Nebourat! The Forms of Brutalism in Prague - Opening at NGP
Vernissage: March 5, 2020, 7:00 PM, free entry
Event date: March 6, 2020 - September 6, 2020
Venue: Veletržní palác, Dukelských Hrdinů 76, Prague
Architecture of the 1960s to 1980s, sometimes admired, sometimes hated, is an intensely discussed and controversial phenomenon of the present. The public may perceive it rather negatively, largely due to a lack of information or negative experiences with the regime before the Velvet Revolution. The exhibition DON’T DEMOLISH! Aspects of Brutalism in Prague presents Prague buildings (including projects that are planned but not built) that have been influenced to a greater or lesser extent by brutalism and progressive influences from the forbidden but inspiring West.
Step by step, it reveals what the spatial, compositional, or structural values of this architecture are. It showcases buildings that significantly enter (or were meant to enter) the city's landscape and fundamentally affect the quality of the public space around them. Objects such as the Kotva department store, the former Central Telecom building in Žižkov (currently slated for demolition), the former Federal Assembly building, the Intercontinental hotel, the Barrandov Bridge, as well as the recently demolished Transgas complex, were and are examples of the most advanced solutions and top artistic concepts of their time.
Nearly two hundred and fifty original noble plans, photographs, and models, many of which are exhibited for the first time, mainly come from the collection of architecture of the National Gallery in Prague, with key loans kindly provided by the Museum of Applied Arts, the Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb, the National Museum, and several private individuals.
Location: Veletržní palác – 3rd floor
Curator: Helena Doudová
Expert and curatorial collaboration: Klára Brůhová (FA CTU), Radomíra Sedláková (NGP), Petr Vorlík (FA CTU)
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Event date: March 6, 2020 - September 6, 2020
Venue: Veletržní palác, Dukelských Hrdinů 76, Prague
Architecture of the 1960s to 1980s, sometimes admired, sometimes hated, is an intensely discussed and controversial phenomenon of the present. The public may perceive it rather negatively, largely due to a lack of information or negative experiences with the regime before the Velvet Revolution. The exhibition DON’T DEMOLISH! Aspects of Brutalism in Prague presents Prague buildings (including projects that are planned but not built) that have been influenced to a greater or lesser extent by brutalism and progressive influences from the forbidden but inspiring West.
Step by step, it reveals what the spatial, compositional, or structural values of this architecture are. It showcases buildings that significantly enter (or were meant to enter) the city's landscape and fundamentally affect the quality of the public space around them. Objects such as the Kotva department store, the former Central Telecom building in Žižkov (currently slated for demolition), the former Federal Assembly building, the Intercontinental hotel, the Barrandov Bridge, as well as the recently demolished Transgas complex, were and are examples of the most advanced solutions and top artistic concepts of their time.
Nearly two hundred and fifty original noble plans, photographs, and models, many of which are exhibited for the first time, mainly come from the collection of architecture of the National Gallery in Prague, with key loans kindly provided by the Museum of Applied Arts, the Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb, the National Museum, and several private individuals.
Location: Veletržní palác – 3rd floor
Curator: Helena Doudová
Expert and curatorial collaboration: Klára Brůhová (FA CTU), Radomíra Sedláková (NGP), Petr Vorlík (FA CTU)
More information >
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