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MIZÍ PRÁZDNO MEZI / VŠÍM / MNOŽENÍ INFORMACÍ PRÁCE REFLEKTUJE ---- MEZERA ---- MEZI ---- VYPRÁZDŇOVÁNÍ ---- VIDĚNÍ ------- DĚNÍ... MYŠLENKA TRANSFORMUJE S T R U K T U R A S MEZEROU ROZLIČNÉ FORMY ROZLIČNÁ VYJÁDŘENÍ PŘEKRÝVÁNÍ PLNÉHO PRÁZDNÝM SLOVNÍK FOREM VÝRAZOVÉ FORMY, STUDIE STRUKTUR? KDE JE HRANICE? CO JE CO?? NENÍ PRÁZDNO VÍC NEŽLI INFORMACE? CO FORMUJE NAŠI REALITU? NENÍ PRÁZDNO INFORMACE SDĚLENÍ? A CO PROSTOR NÁM PŘIDĚLENÝ? NÁM UMOŽNĚNÝ // ARCHITEKTURA //? DÁ SE PRACOVAT S ODRAZEM SOUČASNÝCH MYŠLENEK? NABÍZENÝ, VEŘEJNÝ, PRIVÁTNÍ GALERIE, INSTITUCE ULICE MÍSTO + K R Á S A JE POZITIVNí NE MÍNUSEM - STRUKTURA VÝZNAM JAK JE NAHLÍŽENA? M O Ž N O S T I K O M U N I K A C E 28 29

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EMPTINESS IN BETWEEN / BETWEEN EVERYTHING / IS VANISHING MULTIPLICATION OF INFORMATION WORKS REFLECTS THE GAP ---- IN BETWEEN ---- EMPTYING ---- SEEING ------- PROCESS... A THOUGHT TRANSFORMS S T R U C T U R E WITH A GAP MISCELLANEOUS EXPRESSIONS FULLNESS IS OVERLAPPING EMPTINESS DICTIONARY OF FORMS FORMS OF EXPRESSIONS, A STUDY OF STRUCTURES? WHERE IS THE BOUNDARY? WHAT IS WHAT?? ISN T EMPTINESS MORE THAN INFORMATION? ISN T EMPTINESS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION? WHAT SHAPES OUR REALITY? AND WHAT ABOUT SPACE THE SPACE THAT WE WERE ALLOCATED? THE SPACE THAT WE WERE ENABLED // ARCHITECTURE //? CAN THE REFLECTION OF CURRENT THOUGHTS BE WORKED WITH? OFFERED, PUBLIC, PRIVATE GALLERY, INSTITUTION STREET PLACE + BEAUTY IS POSITIVE NOT A MINUS - STRUCTURE MEANING IN WHAT MANNER IS IT VIEWED? C O M M U N I C A T I O N P O S S I B I L I T I E S 38 39

