As foreshadowed in the Telegraph podcasts and presentations article, there are a number of interesting things to listen to, watch or read on our site. Here we focus on interviews with artists and curators. So you can read about what their journey to art was like, for example, and more information about their projects.
You can find quite a lot of interviews here and they can be divided into several imaginary categories. One of them includes interviews with artists-in-residence who, in addition to reflecting on their time at the Telegraph, present their work and creative journey. You can read about the creation of the contemporary mural on the Telegraph building by Monika Žáková, about the search for motifs in the work of Gábor Pinter, about why Michal Rapant became a painter or about the concept of the figure of Matouš Háša. The topic of hunting realism is revealed in an interview with Filip Kůrka, while conceptual art and the placement of an inflatable island on the roof of the Telegraph are presented by Danish artist Søren Dahlgaard. We are drawn back to painting by David Krňanský and Jakub Sýkora. The series of residents then concludes with an interview with David Pešat, who will end his stay in May this year with an open studio, during which you have the opportunity to take a peek into the studio at the Telegraph. Laura Limbourg, whose last residency at the Telegraph moved to the top floor - the Lofts - where she presented her new art series inspired by her trip to the USA, also spent time in residence. Then, in February last year, Stanislav Ondruš presented his work - again outside the main gallery space, specifically in the Telegraph cinema space. Tomáš Roubal also presented his work at the same venue a few months later. The light installation Space of Perception was presented in the main exhibition space by Pavel Korbička and in an interview he spoke not only about it, but also about his sources of inspiration. Another artist, Jan Poupě, who also reveals his way of processing themes with his exhibition Neuralscape, mentions them in his testimony.
Artists closely connected to Telegraph through long-term cooperation were also given their space. You can read an interview with graphic designer and photographer Matěj Doležel, who is, for example, the author of the merch for the exhibition May by Mark Ther or the serigraphic treatment of the covers of the catalogues of the Lazy 8 exhibition, or with photographer Veronika Burgrová, who is the author of images from most of the openings, guided tours and other events that take place here. The Telegraph's bookbinding workshop featured Iva Krupicová, who revealed how she goes about creating a book or print. As part of the lecture series Promotion in Creative Industries, Jana Trundová told us what led her to co-found the Olomouc-based architecture and design studio mimokolektiv. Aneta Macolová talked about her work for Czechdesign. Last but not least, you can read interviews with several designers - Jakub Kovařík, the author of the visual identity of the Telegraph, Kateřina Janků for graphic design and Renáta Jančo for textile design.
You can also read an interview with gallery owner Alexandra Karpukhina, who gave a lecture as part of the Collectors of Contemporary Art series, in which you can learn from successful collectors what led them to the need to own artefacts by contemporary artists. The first presenter was Telegraph owner Robert Runták.
As well as the artists themselves, there are also two interviews with the curators of exhibitions held at the Telegraph. Jane Neal spoke not only about her path to curating, but also directly about the exhibition German Painting Now, which she presented here. Christian Kortengaard Madsen, on the other hand, shed more light on the exhibition Lazy 8, which gave space to two Danish artists - Frederik Næblerød and Farshad Farzankia.
For the Brave World exhibition, a series of interviews with all five artists of the exhibition were conducted, with questions posed by art historian Barbora Kudračíková. You can gain more insight into the work of Robert Gabris, Anne Neukamp, Primož Bizjak, Markéta Magidová and Yuli Yamagata. We interviewed the painter Zbyněk Sedlecky and the curator Petr Vaňous about the exhibition Staging.
Ladislav Daněk responded to the beginning of the lecture series, which deals with the presentation of artists. Read about his painting and drawing work and curatorial practice at the Olomouc Museum of Art.
List of interviews:
Artists in Residence: Monika Žáková / Gábor Pinter / Michal Rapant / Matouš Háša / Filip Kůrka / Søren Dahlgaard / David Krňanský / Jakub Sýkora / David Pešat
Exhibiting artists: Laura Limbourg / Stanislav Ondruš / Tomáš Roubal / Pavel Korbička / Jan Poupě / Zbyněk Sedlecký
Telegraph people: Matěj Doležel / Vendula Burgrová / Iva Krupicová / Jakub Kovařík
Brave World: Primož Bizjak / Robert Gabris / Markéta Magidová / Anne Neukamp / Yuli Yamagata
Promotion in creative industries: Jana Trundová / Aneta Macolová / Kateřina Janků / Renáta Jančo
Contemporary Art Collecting: Alexandra Karpuchina
Presentation of artists: Ladislav Daněk
Curators: Jane Neal / Christian Kortegaard Madsen / Petr Vaňous
