Jste zv\u00e1ni na v\u00fdstavu jen\u017e vznikla ve spolupr\u00e1ci s Creative Growth Art Center a artbrut.cz za podpory Americk\u00e9 ambas\u00e1dy: \/ You are invited to the exhibition prepared in cooperation with with Creative Growth Art Center and artbrut.cz with the support of American Embassy:<\/p>\n
Ment\u00e1ln\u00ed vrstevnice III. – Silo\u010d\u00e1ry \/ Mental Contours III. – Lines of Force
\n(15. 10. \u2013 11. 11. 2014)<\/p>\n
Pokra\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed projektu Ment\u00e1ln\u00ed vrstevnice. Tentokr\u00e1t tvorba um\u011blc\u016f z USA pracuj\u00edc\u00edch s p\u00edsmem, znakem, lini\u00ed…<\/p>\n
Continuation of the project Mental contours – this time american artists working with fonts, charakter, lines…<\/p>\n
vernis\u00e1\u017e \/ opening: st\u0159eda\/ wendesday: 15. 10. 2014 , 18h \/ 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
auto\u0159i \/ authors:
\nMartin John
\nLaura Jo Pierce
\nDwight Mackintosh
\nDan Miller
\nDonald Mitchell
\nWilliam Tylor
\nMerritt Walace<\/p>\n
kur\u00e1torky \/ curated by:
\nTerezie Zem\u00e1nkov\u00e1
\nNadia Rovderov\u00e1
\nIvana Br\u00e1dkov\u00e1<\/p>\n
ud\u00e1lost na facebooku m\u016f\u017eete sledovat zde: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/707239536028382\/<\/p>\n
fotografie z v\u00fdstavy, vernis\u00e1\u017ee m\u016f\u017eete shl\u00e9dnout zde: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.722787831127241.1073741855.100551130017584&type=3&uploaded=2<\/p>\n
tiskov\u00e1 zpr\u00e1va \/ press release:<\/p>\n
Ment\u00e1ln\u00ed vrstevnice III. \u2013 Silo\u010d\u00e1ry<\/p>\n
Creative Growth Art Centre p\u016fsob\u00edc\u00ed v kalifornsk\u00e9m Oaklandu (USA) je jedn\u00edm z nejstar\u0161\u00edch ateli\u00e9r\u016f zam\u011b\u0159en\u00fdch na rozvoj v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho talentu um\u011blc\u016f s du\u0161evn\u00edm onemocn\u011bn\u00edm a ment\u00e1ln\u00edm hendikepem na sv\u011bt\u011b. Pravideln\u011b do n\u011bj doch\u00e1z\u00ed bezm\u00e1la 200 klient\u016f. Ateli\u00e9r nen\u00ed zam\u011b\u0159en arteterapeuticky \u2013 pracuj\u00ed v n\u011bm profesion\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fdtvarn\u00edci, kte\u0159\u00ed maj\u00ed za \u00fakol zdej\u0161\u00ed tv\u016frce podporovat v hled\u00e1n\u00ed jejich vlastn\u00edho v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho vyj\u00e1d\u0159en\u00ed. I proto odsud vze\u0161lo mnoho v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00fdch um\u011blc\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed dos\u00e1hli sv\u011btov\u00e9 proslulosti. \u0158ada z nich je zastoupena ve ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch i soukrom\u00fdch sb\u00edrk\u00e1ch art brut, n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed auto\u0159i (v\u010detn\u011b Dana Millera) jsou dokonce prezentov\u00e1ni ve st\u00e1l\u00e9 sb\u00edrce Muzea modern\u00edho um\u011bn\u00ed v New Yorku.
\nJsme hrd\u00ed, \u017ee se n\u00e1m do galerie Artinbox poda\u0159ilo p\u0159iv\u00e9zt exkluzivn\u00ed v\u00fdb\u011br sedmi um\u011blc\u016f a polo\u017eit tak dal\u0161\u00ed d\u016fkazy o unik\u00e1tn\u00ed estetice, imaginaci, barevn\u00e9 i grafick\u00e9 kombinatorice a s\u00edle sd\u00edlen\u00fdch emoc\u00ed, kter\u00fdmi um\u011blci art brut disponuj\u00ed.
