Elmgreen & Dragset: READ
The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset will transform Kunsthalle Praha into a curious public library. Titled READ, their exhibition celebrates Prague's literary heritage, and brings together works by sixty international artists.
For their first major exhibition in Czechia, Elmgreen & Dragset present their own work alongside artworks by sixty artists. Encompassing various decades, geographic regions, and artistic movements, many of these works have been selected from Kunsthalle Praha's Collection, while other artists have been personally invited by the duo to participate. The sprawling exhibition READ focuses on the historic and enduring relevance of books. Designed as a minimalist version of a contemporary public library, it also questions our relationship with books as physical objects and knowledge in the age of digital media. The title not only encourages reading, but also learning and understanding, as in to 鈥渞ead the signs,鈥� 鈥渞ead a situation,鈥� and 鈥渞ead the room.鈥�
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The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset will transform Kunsthalle Praha into a curious public library. Titled READ, their exhibition celebrates Prague's literary heritage, and brings together works by sixty international artists.
For their first major exhibition in Czechia, Elmgreen & Dragset present their own work alongside artworks by sixty artists. Encompassing various decades, geographic regions, and artistic movements, many of these works have been selected from Kunsthalle Praha's Collection, while other artists have been personally invited by the duo to participate. The sprawling exhibition READ focuses on the historic and enduring relevance of books. Designed as a minimalist version of a contemporary public library, it also questions our relationship with books as physical objects and knowledge in the age of digital media. The title not only encourages reading, but also learning and understanding, as in to 鈥渞ead the signs,鈥� 鈥渞ead a situation,鈥� and 鈥渞ead the room.鈥�
Artists on show
- Alejandro Cesarco
- Aleksandra Domanovi膰
- Allan Kaprow
- Barbara Bloom
- Bela Kolárová
- Braco Dimitrijevic
- Cay Bahnmiller
- Chiharu Shiota
- Dick Higgins
- Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
- Dora García
- Dotty Attie
- Elmgreen/Dragset
- Emory Douglas
- Endre Nemes
- Endre Tót
- Florian Pumhösl
- Frantisek Janousek
- George Brecht
- Georges Adéagbo
- Gert & Uwe Tobias
- Géza Perneczky
- Giorgio de Chirico
- IRWIN
- Isa Genzken
- Jaro Varga
- Jean Philippe Delhomme
- Jindrich Styrsky
- Ji艡í Kolá艡
- Kasia Fudakowski
- Katarína Polia膷iková
- Ken Friedman
- Kirsten Pieroth
- Kurt Schwitters
- Marcel Broodthaers
- Marek Schovánek
- Meriç Algün
- Milan Knízák
- Nam June Paik
- Nedko Solakov
- Olga Balema
- Paul B. Preciado
- Pavel Büchler
- Peter Weibel
- Robert Filliou
- Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt
- Saâdane Afif
- Simon Fujiwara
- Slavs & Tatars
- Sophie Calle
- Tarik Kiswanson
- Thomas Cap de Ville
- Tom Lubbock
- Tomislav Gotovac
- Vladimír Bene拧
- Vladimir Houdek
- Vlado Martek
- Wolf Vostell
- Zhang Peili
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