• City Gallery of Contemporary Art

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Discussion in Fiducia:

What statues to create in Ostrava and how?

Location:
  1. PLATO, Porážková 26
 

Are there any examples of good practice of how to commission new statues in the public space in the Czech Republic? And what to do with statues that “didn’t come out well”?

Guests:
Zuzana Bajgarová – Ostrava's Deputy Mayor
Petr Dub – artist, co-author of a study on art in the public space of the Prague 5 municipality
Lukáš Jansa – councillor for architecture and the public space of the Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz municipalities
Tomáš Knoflíček – exhibition curator, organiser of Kukačka, a festival of art in the public space
Jiří Ptáček – independent curator, founder member of the Skutek art association

Presenter: Tereza Aubrechtová (Ostrava University).

Organised by the Fiducia and PLATO.