Honored Guest artist, Adriena Šimotová
Jurying process University of Western Bohemia, Plzně , Czech Republic July 2008Drawings are initially submitted in the raw: only pure mark on paper. Works of 112 artists representing 46 countries were selected this year.
Zdeněk Tománek Barrier III, Pencil, graphite, 100×70,0 cm, 2008 Czech Republic
Works of Adriena Šimotová at Galerie města Plzně 
Paul Manfred Kaestner
From the Big Bell of Love, 29.01.2008, Combined technique, hand-made paper, 65,0×50,0 cm, 2008
Germany
Jaroslav Jebavý BP 5, Pencil, 100×70,0 cm, 2008 Czech Republic 
Gallery at the University of Western Bohemia
John Jones Untitled VIII 55,0 × 72,0 cm Pencil, 2008 Ireland The Prize of the Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic
A traveling exhibit is comprised of specifically chosen Biennial works that will eventually tour Italy, France, Norway and other countries as it leaves the city of Pilsen, including my own drawing:
Kate Beck Untitled, Graphite on Rives Paper, 22.5 x 30 inches 2008
"....Such a comprehensive show makes it apparent how the individual artists differ from each other in their diversity, how different worldviews they hold, how differently they express themselves. Some, for instance, tend towards the realistic approach, others towards the more abstract.
This, however, is not relevant. The important thing is the quality of the work, its message and the ability to capture the viewer’s attention. I believe that from this perspective, the Biennial is significant and inspirational – it shows the world on a small scale; practically on several tens square metres of exhibition area we have an opportunity to see it in all its complexity. Perhaps no field of human activity can express this better than art. The art of drawing in this case..."
-Werner Schaub, President of International Association of Art – Europe
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing those images Kate. They are absolutely wonderful both the drawings and the narrative.
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