UMĚLEC MÁ CENU 2009 – CENA OD ADRIENY ŠIMOTOVÉ
The prize is passed as a gesture of younger generations of artists and theorists to the older generation of artists. It is about recognition, which is mediated to the selected artist whose election involving more than 100 people across the Czech Republic, who at the time of voting is 35 years old and nominating two artists over 35 years. Of the total votes received there is a group of finalists. Age limit “nominators” is selected intuitively; character of the prize for each year depends on a meeting of jury with finalists in their studios.
- "The Artists' Got Their Prize"00:00:00.000
- The Prize from Adriena Šimotová00:00:32.794
- We welcome you to the prize announcement00:01:26.527
- of the Adriena Šimotová Prize.00:01:28.075
- Last year she was awarded the prize from Vladimír Skrepl.00:01:30.684
- Two years ago, Vladimír Skrepl got his from Jiří Kovanda.00:01:34.167
- Like every year we start with the annoucement00:01:36.947
- of prizes for the best solo exhibition and group exhibition of the past year.00:01:44.151
- Good evening, I welcome you here on my behalf and on the behalf of Martin Mazanec00:01:52.399
- who will come in a minute.00:01:59.431
- We won´t keep you waiting00:02:02.771
- and let´s start with the first category.00:02:04.939
- The best exhibition of the last year00:02:09.451
- was the exhibition of Michal Pěchouček in the Gallery of Jiří Švestka.00:02:10.944
- We would like to invite him here00:02:14.391
- to announce the best solo exhibition of the past year.00:02:17.853
- Good evening, the best solo exhibition00:02:24.386
- Wait, you can´t know it!00:02:29.464
- Of course I don´t.00:02:32.886
- Shall I open it?00:02:38.513
- I hope the winner is present.00:02:57.508
- But this is group exhibition.00:03:17.840
- I thought I was supposed to announce solo exhibition.00:03:27.015
- It is almost the same packet,00:03:38.715
- it's easy to get mixed up.00:03:41.447
- This is also a group exhibition.00:03:48.384
- It is written inside.00:03:50.370
- Well.00:03:54.043
- The best solo exhibition of the past year is Filip Turek, Kryptonormal.00:04:00.593
- We haven´t expected that, but we have wished it to him.00:04:14.787
- Is Filip Turek here?00:04:18.560
- Or the curator of the exhibition, Tomáš Pospíšil?00:04:20.437
- Tomáš, are you here?00:04:25.823
- Hi, are you glad?00:04:35.688
- I am. But it was Filip´s exhibition, and00:04:38.468
- it is a pity that he is not here.00:04:41.783
- Yes, it is. I have always liked him a lot.00:04:43.180
- We have known each other for a long time,00:04:49.034
- and he still looks good.00:04:50.780
- I like him too.00:04:52.246
- I don´t know what to say.00:04:53.951
- I just helped him with the installation.00:04:57.143
- The rest was his work. I will give greetings to him from you.00:05:01.511
- I will tell him to call you.00:05:06.468
- I hope we won´t make a mistake again.00:05:10.185
- Logically, now the group exhibition.00:05:12.071
- Last year it was Karel Císař´s exhibition - Young Artists Biennial at The Stone Bell Gallery.00:05:15.786
- He is in Germany, he asked Markéta Othová, to award the prize instead of him.00:05:22.600
- The best group exhibition of the past year00:05:35.804
- is the Monument of Transformation.00:05:39.778
- This is from Karel and this is from Dominik and Karel.00:05:45.520
- We haven´t expected it, so thank you very much.00:05:55.187
- I have to give you greetings from Zbyněk, he is in Egypt.00:05:58.471
- I think he is fine. I think it is much warmer there than here.00:06:02.252
- Thank you.00:06:06.458
- Every year the laureate is nominated by more than 100 artists who are younger than 35.00:06:08.224
- The young artists nominate to older ones.00:06:17.303
- The ones with the biggest number of votes00:06:20.740
- proceed to the grand finale.00:06:23.853
- Then there is a jury which picks up the laureate.00:06:26.461
- I would ask all the jury members to come here.00:06:30.807
- So Václav Magid, Eva Koťátková, Marie Herškovcová, Věra Borozan, Petra Herotová00:06:38.285
- who sends apologies. She can´t come, she is sick.00:06:47.192
- I would say a few words about our choice.00:06:57.846
- At first I would say that we were amazed by all finalists.00:07:01.889
- They all were great.00:07:17.202
- We have prepared a few words which would justify our choice.00:07:26.223
- We would like to outline it,00:07:34.262
- so you could imagine who will be this year's laureate of the Adriena Šimotová Prize.00:07:36.971
- We appreciate the creative approach which is significantly consistent,00:07:48.150
- which is mature, continuous, coherent, peculiar and consistent.00:07:57.000
- It is consistent because we said it twice.00:08:15.827
- Also, it is a solid approach.00:08:21.136
- And besides this, it reflects inner child of the author.00:08:28.109
- It also reflects other artists´ work.00:08:34.399
- However, the work is reflected in relations not in a touchy way.00:08:41.035
- He connects master control of media with balancing on the edge of discourse,00:08:51.764
- which is a significant phenomenon in the Czech art scene because00:08:58.880
- today´s discourse is liquid.00:09:05.962
- Where should I read?00:09:14.623
- It is an asymmetrical answer to social palour,00:09:19.087
- anchored in local context, but at the same time, it contravenes it.00:09:26.303
- It is emphemeral, and ambivalent.00:09:35.536
- I think we have fully characterized this year's laureate´s work.00:09:43.892
