The exhibition "So Sorry for Being Me" by Denisa Václavová and Krištof Kintera will be presented at the contemporary art gallery Prostora at the end of September, showcasing the youngest generation as well as established artists. The opening will take place on Tuesday, September 26, at 5:30 PM.

Guided tours:
19/10 2023 5:30 PM
22/11 2023 5:30 PM

Prostora Gallery continues its unconventional curatorial approach, featuring both established and emerging artists. Curator Denisa Václavová and artist Krištof Kintera will showcase their selection of favorite works. The exhibition does not display their own works, but rather the paintings of other contemporary artists they own.

The installation at Prostora Gallery will feature the youngest generation of the Czech art scene (e.g., Dávid Čerťanský, Ester Knapová, Samuel Kollárik, Kateřina Ondrušková), the middle generation and the authors' contemporaries (David Böhm and Jiří Franta, Zbyněk Baladrán, Lukáš Jasanský and Martin Polák, Ondřej Přibyl, Jiří Petrbok, Jan Šerých), as well as works by Milan Knížák and Miroslav Tichý. The only international exhibitor is David Shrigley, whose work "So Sorry For Being Me" gives the exhibition its title.

The exhibition will be open to visitors from Wednesday, September 27, 2023, and will be inaugurated with a vernissage on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 5:30 PM, attended by Denisa Václavová and Krištof Kintera. The exhibition can be visited during opening hours until December 15, 2023.

The gallery will feature around forty artists, presenting paintings, photographs, installations, and sculptures. For many of them, this will be the first time their works are shown side by side. The exhibition includes works by these artists: David Adamec, Zbyněk Baladrán, Johana Bártová, Erik Binder, David Böhm / Jiří Franta, Josef Bolf, Dávid Čerťanský, Vlado Doležal, Viktor Frešo, Josef Frühauf, Václav Girsa, Lukáš Jasanský / Martin Polák, Jolana Kahounová, Vladimír Kintera, Markéta Kinterová, Ester Knapová, Milan Knížák, Samuel Kollárik, Július Koller, Karel Kuklík, Micl, Kateřina Ondrušková, Jiří Petrbok, Lukáš Procházka, Přemysl Procházka, Ondřej Přibyl, Helena Sequens, David Shrigley, František Skála Jr. Jr., Vít Soukup, Markéta Soukupová, Adam Stanko, Barbora Šemberová, Jan Šerých, Radek Šíma, Miroslav Tichý, Jiří Valoch, Zuzana Václavová, Jan Vytiska, Richard Wiesner.

"Denisa Václavová and Krištof Kintera are significant figures in the visual arts who strive to push beyond their own boundaries and those of their field. Since the beginning of their professional careers, they have aimed to provide space for other artists and to integrate visual art into public spaces as a natural part of our lives," says the founder of the gallery and architect Marcela Steinbachová.

The exhibition will also include an accompanying audiovisual program and guided tours with Denisa Václavová, Krištof Kintera, Marcela Steinbachová, or Jan Kieweg.

Denisa Václavová (*1973) and Krištof Kintera (*1973) are prominent figures in the contemporary art scene. They intersect at the annual 4+4 Days in Motion festival, dedicated to visual art and theater. Krištof has long been responsible for the visual design of this site-specific festival, its visual identity, and its main slogans. Denisa ensures the festival's dramaturgy, curation, and production, focusing on art exhibitions in unconventional spaces.

Sculptor Krištof Kintera studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1992 to 1999, and postgraduate at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam from 2003 to 2004. In the 1990s, he was a member and leading figure of the theater-performative group Jednotka and in 1999, he co-founded the Universal Space NoD, where he organized the first exhibitions. Between 2009 and 2011, he led the Sculpture Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He has exhibited independently since the mid-1990s (City Library in Prague, Rudolfinum, Museum Tinguely in Basel, Kunsthal Rotterdam, DOX, or Kunsthalle Bratislava, among others). He is the author of several monuments and sculptures in public spaces in Prague, and publications and catalogs about his work have been published.

His artistic approach is based on recycling and modifying existing products – electrical, appliances, and everyday objects of various natures. Through interventions, he transforms them into objects that oscillate between reality and fiction. In this way, Krištof expresses his views on the contemporary world. He also creates two-dimensional works of the same formats, complemented by messages and often found objects.

Theater producer Denisa Václavová is a cultural organizer and dramaturg of the 4+4 Days in Motion festival, as well as artistic installations at the ProLuka Gallery, the cultural space Vzlet in Prague's Vršovice district, and the exhibition program for public space at Motol Hospital. She studied production at the Theater Faculty of AMU and fine and applied arts at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she also taught. She is the co-author of several publications related to her activities.

Prostora is a new gallery founded by architect Marcela Steinbachová, founder of the Skupina studio, the Kruhu association, and the director of its activities (lecture series on architecture, the Architecture Day festival, the Film and Architecture festival, and publication production). Prostora is located in the former telephone exchange building at 9 Blanická Street above Náměstí Míru, on the 1st floor. The gallery's name is derived from the more commonly used word "prostor," but "prostora" defines an environment that is more delineated, bounded, in this case, the exhibition space.

"The Prostora Gallery continues to present contemporary art figures in an unusual way. It shows their favorite works and artists, a collection or selection of artistic objects that the artists themselves own. This is not a composed collection with an investment intent, but rather an emotional selection of works by their colleagues, with whom they are happily surrounded. Life partners Denisa Václavová and Krištof Kintera are prominent figures on the contemporary art scene, and the gallery will showcase their tastes and interests. At the same time, it will present them as a distinctive couple, possibly in a new light," says the gallery's founder and architect Marcela Steinbachová.

Opening hours:
Wednesday–Friday: 2:00 PM–5:30 PM
By appointment also Saturday: 2:00 PM–5:30 PM
or upon request

Admission is free.