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LECTURE - JANUARY 19, 7PM in the Gallery

Lukáš Machalický is currently a resident artist at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York. He will present an artist talk about his work, the gallery he co-founded called  Galerie SPZ  and the catalog “Do you jump queues?” which he co-authored with Robert Šalanda.

     

Lukáš Machalický’s exhibitions can be read as essays that thematically cover or wordlessly comment on diverse social phenomena without confronting us, the viewers, with any explicit theses. They always have a formal or architectural purity, and seemingly preclude any kind of spontaneity or randomness. In contrast, deviations, balancing, duality and system failures have a key role in this artist’s current work. Machalický’s installations are often related to the topic of architecture, but rather in abstract way, not literally. He concentrates on what lies in the background of a certain shape. Among other things, he makes the exhibition design for many contemporary art institutions. 

Machalický’s exhibitions have a formal and architectural purity that seems to preclude any spontaneity or element of chance - but in fact deviations, volatility, ambiguity and system failure play a key role in this artist’s current work. 

www.lukasmachalicky.com
www.galeriespz.com
 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lukáš Machalický (born in 1984 in Prague) is a graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (2003–2009). In 2008 he studied at Universität der Künste Berlin, from 2012 to 2014 he lectured at Charles University. In 2011 Machalický founded Galerie SPZ with Robert Šalanda, with whom he has co-authored “Do you jump queues?”. From 2016, together they lead the Paiting Studio I. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He has had residencies in Krakow (2016), Bratislava (2014) and Florence (2012), and has shown his work at Czech and international exhibitions. Solo exhibitions include Berlínskej Model (2015), 35 M2 (2014), Die Aktualität des Schönen... (2013), Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea (2011) and MeetFactory (2009), while group exhibitions include the Brno House of Arts (2016), the National Gallery (2015), DOX (2014), 4+4 Days in Motion (2012, 2013), Prague City Gallery (2007) and Prague Biennale 3 (2007), as well as several art fairs: Vienna Parallel (2016), The Armory Show (2010), Pulse Miami (2008) and Arte Fiera Bologna (2008). Lukáš Machalický lives and works in Prague.

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Please arrive at least five minutes prior to showtime. Empty seats will be released to standby patrons five minutes prior to showtime.