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OTÁZKY OBRAZNOSTI / OBRAZ, OBJEKT // OBRAZ, ZEĎ // OKOLÍ, PROSTŘEDÍ QUESTIONS OF IMAGERY / PICTURE, OBJECT// PICTURE, WALL// SURROUNDINGS, AMBIENCE OBRAZY VŠUDE KOLEM DANÉ FORMY SYSTEMATIZUJÍ ZLOMKOVITOST NAŠÍ VIZUÁLNÍ KULTURY OPAKOVÁNÍ FORMY STRUKTURUJE PICTURES ALL ALONG THE GIVEN FORMS SYSTEMATIZE THE FRAGMENTARY OF OUR VISUAL CULTURE REPETITION OF FORM STRUCTURES BARVA RYTMIZUJE COLOUR ADDS RHYTHM URBÁNNÍ REALITA PROSTORY MEZI ---------- VIZUÁLNÍ TERITORIA / VOLNÉ / PROSTORY VIZUÁLNÍ I MENTÁLNÍ URBAN REALITY SPACES IN BETWEEN ----------- VISUAL TERITORIES / FREE / SPACES VISUAL AND MENTAL STEJNÉ PŮSOBENÍ IDENTICAL INFLUENCES RÁM : SOCHAŘSKÝ PROSTOR, PROJEKČNÍ PLOCHA PRO OBRAZ MOŽNOST..OTEVŘENO PRO DIVÁKA = VLASTNÍ DOTVOŘENÍ FRAME : SCULPTING SPACE, PROJECTING SURFACE FOR THE PICTURE POSSIBILITY..OPEN FOR THE VIEWER = ONE S OWN COMPLETION FRAGMENTÁRNÍ VNIKNUTÍ REALITY / TAKÉ ZVUK /? NEPŘEDMĚTNÉ UMĚNÍ ----------- VEDE DO REALITY / PŘEDMĚTNOST --- ABSTRAKCE / PLASTICKÝ PROSTOR PLOCHOU FRAGMENTARY PENETRATION OF REALITY / SOUND TOO /? NON, OBJECTIV ART --------- LEADS INTO REALITY / OBJECTIVITY --- ABSTRACTION / PLASTIC SPACE THROUGH SURFACE OBRAZOVÝ PROSTOR MEZNÍ ZÓNA PICTURE SPACE BOUNDARY ZONE OBRAZU A SKULPTURY ABSTRAKCE A REALITY OF A PICTURE AND SCULPTURE OF ABSTRACTION AND REALITY FRONTÁLNOST, POVRCHOVÁ ESTETIZACE VIZUÁLNÍ KULTURY / DOBY / REALITA ----------- EFEMERNÍ ODRAZ / OBRAZ REFLEXE, ODRAZ, MOMENTU NÁHODY // FRAGMENTU // MÍSTA // ČASU // POHYBU FRONTALITY, SURFACE ESTHETISATION OF THE VISUAL CULTURE / TIME / REALITY ----------- EPHEMERAL REFLECTION / PICTURE REFLECTION--, OF THE MOMENT OF CHANCE / FRAGMENT / PLACE / TIME /MOVEMENT ABSTRAHOVÁNÍ SMYSLOVÝCH VJEMŮ ABSTRACTING SENSUAL PERCEPTION 46 47

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List of works 29: installation view, CNA Ostrava 2006 32: untitled 2005, 12, acrylic on mdf, 80 x 201 x 3,5 cm (3 parts) 33: untitled 2005, 13, acrylic on mdf, 80 x 191 x 3,5 cm (3 parts) 34: untitled 2006, 16, acrylic on mdf, 40 x 60 x 3,8 cm 35: untitled 2007, 04, acrylic on mdf, 50 x 70 x 4 cm 36: untitled 2007, 0 5, acrylic on mdf, 50 x 70 x 4 cm 37: untitled 2006, 15, acrylic on mdf, 40 x 60 x 3,8 cm 38: untitled 2006, 13, acrylic on mdf, 50 x 70 x 3,8 cm 39: untitled 2006, 14, acrylic on mdf, 40 x 60 x 3,8 cm 43: untitled 2006, 11, acrylic on mdf, 80 x 80 x 3,8 cm 44: untitled 2007, 01, acrylic on mdf, 70 x 139,5 x 4 cm 45: untitled 2007, 03, acrylic on mdf, 70 x 139,5 x 4 cm 47: Icing, 2007, wall painting, Wannieck Gallery Brno (with Jan Šerých) 51: Insideoutside, 2007, installation view, AP Atelier Prague 53 57: untitled, 2008, 8, 6, 7, 9, 5, acrylic on mdf, 100 x 70 x 3 cm 59: untitled, 2008, ME, acrylic on mdf, 70 x 100 x 3 cm 61: Between, 2008, wall painting, Vernon Project Prague 63: Concept space, 2008, Shibukawa (J), installation view 65: Do you know what I was thinking, Konsortium Duesseldorf, 2008, works on paper 67: Untitled, 2007, lacquered steel, 80 x 140 x 3 cm each, wall paint,1 th Brussels Biennial at CCNOA Bussels (B) 69: Where No One Has Ever Been..., Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh (UK), works on paper and wall painting 70 71, 72: Untitled Wall painting 2009, Hebel_121, Basel (CH) 75 78: Untitled, 2008, 10, 12, 13, 11, 16, 15, 14, acrylic on mdf, 50 x 35 cm Back cover: Emerging Wor(l)ds, 2008, Billboard text Art, Prague 76 77

