Telegraph Gallery is not just our main exhibition hall. It is also the platform that forms the programme for several other floors throughout the building. And this time, we decided to present a short-term exhibition of works by Czech glass artist Michaela Spružinová and Slovak interdisciplinary artist Jan Durina for a few days in the Lofts as part of Design Days Olomouc.
Michaela Spružinová is a glass artist who boldly defines herself against conventional glass work in the Czech environment. She works with the human body in its natural state, challenging society's stereotypes of beauty and exposing the fetishes of the consumer world with an authentic dose of sarcasm. Her unique approach manifests itself in the challenging process of upcycling waste glass, from which she creates objects that reveal the paradoxes of consumer culture. She graduated from the Glass Studio and the Studio of Curatorial Studies at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. She has completed internships in Hungary, Israel and Turkey. She has exhibited all over the world, for example in Germany, Ireland, Italy, the United States, Sweden and Denmark. She is a lecturer at the Glass Studio at Tomas Bata University in Zlín.
Jan Durina is a Slovak interdisciplinary artist based in Prague. He is also a co-founder of the performative collective Romeo & Hellion, which he founded in 2020 with Slovak artist Miriam Kardošová. Through performance, photography, and sound, Durina explores the nuances of narrative and addresses themes such as loneliness, loss, the boundaries between body and nature, and the distortions of the human mind as experienced within changing notions of gender and identity. Durina creates multimedia artworks that seamlessly and confidently transition between the contexts of exhibition and performance. His artistic thinking draws on critical queer theory, feminist and ecofeminist thought, and auto-theory. Themes of mental health, human vulnerability, care, collaboration and horizontally functioning interpersonal relationships emerge as essential and recurring elements of his work. Durin's works are part of the permanent collections of the Slovak National Gallery, the Petra Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš, the Benešov Museum of Art and Design, and numerous private collections.
Exhibition opening hours:
Thu-Sat: 14-19
Sun: 14-18
Programme subject to change.