\nV\u00fdstava Silo\u010d\u00e1ry vznikla d\u00edky podpo\u0159e Americk\u00e9 ambas\u00e1dy. Na\u0161e pod\u011bkov\u00e1n\u00ed pat\u0159\u00ed tak\u00e9 \u0159editeli Creative Growth Tomovi di Mariovi a jeho kolegyni Ga\u00eble Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n
\u201eV\u00edtejte v Creative Growth, nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm a nejd\u00e9le funguj\u00edc\u00edm um\u011bleck\u00e9m centru zalo\u017een\u00e9m na my\u0161lence, \u017ee tvo\u0159ivost je vlastn\u00ed v\u0161em lidem bez ohledu na jejich posti\u017een\u00ed: sta\u010d\u00ed jen dostat mo\u017enost vyj\u00e1d\u0159it se.
\nP\u0159\u00edb\u011bh na\u0161eho Centra nen\u00ed bez zaj\u00edmavosti. Abyste pochopili, kdo vlastn\u011b jsme, je t\u0159eba v\u011bd\u011bt n\u011bco o d\u011bjin\u00e1ch \u2013 konkr\u00e9tn\u011b o tom, co se d\u011blo v USA, konkr\u00e9tn\u011b v Kalifornii v \u0161edes\u00e1t\u00fdch a sedmdes\u00e1t\u00fdch letech dvac\u00e1t\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed. Tehdy byli lid\u00e9 s v\u00fdvojov\u00fdm a ment\u00e1ln\u00edm posti\u017een\u00edm b\u011b\u017en\u011b umis\u0165ov\u00e1ni do l\u00e9\u010deben a \u00fastav\u016f a p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dalo se, \u017ee str\u00e1v\u00ed cel\u00fd \u017eivot mimo v\u011bt\u0161inovou spole\u010dnost. Obvykle tedy \u017eili smutn\u00fd, odstr\u010den\u00fd \u017eivot, \u010dasto v podm\u00ednk\u00e1ch, kter\u00e9 se daj\u00ed s \u010dist\u00fdm sv\u011bdom\u00edm ozna\u010dit za neut\u011b\u0161en\u00e9.
\nCentrum Creative Growth se nach\u00e1z\u00ed v kalifornsk\u00e9m Oaklandu, le\u017e\u00edc\u00edm p\u0159es z\u00e1liv naproti sv\u00e9mu sestersk\u00e9mu San Francisku. Ob\u011b velkom\u011bsta se p\u0159ed mnoha des\u00edtkami let stala st\u0159edobodem z\u00e1sadn\u00ed spole\u010densk\u00e9 prom\u011bny. Konec \u0161edes\u00e1t\u00fdch a za\u010d\u00e1tek sedmdes\u00e1t\u00fdch let byl v Americe poznamen\u00e1n kulturn\u00ed revoluc\u00ed \u2013 byla to doba ta\u017een\u00ed za svobodu slova, doba vzestupu kultury hippies, protiv\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9ho hnut\u00ed a bou\u0159liv\u00e9ho rozvoje rockov\u00e9 muziky i proslul\u00e9ho \u201el\u00e9ta l\u00e1sky\u201c.
\nNov\u00e9 my\u0161lenky vy\u00fastily v mnoh\u00e9 spole\u010densk\u00e9 zm\u011bny v\u010detn\u011b nov\u00e9ho pohledu na to, jak by m\u011bli \u017e\u00edt lid\u00e9 s posti\u017een\u00edm. Na z\u00e1klad\u011b t\u011bchto nov\u00fdch p\u0159edstav rozhodl st\u00e1t Kalifornie, \u017ee \u00fastavy, kde hendikepovan\u00ed doposud tr\u00e1vili \u010das, budou zru\u0161eny, a \u017ee je t\u0159eba se postarat, aby se op\u011bt platn\u011b za\u010dlenili do prost\u0159ed\u00ed, ze kter\u00e9ho poch\u00e1zej\u00ed.
