I Tried to Tell Ya Something Through the Phone
Antonie Stanová / Bohumila Grögerová
Kvalitář Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
17. 9. – 12. 11. 2021
Exhibiting Artists: Antonie Stanová, Bohumila Grögerová
Curator: Monika Čejková
Photos: Studio Flusser
Graphic Design: Jakub Samek
Media: Art Viewer, EASTTOPICS, Kupa Paris
The exhibition I Tried to Tell Ya Something Through the Phone introduces the work of painter Antonie Stanová complemented by an audio work by Bohumila Grögerová, a poet and translator closely tied to experimental poetry. Although both artists never met and they are several generations apart, their approach to language and writing, particularly in the temptation of regrouping, is very similar. Stanová’s paintings are more written than painted and are created as poetic diary entries. Grögerová stepped beyond the boundaries of literature to create image-based or audio works. The exhibition presents canvases and a poem by Antonie Stanová accompanied by Bohumila Grögerová’s radio play Už jenom dýchat... aneb Dum spero, spiro (Only Breathing Left... or, Dum spero, spiro), an almost Kafkaesque drama from 1975.
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