Exhibitions Archive

To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question

13. 9. 2024 – 29. 9. 2024
Inspiration from Shakespeare's Hamlet comes to life in the glass sculptures of Martin Janecký and Rony Plesl.

The exhibition To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question, featuring the works of Martin Janecký and Rony Plesl, has been moved after its success during the Prague Art Week festival. The world-renowned artists are exhibiting their glass sculptures from 13 to 29 September at the Clam-Gallas Palace. The first joint exhibition of these two world-renowned glass masters is named after one of the most famous and quoted monologues of classical theatre. Like Shakespeare's crowning opus, the works in the exhibition question the meaning of human life. They remind us of mortality and balance questions of morality, the power of emotions and the complexity of human (in)existence in general. Hamlet frames the exhibition not only ideologically. Both artists draw their inspiration primarily from history and develop themes from classical art, such as Memento Mori, Vanitas or the motif of the classical bust. The exhibition is held under the patronage of KodlContemporary which aims to make top Czech contemporary art accessible to the domestic and international public and to place it in a global context.

Venue

Clam-Gallas Palace

Husova 158/20
110 00 Prague 1 – Old Town
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Date

13.–29. 9. 2024