World architecture in the garden of Rothmayer’s villa
4/8/2022 – 2/9/2022
The Museum of the City of Prague invites you to the international exhibition Collage in the garden of the Rothmayer Villa on the theme of World Architecture. With this year’s theme, we want to pay tribute to architects Otto Rothmayer and Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, whose work in the 1920s and 1930s for the Czechoslovak presidential office influenced the current appearance of Prague Castle.
An open call to all collage authors – professional artists and amateurs alike – reached more than 60 collage artists from all over the world over the course of two months. In the garden of Rothmayer’s villa, which is a work of art in itself, works of art from, among others, Japan, Morocco, Singapore, Costa Rica, Ukraine and British Columbia came together.
The fact that collage is an artistic discipline that truly knows no boundaries is also evidenced by the age range of the represented creators. The youngest exhibitor is only 5 years old, the author of the collage chosen for the poster for this year’s 1st year of the exhibition, Vlasta Šorfová, celebrated her 78th birthday for a change. Ms. Šorfová from Frýdek-Místek has been making collages since 2006, and until last year’s zero edition of Collages in the Garden of the Rothmayer Villa, she had never exhibited, she only created so-called “in a drawer”.
The collages will be on display in the garden for a whole month from August 4th to September 2nd.
The co-organizer Czechcollagecollective (Jitka Kopejtková and Jan Schejbal) also prepared accompanying programs for the exhibition – guided tours of the garden and collage workshops led by Jitka Kopejtková.
The workshops will be held directly in the garden in the archway of the villa. In case of bad weather, the workshop will not take place. The maximum number of participants is 10 people. Reservation of accompanying programs is necessary, via e-mail [email protected] or telephone +420 603 505 788.
Dates of public workshops and guided tours:
10.8. from 5:00 p.m. – guided tour
8/13 from 2 p.m. – Jan Kaplický’s collage workshop
17.8. from 5:00 p.m. – guided tour
24.8. from 5:00 p.m. – guided tour
August 27 from 2 p.m. – collage workshop in architecture
August 31 from 5 p.m. – guided tour
Entry to the garden of Rothmayer’s villa and to the outdoor collage exhibition is always free on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends.
U Páté Baterie 50, Prague 6 – Břevnov.