Borderline Syndrom
DAVID SAUDEK, JAROSLAV VALEČKA
The exhibition project entitled “Borderline Syndrome” is a creative discussion among the artists David Saudek, Jaroslav Valečka and Martin Káňa, who took the path of revolving around the subject of the so-called displacement of the German population from the Czech lands after the Second World War as well as Czech-German co-existence throughout the borderline areas of the Sudeten. The authors were genuinely surprised by the clearness and suddenness with which an increasing number of links between their own lives and the histories of their families began surfacing just in front of them. In autumn 2015, their project will moreover be joined by two leading German artists, brothers Hansjürgen and Lothar Joachim Gartners, as the authentic eyewitnesses of the displacement in the Karlovy Vary Art Gallery. The shared aim of all the participants is to confront the visions of the given events via artistic means and to behold this section of history outside any external censorship.
Rea Michalová, curator
The exhibition project has been presented in the following institutions and galleries:
Gallery UFFO, Trutnov; Gallery Klatovy / Klenová, Gallery Michal´s Collection, Prague; Ostrale – Internationale Ausstellung zeitgenössischer Künste, Dresden
David Saudek /1966/
1991-1997 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Sculpture & Installation Studio, School of S. Kolíbal; New Media Studio, School of M. Bielický)
Represented in collections: National Gallery in Prague; Gallery Klatovy / Klenová; Museum Kampa – Meda Mládek Collection; Museum of Modern Art New York – Gilbert and Lila Silvermann Foundation; Museum Ludwig, Köln; private collections in Czech Republic and abroad
Jaroslav Valečka /1972/
1991-1998 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Painting Studio, School of J. Sopko)
Represented in collections: National Gallery in Prague; Gallery Klatovy / Klenová; Aleš South Bohemian Gallery; Center for Contemporary Art, Prague; Credit Mutuel de Bretagne; Festung Koenigstein, Gmbh, Germany; Foundation de Bourgogne; Gallery of Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem; Gallery of City Chrudim; Rabas Gallery, Rakovník; Hlávka Foundation, Praha; Collection of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; private collections in Czech Republic and abroad