PODEBAL

PODEBAL

The art group Pode Bal was one of the first ones who, after 2000, brought political subjects to the Czech artistic scene which was rather apolitical after the so-called 1989 Velvet Revolution because Czech art could finally return to purely aesthetic and conceptual subjects after the era of defining itself against the Communist establishment. The basis of the group is the triad Michal Šiml, Antonín Kopp and Petr Motyčka, who were freely accompanied by other members and sympathizers over the years. Pode Bal responded to the contemporary political events in Czech lands by extremely critical and ironical performances and it raised many discussions over the development of Czech politics and society. Philosopher Miroslav Petříček stresses that the group does not attract the attention of the public by provocation or shock but by the active researching social reality. The important aspect of their work is humor, but not the type which would smooth the edges of conflicts but would rather open the way to self-reflection. One of the most famous realizations of the group was the exhibition “Tear the Pinkie”, held in the prestigious Špála Gallery in Prague, when Pode Bal displayed posters with portraits of politicians famous for their past collaboration with the Secret Police. The Pode Bal reaction to the taboo subject of the displacement of Sudeten Germans was the banner “Zimmer Frei” (Vacant Rooms), presented in the framework of the 2000 exhibition “Politik-um” held at the Prague Castle which was subsequently removed by force. Equal criticism is aimed at history of art: the project “Cover Art”, for example, is a parody on the legends of art like Yves Klein and Joseph Beuys.

 

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PODEBAL

* 1998, Prague, Czech Republic

Group Exhibitions

2009
Something of Myself - 23 selfportraits

Anna a Jerry Kozovi
Ron Arad
M.S. Bastian
Jiří Belda
Zdeněk Janošec Benda
Jakub Berdych
David Böhm
Filomena Borecká
Erika Bornová
Václav Boštík
Cyril Bouda
Vladimír Boudník
Ronan a Erwan Bouroullec
Jiří Bradáček
Pavel Brázda
Veronika Bromová
Jan Brož
Tomáš Brzoň
Rudolf Burda
Maria Burešová
Adam a Samuel Ciglerovi
Andrea Cihlářová
Michal Cimala
Tomáš Císařovský
Jan Čapek
Josef Čapek
Jana Černá
Jiří Černoch
Jiří David
Vladimír David
Sonia Delaunay
Hugo Demartini
Mark Dion
Stanislav Diviš
Markéta Dlouhá Márová
Jiri Georg Dokoupil
Libor Doležal
Veronika Drahotová
Otto Eckert
Ondřej Elfmark
Max Ernst
Libor Fára
Gabina Fárová
Karen Feldman
Robert Filliou
František Foltýn
Jitka Forejtová
Roman Franta
Tereza Froňková
Michal Gabriel
Pavla Gajdošíková
Ladislava Gažiová
Martin Gerboc
Otto Gutfreund
Jindřich Halabala
Peter Harach
Martin Hašek
Zbyněk Havlín
Tomáš Hlavina
Josef Hoffmann
Vladimír Houdek
Zbyněk Hřivnáč
Pavel Humhal
Charles & Ray Eames
Martina Chloupa
Vlastislav Janáček
Martin Janecký
Věra Janoušková
Jan Jaroš
Jaroslav Ježek
Hella Jongerius
Mariana Jůdová
Jaroslav Juřica
Irena Jůzová
Jan Kaláb
Jiří (Georg) Kars
Krištof Kintera
Martin Kocourek
Václav Kočí
Jiří Kolář
Lucie Koldová
Stanislav Kolíbal
Jan Konůpek
Vladimír Kopecký
Antonín Kopp
Pavel Kopřiva
Karolína Kopřivová
Jiří Kovanda
Jerry Koza
Anna Kozová
Petr Králík
Rudolf Kremlička
Václav Krůček
Barbora Křivská
Jan Kubíček
Bohumil Kubišta
Alena Kučerová
František Kupka
Petr Kvíčala
Zuzana Kynčlová
Tomáš Lahoda
Hanuš Lamr
Kamil Lhoták
Zdeněk Lhotský
Silvie Luběnová
Petr Lysáček
Oto Macek
Oto Macek
Martin Mainer
Karel Malich
Jindřich Marek
Blažena Martiníková
Ivana Mašitová
Jiří Matějů
František Matoušek
Jiří Matoušek
Jan Merta
Lidia Meszaroszová
Jitka Mikulicová
Joan Miró
Václav Miškovský
Václav Miškovský
Jasper Morrison
George Nelson
Miloš Nemec
Petr Nikl
Filip Nízký
Isamu Noguchi
Ivona Nováková
Martin Nytra
Claes Oldenburg
Olgoj Chorchoj
Petra Ondreičková
Pasta Oner
Bet Orten
Jan Padrnos
Dagmar Pánková
Verner Panton
Petr Pastrňák
Petr Pavlík
Milan Pekař
Jiří Pelcl
A.R. Penck
Daniel Piršč
Petr Písařík
Daniel Pitín
PODEBAL
Anna Polanská
Míla Preslová
Antonín Procházka
Janja Prokić
Jean Prouvé
Ondřej Přibyl
Pavel Příkaský
Qubus Design Studio
Pravoslav Rada
Eva Růžičková
Niki Saint Phalle
Lada Semecká
Tereza Severová
Michal Singer
Vladimír Skrepl
Jitka Skuhravá
Leoš Smejkal
Tomáš Smetana
Kateřina Smolíková
Miloslav Smutný
Petra Steinerová
Filip Streit
Antotnín Střížek
Jiří Surůvka
Jan Svoboda
Zdeněk Sýkora
Roman Šedina
Jan Šerých
Michal Šilhán
Dušan Šimánek
Adriena Šimotová
Jiří Šín
Klára Šípková
Václav Špála
Jakub Špaňhel
Ivan Štěpán
René Šulc
Tereza Talichová
František Tichý
Vladimír Tichý
Tobyšlo
Miloš Urbásek
Karel Vaca
Šimon Vahala
Dana Vachtová
Maarten Van Severen
Maxim Velčovský
František Vízner
Ludmila Vojířová
Mark Wallinger
Andy Warhol
Zdeněk Vacek & Daniel Pošta
Martin Zet
Jan Zrzavý
Josef Žáček
Vladimír Žák
Martin Žampach

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