Exhibitions - Many Genres at home and abroad - Don Nixon

PRAGUE

Poet of the Stage Space - František Tröster

Obecní dům / May 16 – September 2

The name of world famous stage designer František Tröster (1904 -1968) has been written into the pages of art history primarily because of his work with avant-garde directors (ie. J. Frejka) and also as the creator of an unconventional perspective of a newly created discipline that was apparent in the field of Scenography during the 1920´s and 30´s. He was the founder of the first Department of Scenography that he ran until his death in 1968. He belongs to the most famous generation of Czech scenographers who not only laid the foundations for Czech as well as world Scenography.

More information at www.obecnidum.cz , www.troster.cz and http://www.pq.cz/

Prepared by the Municipal House Prague in cooperation with the Department of History of Theatre of the National Museum in Prague and the Theatre Institute Prague.

PRAGUE

David Borovskij: Umění a paměť / David Borovski: Art and Memory

Czech Centre Prague / June 13 – 24

The exhibition presents the works of David Borovský (1934 – 2006), one of the most famous Russian scenographers from the second half of the 20th century and recipient of the Golden Medal during the PQ 1971 and the Grand Prix from the PQ in 1975. The exhibition presents 11 models of his stage designs for productions in theatres in Moscow (i.e. Taganka Theatre) and other theatres in Europe.

More information www.czechcentres.org and http://www.pq.cz/.

CHRUDIM

The Kingdom of Puppets Theatre (Umělecké scény Říše loutek) is one of the oldest amateur puppet theatre companies in the Czech Republic, and is known all over the world as the home of the UNIMA organization of puppeteers (founded on this stage in 1929). The theatre recently opened a new exhibit in the Prague City Museum entitled Puppet Kingdom of Bohumír Koubek (Říše loutek Bohumíra Koubka) commemorating the 75th birthday of Bohumír Koubek, academic sculptor and one of the members of the famous Kingdom of Puppets Theatre Company. The balanced exhibition focuses on the puppets he created specifically for the Kingdom of Puppets in Prague, where he became a member in 1947 (from 1957 to 1971, he was the artistic director of the company), and includes his designs used for the logo and posters of UNIMA.

HELSINKI

The Museum of Puppet Culture in Chrudim opened an exhibition on March 14, entitled Friends on Ropes, at the Theatre Museum in Helsinki. The exhibition was curated by scenographer of the DRAK Theatre in Hradec Králové, Marek Zakostelecky, and is a representative exhibit of the history and traditions of Czech puppetry. The exhibition will run until September 30.

More information: www.teatterimuseo.fi