exhibition and poetry reading
Opening reception on Friday, February 28th, 2014 from 7pm
Little White Lies concert from 8:30pm
We cordially invite you to join us and the artist, Zuzana Lazarova, to celebrate the opening of her solo show hosted by the andel’s Hotel Łódź and Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG, as a part of the project ANDEL’S PHOTO.
In the course of the opening night, Przemysław Bluszcz will read the poems written by the artist. The reading is followed by the Little White Lies concert.
The exhibition will be running through February 28th to March 12th, at the andel’s Hotel Łódź.
Photography, in common perception, is the art that creates a reflection of reality, the shadows of objects. But now it itself has
become an object, an artifact created not only by the technological process, but also a truly magical act, capable of extracting a new reality from the shared one; a reality that is sometimes more and sometimes less analogic to the primal one. Photography freezes the flux of the surface of reality and, in rare cases, also the tissue hidden underneath: the hypersensitive structure full of forms and meanings that evade classical logic, but nevertheless are ready to be felt and intuited. Through her metamorphoses of fear, acute corporeality, and frenetic displays of the absent objects of desire, where erotic associations intertwine with botanical and zoological motives, the artist unveils what is usually hidden from us – the unsettling beauty of the universe, more often than not accessible only through art.
Zuzana Tomkova (Lazarova) – young Czech photographer and poet. Born in 1986, the artist received degrees in Photography at the Institute of Visual Communication and Art, Prague, and History and Theory of Fine Arts at the Masaryk University in Brno. She’s currently studying Sociology of History at the Charles University in Prague.
The artist is fascinated by the Czech avant-garde art movement of the middle-war period, a hectic time that witnessed founding of many literary and literary-artistic groups, the majority of which didn’t survive the Second World War.
Zuzana Lazarova’s works have been exhibited at many art shows, including the International Surrealistic Art Exhibition JINÝ VZDUCH or the exhibition at the Kávovarna Gallery in Prague. A myriad of the artist’s interests and fascinations, amplified by her skills, has resulted in creating art projects of considerable variety. Among others, Lazarova designed the animations and scenes for the last film by the director Jan Švankmajer Surviving Life (Czech: Přežít svůj život) and the layout and illustrations for HYBRIS, the magazine that provides in-depth critical coverage of Czech theatre scene. For the last four years, the artist has also collaborated with the magazines Analogon and A2.
http://www.zuzanalazarova.com
Little White Lies is one of the most interesting bands on the Polish alternative music scene. Even before releasing their first album, they had performed at the Heineken Open’er Festival. Their debut album, Devils in Disguise, was released in 2012 by fyh!records. It has won the hearts of both fans and critics all over the country. The great acclaim won Little White Lies the first big award – the Best Album of the Year from the Co Jest Grane Łódź magazine. Encouraged by all the enthusiasm it created, the band released In Word and Deed EP, in mp3 and also a collectors’ edition on a white audio cassette. Around that time, the band played live for Piotr Stelmach’s show OFFensywa on Polish Radio 3 and was featured in the OtwARTa Scena project hosted by Radio Łódź. In the beginning of 2014, the artists received the Band of the Year 2013 award in the Plastry Kultury poll.
Little White Lies was founded by Katee Bartczak and Zbyszek Krenc. Just recently, percussionist Piotr Gwadera joined the band. Together, the artists form a high-explosive bomb full of music eroticism and tension. This blockbuster goes off during their full of unique atmosphere live concerts.