MICHAL ŠKODA born 1962 Tábor lives Soběslav SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (since 1997) 1997: Pecka Gallery, Prague Museum, Milevsko 1998: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Prague Felix Jenewein Gallery, Kutná Hora U Dobrého pastýře Gallery, Brno 1999: DRAWINGS, Pecka Gallery, Prague Die Aktualität des Schönen Gallery, Liberec 2000: FOURTEEN, Langův dům Gallery, Frýdek Místek LIMITATIONS, U Bílého jednorožce Gallery, Klatovy ON THE WALL,Telecom The Exhibition Hall, Louny 2001: WHITE LIMITATIONS, Moravian Gallery, Brno SELECTED AFFINITIES (with K. Štenclová), Czech Center, New York (USA) 2002: MOMENTS OF PERCEPTION, Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava (SK) SOMEWHERESOMETHING (with E. Výborné), Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem 2003: FOLDING STRUCTURES (with K. Štenclová), Czech Center, London (GB) DRAWINGS, Pecka Gallery, Prague 2004: MICHAL ŠKODA 2000, 2003, National Gallery (Veletržní palác), Prague 2005: House of Art, Brno WORKS ON PAPER, Šternberk Gallery, Šternberk 2006: RESONANCE, The New Architecture Center, Ostrava MICHAL ŠKODA, Komart Gallery, Bratislava (SK) 2007: ICING (with Jan Šerých), Wannieck Gallery, Brno 2007 8: INSIDEOUTSIDE, AP Atelier Gallery, Prague 2008: BETWEEN, Vernon Project, Prague PS Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL) Project space, CCNOA, Brussels (B) Concept Space, Shibukawa (J) DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING, Konsortium, Duesseldorf (D) 2009: WHERE NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN, Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh (UK) Hebel 121, Basel (CH) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (since 1996) 1996: ARTIST CAMP IN ASO, Oguni (J) ARTIST CAMP IN KASAMA, Kasama (J) 1997: JUNGE KUNST 97, Passau (D) 1999: NEW SALON II., Zlín 2000: CZECH STONE SCULPTURES, Prague Castle, Prague INTERNATIONAL MAPPING SPACE VOL.IV., Klatovy Klenová Gallery, Klenová 2001: LABORATORY, National Gallery, Veletržní palác, Prague STONES AND STARS, Observatory Area, Ondřejov 15 th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DRAWING, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka (HR) 2002: MONOCHROMY, Czech Fine Art Museum, Prague ARtCHITEKTURA, Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague 2003: LOOK LIGHT, Moravian Gallery, Brno 2005: 40 POSITIONEN 31 RAUME, Modern Art Museum, Hünfeld (D) ARGUMENTA, Atlas Sztuki, Lodz (PL) FUNKEHO KOLÍN, Kolín 2006: THE CZECH PAINTING 1985, 2005, Wannieck Gallery, Brno 2007: THE CZECH PAINTING 1985, 2005 PART II., Wannieck Gallery, Brno A BIT Ó WHITE, CCNOA, Brussels (B) PAS DE SOUCIS - Non Objectif Sud, Tulette (F) 2007 8 NEW BUT FOR EXCEPTIONS, Wannieck Gallery, Brno 2008: UNDER THE SURFACE, RC de Ruimte, Ijmuiden (NL) FARBY LUCKY, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra (SK) BARVY LAKY, Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava (SK) UND 4 CROXHAPOX, Croxhapox, Gent (B) 1 st Brussels Biennial (YO, MO MODERNISM 1 at CCNOA), Brussels B) GEGENSTANDLOSS, GKG, Bonn (D) 2009 PS 1999, 2009, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen (NL) Prague Biennale 4, Prague UND 5 et voila., Maison Abandonnee, Nice (F) CRISSCROSS, Wannieck Gallery, Brno PUBLIC PROJECTS 2004: OPEN BOOK, Hünfeld (D) 2008: EMERGING WOR(L)DS, Billboard text Art, Prague 79

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