Among the most interesting recent work of Markéta Kubačáková belongs her work made by a classic technique – watercolour, which is however due to the way of installation and the backgroung of thought placed into the context of contemporary art. Some of them were shown at the beginning of the year in her exhibition in Fenestr Gallery „„After Battle of Bílá Hora cubit – four fingers, five grains and a dot“ or in the exhibition she had together with Václav Magid „Up to the top of superficiality, down to the bottom of shallowness“ at the turn of March and April in 35m2 Gallery. New watercolour paintings will be also exhibited in Jelení Gallery. Part of the installation is a book „Tvarochodi“, written and illustrated by Markéta, inspired by the stories of people living in Horní Jelení in Eastern Bohemia.

artistsMarkéta Kubačáková
placeGalerie Jelení
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castMarkéta Kubačáková
cameraSikora Erik
soundSikora Erik
editingSikora Erik
interviewSikora Erik
published3. 5. 2011
languageČesky / English
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Throughout his life, Chalupecký promoted and defended new artistic trends and was interested in general questions of art, especially the meaning of art in modern society. He was a defender of art in connection with life. In today's terms, we could perhaps use the term activist or engaged art. He did not believe in the purely aesthetic function of art and culture in general.
In today's social climate, the line between folk horror and urban myths is as thin and winding as the old streets of Prague. In our most recent historical memory, we have seen them re-enchanted by the decline in tourism and repopulated by lonely figures of stray night walkers and people excluded from society. The age-old idea of art as a mirror that allows us to see lived reality from a new perspective comes to mind, or perhaps a distorted glass surface can deform shapes and create illusions.