\nSt\u0159edisko Creative Growth zalo\u017eili Elias a Florence Katzovi, dva um\u011blci a sn\u00edlci, kte\u0159\u00ed si polo\u017eili ot\u00e1zku: co budou tito lid\u00e9 d\u011blat, a\u017e z \u00fastav\u016f a l\u00e9\u010deben odejdou? Odpov\u011b\u010f Creative Growth centra je zalo\u017eena na my\u0161lence, \u017ee kreativitu \u010dlov\u011bk dost\u00e1v\u00e1 do v\u00ednku a \u017ee za p\u0159\u00edzniv\u00fdch podm\u00ednek se m\u016f\u017ee pr\u00e1v\u011b um\u011bn\u00ed st\u00e1t poj\u00edtkem mezi lidmi, kte\u0159\u00ed a\u017e dosud \u017eili ve st\u00e1tn\u00edch instituc\u00edch, a nov\u00fdm sv\u011btem, jemu\u017e musej\u00ed tak n\u00e1hle \u010delit.
\n\u00dapln\u011b na za\u010d\u00e1tku se malovalo u Katzov\u00fdch doma u stolu. Postupn\u011b se ale program Centra roz\u0161i\u0159oval a\u017e do dne\u0161n\u00ed podoby, kdy po \u0161est dn\u00ed v t\u00fddnu ve velk\u00e9 dvoupatrov\u00e9 pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 budov\u011b v Oaklandu tvo\u0159\u00ed skoro dv\u011b stovky hendikepovan\u00fdch um\u011blc\u016f.
\nVyzn\u00e1v\u00e1me z\u00e1sadu: tvorbu podporuj, ale ne\u0159i\u010f. V\u0161ichni na\u0161i zam\u011bstnanci jsou v\u00fdtvarn\u00edci, jeliko\u017e si mysl\u00edme, \u017ee p\u0159i procesu tvorby mohou b\u00fdt pr\u00e1v\u011b oni nejv\u00edc n\u00e1pomocn\u00ed. Nep\u0159edepisuj\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e1 t\u00e9mata, zato povzbuzuj\u00ed jednotlivce, aby si k tvorb\u011b na\u0161li svou vlastn\u00ed cestu.
\nJak na\u0161e st\u0159edisko rostlo, rostli i na\u0161i klienti. Jsme hrd\u00ed, \u017ee jedin\u00ed t\u0159i um\u011blci s v\u00fdvojovou vadou zastoupen\u00ed ve st\u00e1l\u00e9 sb\u00edrce newyorsk\u00e9ho Muzea modern\u00edho um\u011bn\u00ed \u2013 Dan Miller, William Scott a Judith Scott \u2013 tvo\u0159ili pr\u00e1v\u011b u n\u00e1s v Creative Growth.
\nPro m\u011b osobn\u011b je ale podstatn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edstup, kter\u00fd na\u0161i um\u011blci zauj\u00edmaj\u00ed k tvorb\u011b samotn\u00e9. Je to praktick\u00fd proces, v n\u011bm\u017e maj\u00ed estetick\u00e1 komunikace a kladen\u00e9 ot\u00e1zky stejnou hodnotu jako objekt, kter\u00fd se b\u011bhem tohoto procesu zrod\u00ed. V\u00fdtvory, je\u017e v centru vznikaj\u00ed, jsou div\u00e1cky poutav\u00e9; nab\u00edzej\u00ed n\u00e1m vhled do \u017eivota na\u0161ich um\u011blc\u016f a do jejich vid\u011bn\u00ed sv\u011bta.
\nTo, co m\u00e1te v Praze mo\u017enost spat\u0159it, je v\u00fdsledkem t\u011bchto snah \u2013 je to komunika\u010dn\u00ed propojen\u00ed mezi um\u011blcem a div\u00e1kem. Ka\u017ed\u00fd tv\u016frce p\u016fsob\u00edc\u00ed v Creative Growth je sice jedine\u010dn\u00fd, jedna obecn\u00e1 v\u011bc jim je ale spole\u010dn\u00e1: v\u0161ichni zkoumaj\u00ed, co je to b\u00fdt \u010dlov\u011bkem a jak ka\u017ed\u00fd z n\u00e1s interpretuje svou drobnou \u00falohu ve sv\u011bt\u011b, kter\u00fd dohromady sd\u00edl\u00edme.
