 41/2007.

Ondřej Kopal, A2 kulturní týdeník, 27/2007.

...brutal but soft, A2 kulturní týdeník, 18/2007.

Video v kurátorské režii, A2 kulturní týdeník, 17/2007.

Postrapový kronikář, A2 kulturní týdeník, 15/2007.

Neklidem k Bohu, A2 kulturní týdeník, 10/2007.

Skupina Ládví, A2 kulturní týdeník, 6/2007.

Alice Nikitinová, A2 kulturní týdeník, 4/2007.

Metajazyk pro normální lidi, Art & antiques, červen 2007.

Kludně kráť, Umělec 4/2007.

Lidská záležitost. Jiří David ve Wannieck Gallery, Art & antiques, listopad 2007.

Až na vyjímky nové. Nová expozice ve Wannieck Gallery, Art & antiques, prosinec 2007.

Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého, Art & antiques, prosinec 2007.

malířský salón bez odpovědí, Nová trpělivost v pražském Mánesu, Art & antiques, duben 2007.

Liga mistrů, Flash Art (česká a slovenská verze), 10/2007.

Forma následuje... Risk, Ateliér, 12/2007.

Rafani, Ateliér, 11/2007.

„...je mi to kouř“, Ateliér, 04/2007.

Oleje na plátně, Umělec, 03/2007.

New New Knížák, kulturní týdeník A2, 07/2008.

Strategie rekonstrukce v dnešním umění, kulturní týdeník A2, 01/2008.

Galerie mluví / Galleries talk, Umělec 01/2008.

Dvakrát, Ateliér 16-17/2008, s. 1.

Příspěvek k pražskému trienále, Ateliér 14-15/2008, s. 1.

Resetting. Jiné cesty k věcnosti, Ateliér 3/2008, s. 12.

Screen, Ateliér 7/2008, s. 5.

Sympozium (A)symetrické historie – zamlčené rámce a vytěsněné problémy, Ateliér 9/2008, S. 2.

Pavel Vančát, Tichá dohoda, Ateliér 20/2008, s. 5.

„...Zvolna začínám chápat, jak se asi cítí oliva v martini...“, Art&Antique 4/2008.

Stejné, ale jiné, Art&Antique 9/2008.

Eva Koťátková, Rozhovor, Galerie Labyrint 56, Revue Labyrint 23-24/2008, s. 96 – 108. Jiří Kovanda - Pink Carpet, builletin Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela (ES) 2008. Cora Piantoni, Ateliér 4/2009, s. 7. Jít na Skrepla, Art&Antique 5/2009 Spodní proud v Rudolfinu, Art&Antique 7/8/2009, s.101 – 103. Milan Salák, Ateliér, 8/2009, s. Eva Kotatkova, Flash Art 270/2010, www.flashartonline.com/interno.php, 12. 01. 2011. Oskar Dawicki, Flash Art 272/2010, www.flashartonline.com/interno.php, 12. 01. 2011. Jak si cenit ceny, kulturní týdeník A2, 25/2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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