• City Gallery of Contemporary Art

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Exhibitions

Primeval Forest, Garden and Wall

Location:
  1. PLATO, Porážková 26

Opening 16/10/2024 at 6 pm

Artists: Lech Wilczek and Jan Hošek

Curators: Edith Jeřábková (Garden), Jan Albert Šturma (Wall)

Admission fee:
Fan 1 CZK
Supporter 30 CZK
Love 100 CZK

 

An exhibition dedicated to the primeval forest garden in the Polish borderland by photographer Lech Wilczek, and the anti-migration wall dividing people and the entire primeval forest organism.

The exhibition is dedicated to a now-defunct garden in the Białowieża Forest, founded and documented by photographer and forest protector Lech Wilczek (1930–2018). The current issue of the wall built in the forest in the context of the migration conflict between Poland and Belarus is commented on in a mural by Jan Hošek, realized in collaboration with field biologist Jan Albert Šturma, who studies the ecological permeability of the forest heavily damaged by the construction of the border wall.

The exhibition takes place in the Keyhole: a space for gardening, growing, playing and art.

 

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Lech Wilczek, photographs, 1970s – 2006 (c) Martin Polák, PLATO
Lech Wilczek, photographs, 1970s – 2006 (c) Martin Polák, PLATO
Jan Hošek, drawings, 2019–2024 & Jan Albert Šturma, text, 2024 (c) Martin Polák, PLATO
Jan Hošek, drawings, 2019–2024 & Jan Albert Šturma, text, 2024 (c) Martin Polák, PLATO
Lech Wilczek, photographs, 1970s – 2006, opening of exhibition Primeval Forest, Garden and Wall (c) Dominika Goralska, PLATO
Jan Hošek, drawings, 2019–2024 & Jan Albert Šturma, text, 2024, opening of exhibition Primeval Forest, Garden and Wall (c) Dominika Goralska, PLATO

Programme:

 
 

Jan Albert Šturma participated in a residency at PLATO, resulting in the text presented in the exhibition. The residency at PLATO was supported by the European Union (Next Generation EU), the National Recovery Plan, and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.