The work of artist Sráč Sam connects personal and collective experiences and creates a space for reflection: How can art cope with the realities of life and societal expectations? The installation of pillows, concrete blocks, and plates with texts shows art as a story that focuses on ordinary things and everyday relationships. The exhibition opening will take place on March 14, 2025 and the show will run until May 3, 2025. There will be a guided tour with the artist and the curators—František Fekete and Tereza Stejskalová from the tranzit.cz initiative—during the opening. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.
The participatory part of the project consists of one hundred original artworks. These works will be donated to visitors in exchange for making a pledge. This promise will be the same for all; it is a symbolic declaration to give art one’s attention. The fulfillment of the promise and its interpretation, however, are left up to the audience. With this gesture, the artist expresses her trust in them, and with this attitude she creates a specific case of a social, ethical art economy based on attention and trust.
Sráč Sam (*1969) is a visual artist, curator, and organizer who lives and works in Česká Bříza. In her work, she rethinks linguistic, visual, and social patterns. She founded the gallery sam83, organizes the residency project Artist in Cottage, publishes the independent magazine PIŽMO, and has published the texts Vanda, Kuniba Likes Things Three Times and My Husband’s Fear. By setting her own socioeconomic models, Sráč Sam is one of the artists who anticipated the ethical turn in art.
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