- However, you will know it after watching a short movie.00:09:55.880
- Thank you for your attention.00:09:59.943
- The Prize from Adriena Šimotová00:10:03.074
- Let´s search something shabby and ruined.00:10:38.287
- You have said "Marxova".00:10:41.608
- I think I would come from this side,00:10:56.292
- I would make a tone,00:11:02.706
- I want each of you to repeat the tone, and try to remember it.00:11:08.455
- One, two, three...00:11:36.599
- For me, there is a big difference beween the head and the body.00:12:03.222
- I want them to get closer00:12:07.132
- despite the fact that I use different principles.00:12:10.373
- In fact, it is a connection of two diverse things.00:12:18.581
- I think we will chat about it. That will be the best.00:13:16.025
- When I show you a movie that is going to be exhibited.00:13:19.575
- It is the same as the television.00:13:24.552
- The story has a mirror structure.00:13:27.693
- I will show you I drew it.00:13:32.109
- You have to show it on the camera.00:13:35.440
- The story itself, which is very important to me,00:13:39.074
- because the story deals with the situation taking place.00:13:41.393
- This is zero. Then it goes back.00:13:52.650
- He didn´t manage it for the first time, so he goes back and deeper into the past.00:13:55.816
- Indeed, everything takes place twice.00:14:00.688
- Once in the present, the second time in the past.00:14:03.395
- You can ask, if you want.00:14:07.802
- No, I don´t want to ask.00:14:09.869
- I´ve just wanted to say that I appreciate that you haven´t shown us anything.00:14:11.244
- If you like to see all my work,00:14:33.098
- you will have to be here for two days.00:14:35.149
- This one, the first one.00:14:54.193
- I take pictures of found furniture.00:15:55.763
- It is called Passive Design.00:15:58.925
- It is home-made furniture, table from a chair.00:16:01.854
- Some are not destroyed only scratched.00:16:11.775
- Everything is found in the street or it was given to me.00:16:15.783
- This is from my mother.00:16:19.173
- I have five more pieces upstairs that I found.00:16:25.241
- It is amazing, the surroundings here is rich in old furniture.00:16:27.961
- Yes, it is fantastic.00:16:31.042
- I will show you some of my preparation work.00:16:33.671
- It is a beautiful sketch book.00:16:37.155
- It is just a beginning of a new thing.00:16:40.848
- I took three.00:17:03.410
- Find them!00:17:08.296
- I won´t show them to you.00:17:11.086
- Some socks.00:17:13.342
- Hrabal. There are some drawings.00:17:16.574
- If my grandfather or father saw it, he would have told me that I was a barbarian.00:17:23.669
- You can´t do this with books.00:17:28.827
- The SS in action.00:17:30.403
- I didn´t know what for the book it is.00:17:35.411
- Once, I was given this book "Markéta".00:17:52.112
- It is a Viewegh, "The Novel for Women".00:17:54.711
- Damn it. Mr docent!00:18:26.436
- Coffee?00:18:31.040
- Hi, that´s a surprize!00:18:33.860
- What do you think about this?00:18:37.634
- Try to interpret it!00:18:39.319
- I will be the first-year student under Knížák at the Academy of Fine Arts00:18:41.527
- defending my work.00:18:44.464
- Let´s go this way.00:18:47.686
- Please, help me, it is heavy.00:18:49.812
- This was painted by a child of a student,00:19:00.598
- but I liked it so left it there.00:19:03.692
- Malevich never thought of children as a painter.00:19:07.906
- So it means that moderdnism is fucked up.00:19:13.033
- Ego art is clear. It is a reference to Viktor Frešo.00:19:15.181
- I have video paintings art.00:19:18.973
- What is it?00:19:25.676
- It is not a microwave oven.00:19:26.932
- It is not... it is an overhead projector.00:19:31.517
- I found it in the garbage, which means that it´s a ready made art.00:19:35.138
- It is not a television.00:19:39.825
- This is a Čapek. Against war.00:19:44.080
- This is a portrait of Vladimír Skrepl, today´s.00:19:50.703
- How I perceive him.00:19:54.736
- It may also be Baselitz.00:19:58.359
- Good evening,00:20:24.586
- can you hear me?00:20:26.141
- I welcome you here, you have come to hear the results.00:20:40.847
- I am very glad that I am here, and that I can hand over the prize.00:20:43.348
- The winners of this year are Pavel Jasanský and Martin Polák.00:20:54.952
- I would like to congratulate them.00:21:11.313
- I think this is a very important event.00:21:18.361
- It is a communication between old and young artists.00:21:24.080
- I greatlz appreciate your activity and initiative.00:21:31.435
- I wish all of you much luck, and I hope it will be repeated,00:21:45.474
- I don´t mean to repeat it more often in one year.00:21:51.594
- The laureats may become conceited.00:21:58.466
- I wanted this bag. I would like this bag.00:22:07.549
- I would like to have a new pair of trousers.00:22:13.119
- No, just linen and plain.00:22:17.792
- We have to decide now. We can´t take it back.00:22:53.268
- I´d like to say a few words.00:23:12.699
- With each of my colleagues we have lived through many things.00:23:14.866
- You don´t have to be an eyewitness to know it.00:23:21.628
- I wanted to thank the laureates.00:23:40.294
- We worked with Marek Polák so many times,00:23:46.955
- and he always satisfied me although he didn´t have much time.00:23:51.828
- Today we don´t see each other so often, because I work in Brno.00:23:56.294
- I still think of everybody.00:24:03.007
- I wanted to say thank you.00:24:05.897