\nJe n\u00e1m ct\u00ed, \u017ee m\u016f\u017eeme d\u00edlo na\u0161ich um\u011blc\u016f p\u0159edstavit v Praze, a mo\u017enosti poprv\u00e9 vystavovat v \u010cesk\u00e9 republice si velice cen\u00edme. Douf\u00e1m, \u017ee d\u00edla na\u0161ich um\u011blc\u016f v\u00e1s oslov\u00ed sv\u00fdm nad\u0161en\u00edm i estetickou silou tak, jako by jejich v\u00fdrazn\u00fd um\u011bleck\u00fd hlas promlouval z druh\u00e9 strany zem\u011bkoule p\u0159\u00edmo k v\u00e1m.<\/p>\n
Tom di Maria
\n\u0158editel Creative Growth Art Centre
\nOakland, Kalifornie, z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2014<\/p>\n
Mental Contours III. – Lines of Force<\/p>\n
Creative Growth Art Centre operating in Oakland, California (USA) is one of the oldest studios in the world focused on the development of art talent of artists with mental illness and mental handicap. It is attended regularly by nearly 200 clients. The studio is not focused on art therapy \u2013 there work professional artists, whose task is to encourage the local creators in the search for their own artistic expression. That is also why many exceptional artists who have achieved international fame came from here. A number of them are represented in both public and private collections of art brut, some authors (including Dan Miller) are even presented in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
\nWe are proud that we were able to bring to the Artinbox Gallery an exclusive selection of seven artists and bring forward further evidence of the unique aesthetics, imagination, colour and graphic combinatorics, and the power of shared emotions, which art brut artists possess.
\nThe exhibition Mental Contours III. \u2013 Lines of Force was prepared with the support of the American Embassy.
\nOur thanks also go to the Director of Creative Growth, Tom di Mario, and his colleague, Gael Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n
Welcome to Creative Growth. We are the oldest and largest independent art center in the world dedicated to the idea that all people \u2013 regardless of disability \u2013 can be creative if offered an opportunity to express themselves.
\nOur story is interesting. To understand fully who we are you must know a bit about history \u2013 specifically American and California history from the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, it was considered normal for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to be placed in hospitals and institutions, where they would spend their lives outside of mainstream society \u2013 leading often sad and private lives in conditions that were sometimes dismal.
\nCreative Growth is located in Oakland, California, just across the Bay from its sister city San Francisco. These cities were the center of significant social change many decades ago. The late 1960\u2019s and early 1970\u2019s marked a time of cultural revolution in America \u2013 the creation of the free speech movement at the University of Berkeley, the rise of Hippie culture, anti-war protests, a reaction to tradition, the explosion of rock music, and the famous Summer of Love.
\nThese new ideas led to many changes in our society, including a re-thinking of how people with disabilities might live in the world. Because of these new ideas, the State of California made a decision to close the institutions where people with disabilities lived, and sought to have them become active participants in the communities from where they came.
\nCreative Growth\u2019s founders \u2013 Elias and Florence Katz \u2013 were artists and dreamers who asked the question \u2013 what will these people do when they leave the hospitals? Creative Growth\u2019s answer was founded on the idea that creativity is an inherent human form of expression, and that if offered the opportunity, art could serve as a link between the people who lived in institutions, and the new world they were being exposed to.
\nOur program started with paint on a table in our founders\u2019 own home. Day after day, the program grew into what is now a 6-day a week program, serving nearly 200 artists with disabilities in a large two floor industrial building in Oakland.
\nWe have a specific philosophy in our work – support creation, don\u2019t direct it. Our entire staff is artists, as we believe that artists can be the most supportive part of the artistic process. Not imposing ideas, but encouraging individuals to find their own path to creativity.
\nAs Creative Growth has grown, our artists have grown with us. We are delighted that the only three artists with developmental disabilities in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York are Creative Growth artists: Dan Miller, William Scott and Judith Scott.
\nWhat is most compelling for me however, is the approach that our artists take towards art making. It is a process driven practice where communicating aesthetically, and asking questions, have as much value as the object created as a result of this work.
\nThe objects that are created in the studio are interesting to viewers, and offer us a perspective on the lives of our artists and how they view the world around them.
\nWhat you are seeing here in Prague is a result of the efforts \u2013 a communicative link between artist and viewer. While every Creative Growth artist\u2019s work is unique there is a commonality that they all explore what it means to be human, and how we each interpret what it means to be a part of the world we share.
\nPresenting our artists work in Prague is an honor for us, and we are deeply appreciative of the opportunity to have this exhibition in the Czech Republic for the first time. I hope that the passion, aesthetic power and strong voice of the artist is one you can hear in their work\u2026as if it has traveled directly to you from the other side of the world.<\/p>\n
Tom di Maria
\nDirector of Creative Growth Art Center
\nOakland California, September 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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