Belvedere na Hluboké – Let It GROW Again! AJG Alšova jihočeská galerie

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Does the tree play an important role in the cultural history of mankind? It certainly does. The tree resembles us in many aspects; we can easily relate to it and harmonise with it. We often bestow our human qualities, feelings, and motives on it or compare ourselves to it. This is materialised in paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and architecture, which provide evidence of the extent to which man identifies himself with the shapes of nature and the extent to which he becomes its face. The entire history of the human–tree relationship is anchored in art. The tree should thus be understood as an impulse to the symbolical interpretation of nature and as a continuous inspiration of new forms.

Like hardly any other natural element, the tree has been, and still is, an exceptional motif in art history. It triggers our imagination while being an irreplaceable source of livelihood and material. From the earliest cave paintings featuring fauna and flora that no longer exist to the current artistic presentation of environmental themes, we have been dealing with questions about the origin of what we call nature and being, as well as concerns about the sustainability of life as we know it. As a result, the disproportionately low attention paid to this essential subject of art history in exhibitions and research is rather striking.

The GROW project at the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna has planted the tree in the centre of our attention with great success. The South Bohemian Gallery has developed it and has let it grow in the unique exhibition Let It GROW Again! which deepens our understanding of the relationship between art and ecology while bringing new perspectives for the preservation of natural and cultural values into our society. Join us and share your passion for art and nature, as we can achieve much more together.

9/6 — 10/11/2024

The South Bohemian Gallery, Castle Riding Hall, 373 41 Hluboká nad Vltavou 144

Exhibition curator, author of concept and text | Miroslav Haľák

Architectural design | Adam Hochmuth

Graphic design | Jana Vahalíková (Studio Marvil)

Editing and translation | Eva Hrubá, Lucie Kasíková

Proofreading | Marek Svoboda

Project manager | Gabriela Váchová

Construction | RSCB spol. s r. o., LENK — CB s. r. o.

Installation | Artpartners, IGS-HS Art Service, Technical department AJG

Printing graphics and texts | Wall-ink

Promotion | Marketing and production department and public relations AJG

Social media content | Chilli Production

Accompanying programmes | Petra Lexová, Education department AJG, Library AJG

The South Bohemian Gallery would like to thank all the institutions and private collectors for lending their artworks for this exhibition. | ALBERTINA, Wien; Alois Mosbacher; Belvedere, Wien; Cecylia Malik; Courtesy galerie gugging; Dorota Sadovská; DSC Gallery; Florian Raditsch; Galéria mesta Bratislavy; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London – Paris – Salzburg – Seoul; Helen Tóth; Helmut & Johanna Kandl; Karíma Al-Mukhtarová; Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg; Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie; Leopold Museum, Wien; Libor Novotný; Moravská galerie v Brně; Muzeum umění Olomouc; Národní galerie v Praze; Oblastní galerie Vysočiny v Jihlavě; Pro arte, Praha; Radka Bodzewicz; Robert Bielik; Sbírka manželů Matuškových; Slovenská národná galéria; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum; Wien Museum; Západočeská galerie v Plzni.

Patronage | The exhibition is held under the patronage of Eva Pavlová, wife of the President of the Czech Republic; Martin Kuba, Governor of the South Bohemian Region; the Austrian Embassy in Prague; the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Main project partner | Skupina ČEZ

The exhibition was prepared by the South Bohemian Gallery in conjunction with Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

The South Bohemian Gallery would like to thank everyone who participated in the realization of the exhibition. Additionally, the gallery would like to thank all the staff of the South Bohemian Gallery for their help in the organization of the project.

List of artists | Karíma Al-Mukhtarová, Eduard Ameseder, Joannis Avramidis, Jan Bauch, Paul Baum, Nicolas Bertin, Robert Bielik, František Bílek, Radka Bodzewicz, Klemens Brosch, Rosemarie Castoro, Emil Cimiotti, František Anton Coufal, Josef Čapek, Věnceslav Černý, Constantin Damianos, Gunter Damisch, Honoré Daumier, Oscar Dominguez, František Dostál, Johann Feilacher, Lubomír Fendrych, Emil Filla, Joseph von Führich, Janus Genelli, Giovanni Giuliani, Franz Graf, Nilbar Güres, Edmund Gwerk, Hannes Haslecker, Carry Hauser, Anton Heusler, Helmut Hladisch, Jaroslav Hladký, Jakub Janovský, Pavel Jasanský, Anton Jasusch, Johanna Kandl, Karl Katholický, Franz Kernbeis, Anselm Kiefer, Krištof Kintera, Eva Kmentová, Milan Knížák, Peter Kogler, Johann Victor Krämer, Aleš Krejča, Otakar Kubín, Max Kurzweil, Taras Kuščynskyj, Rupert Kytka, Andries Cornelis Lens, Liza Lou, Alessandro Magnasco, Cecylia Malik, Edda Mally, Jakub Matuška aka Masker, Ralo Mayer, Gabriel von Max, Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, László Mednyánszky, Juraj Meliš, Zuzana Mináčová, Mistr Kryšpínovy legendy, Mistr z Frankfurtu, Alois Mosbacher, František Muzika, Otakar Nejedlý, Libor Novotný, Emil Orlik, Maxmilián Pirner, Jozef Poláček, Rona Pondick, Vladimír Popovič, Jan Preisler, Florian Raditsch, Carl Rahl, Vilém Reichmann, Rudolf Ribarz, Anton Romako, August Roth, Dorota Sadovská, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Sophia Schama, Martin Schnur, Gabriele Schöne, Moritz von Schwind, Reneé Sintenis, Antonín Slavíček, Lilly Steiner, Curt Stenvert, Ernst Stöhr, Leopold Strobl, Zdeněk Sýkora, Josef Šíma, Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Václav Špála, Jakub Špaňhel, Štýrský malíř, Helen Tóth, Josef Váchal, Jiří Valoch, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Adolf Wissel, Georg Philipp Wörlen, Max Zaeper, Marie Zlatníková, Jan Zrzavý.

The exhibition was accompanied by a spectacular Czech-English publication LET IT GROW AGAIN! The Tree in Art.

Editor | Miroslav Haľák

Authors | Ondřej Dadejík, Josef Fulka, Miroslav Haľák, Peter Megyeši, Peter Michalovič, Monika Mitášová, Stella Rollig, Aleš Seifert, Michal Šedík, Zuzana Štefková, Marián Zervan

Graphic design | Jana Vahalíková

Published by | Alšova jihočeská galerie, KANT — Karel Kerlický, 2024

Belvedere na Hluboké - Let It GROW Again!

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