Join us for the artist talk and discussion with the Czech award winning artist duo Anna Slama and Marek Delong. Escaping logic and calculation their artistic practice employs elements of fairy tales, sensuality, and magic to create a space for vulnerability, intuition and unbiased navigation of the world. In the talk the artists will present excerpts from their most recent video work and discuss the interesting ideas driving their artistic practice.
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The artist duo Anna Slama and Marek Delong has shown a long-term interest in emotional strain and return to sensitivity and genuineness of artworks. They create a space for therapy and distance from the anxiety of the current generation facing the pressures of global crisis and the loss of a positive vision of future and hope. In their artistic practice, they focus on installation, often assuming the dimensions of site-specific scenography, in which they embed their sculptures, objects, videos, and paintings.
Photogalery
1. Rybizek, 2019. Photo © Tomáš Souček
2. Will I become a better person if I stop dreaming about the stars? 2019. Photo © Tomáš Souček
3. Bludna Loza, 2019
4. You Mean the World to Me, 2020. Photo © Tomáš Rubín
5. Maglev series, 2022. Photo © Tomáš Rubín
6. Maglev series, 2022. Photo © Tomáš Rubín
The artists, recipients of Jindřich Chalupecký Award in 2020, are visiting New York as part of their artist residency organized by the Czech Centers in cooperation with the Jindřich Chalupecký Society.
More about the work of Slama & Delong here.
Delong and Slama are recepients of Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2020 and regularly exhibit on the Czech and international gallery scenes, having recently introduced their work at The Community in Paris, The Hole in New York, Hoib Gallery in Tallinn, or The Austrian Film Museum in Vienna and FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art in Prague.
"In their installations, the artistic duo uses an original visual language that is current for its multimedia character while strongly relying on traditional materials and craft methods. With their strong visual style, the artists call to mind the existence of the world of imagination, expressivity and the subconscious as a possible source of understanding as well as a possible form of personal or social therapy." (Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2020 - jury statement)
Photo © Eva Rybářová
