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THE AWARD FROM JIŘÍ KOVANDA

curatorship competition art education umělecká kritika award

A ceremony at which Jiří Kovanda, the 2007 patron, presented the Czech Curators and Critics Award to an artist over the age of 35.

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published12. 9. 2007
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THE AWARD FROM JIŘÍ KOVANDA
Veronika Čechová, Karina Kottová, Tereza Jindrová + 1 more
How exactly does the selection and evaluation of artists take place in the context of art awards and, where applicable, evaluation and recognition at art colleges, exhibitions, and other projects? How relevant or "objective" is this selection and evaluation? These are long-discussed questions that have been raised even more intensely in recent years, when the climate surrounding traditional models of awarding art prizes has been changing dynamically in Czechia and abroad, and questions of the forms and ethics of cooperation, care, support, sustainability, etc. are being discussed more and more frequently.
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Jakub Adamec
Contemporary curating has undergone changes. From efforts to build distance and protect a balanced reflexive position it has shifted towards empathy, cooperation and attempts to dehierarchize. Naturally, this is not always the case, but Jakub Adamec is a good example of the fruit that this type of curatorial work may bear.