Immerse yourself in Václav Stratil's captivating "Zatoulaný pes" (Lost Dog) exhibition, a unique project developed for Galerie Rudolfinum. This showcase transforms charming animal imagery into profound, mysterious narratives using detailed dark drawings. Explore themes of ancient beings and enchantment, complemented by innovative photographic enlargements that challenge perceptions of scale and reproduction technology.
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This exhibition, specially prepared for Galerie Rudolfinum, showcases artist Václav Stratil's 'Zatoulaný pes' (Lost Dog) project. The work transforms charming depictions of exotic animals into mysterious narratives, exploring themes of enchantment and ancient beings through detailed, dark hatching. The exhibition also incorporates photographic enlargements that play with scale and reproduction technology.
The exhibition "Zatoulaný pes" (Lost Dog) by Václav Stratil was developed specifically for Galerie Rudolfinum. The artist presents a romanticized, almost banal, spectrum of cute exotic animals, as known from book reproductions, transmuted into a wondrous content and stories of mysterious magic. In a dark, densely hatched style in small formats, he transformed the appearance of creatures from the animal kingdom into fictional beings, reminiscent of ancient times. In close proximity to photographic enlargements of the drawings themselves, the art gains another dimension of meaning. The artist's own features are lost in the enormous format, and detail ceases to matter, while the raster and flaws of reproductive technology gain significance. The project was prepared by Václav Stratil and theorist Yvonna Boháčková, who sadly passed away prematurely. The artist, together with the exhibition curator Petr Nedoma, dedicated this entire project to her. The conception of the exhibition was by Yvonna Boháčová and Václav Stratil, with Petr Nedoma serving as curator.
The text mentions that the last entry to the exhibition is possible no later than 30 minutes before closing time. It also states that admission is voluntary. Specific opening hours are listed as closed on Mondays and Thursdays, and open Tuesday-Sunday, however, the text within the "Vážení návštěvníci" section implies the gallery might be closed, which is contradictory. Given the archival nature, current ticketing and opening hours are not reliably indicated beyond the mention of voluntary admission for this specific exhibition in the past context provided.
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