Václav Fiala A Chapel for the Hurrying Passer-by

České Budějovice

Václav Fiala A House for a Mathematician

České Budějovice

Michal Trpák A Sense of Freedom

České Budějovice

Ondřej Svoboda Bird Sculpture

České Budějovice

Michal Trpák Bizarre God

Hluboká nad Vltavou

Michal Trpák Dialogue

Hluboká nad Vltavou

Michal Trpák Dialogue

České Budějovice

Richard Keťko Die Tankstelle

České Budějovice

Antonín Kašpar Homage to J.B.

České Budějovice

Jakub Flejšar Horse

České Budějovice

Čestmír Suška Leaves

Veselí nad Lužnicí

Richard Keťko Legs

České Budějovice

Richard Keťko Oil Daily

České Budějovice

Veronika Psotková On the Wall

Hluboká nad Vltavou

Barbora Masaříková Scarification

Hluboká nad Vltavou

Alexandra Koláčková Sofa

Veselí nad Lužnicí

Lukáš Rais Stele

České Budějovice

Andrej Margoč Two (from the Self-Portrait Transformations series)

České Budějovice

2016 year

9th edition

3 cities

18 artworks

12 artists

Art in the City

06—09 2016

Jihočeský kraj

Art in the City 2016

For the ninth year running, the Art in the City exhibition is bringing life to the public space of České Budějovice, for the third time to Hluboká nad Vltavou, and for the first time to Veselí nad Lužnicí. Over the summer the public will have the chance to come across 18 installations by 12 sculptors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Among them are names that followers of the exhibition already know from previous years, but also entirely new artists. Visitors can expect monumental works as well as more intimate pieces, sculptures that invite interaction and sculptures that enter into the architecture they are bound to. This year space is also given to students of Sculpture Studio 1 at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, led by Professor Michal Gabriel with his assistant Tomáš Medek, who are showing work made with both classical sculptural methods and 3D technologies at Galerie Mariánská. Two sculptures by two artists are installed on the premises of the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery.

This year too it is above all a show of sculptures that put the emphasis on visual perception and on traditional work with material. Set in the context of streets and lanes, squares and corners, the individual installations are meant to distract the minds of residents and visitors and invite them to stop, to reflect, or “just” to enjoy themselves. The aim of the exhibition is to bring new energy to the city and to give the widest possible public direct contact with works of art.

On behalf of the whole Art in the City team, I wish you fine moments with the sculptures in the city.

Michal Trpák
sculptor and founder of the exhibition