anthropocene Czech event

ARTIST TALK at the Czech Center New York (321 E 73rd St, NY, NY)
Thursday, January 19th at 7:00 pm

Introductory presentation of a cultural exchange exhibition with artists from the Czech Republic and artists from the United States presented in exchange with Galerie kritiků, Prague, Czech Republic. This presentation precedes an exhibition at the Front Room Gallery, Hudson, NY, which will open on Saturday, January 21st. The project was first introduced at the Galerie kritiku in Prague in the Summer of 2022. The exhibition, “Anthrocene - Invisible Changes” features works by Sasha Bezzubov, Pamela Longobardi, Stephen Mallon, Lucie Svoboda Mičíková, Edita Pattová, Jan Pfeiffer, Petra Gupta Valentová, Kathleen Vance 

The event at the Czech Center with include guest speakers Pamela Longobardi, Stephen Mallon, Petra Gupta Valentová, and Kathleen Vance. With introductory remarks by Petra Gupta Valentová and Kathleen Vance.

Pamela Longobardi will be discussing Drifters Project in which she channeled her lifelong love of Ocean into artistic practices transforming mountains of ocean plastic debris from beaches around the world into meticulous installations and monumental sculptures. Working collaboratively with global communities, cleaning beaches, converting plastic to art that sheds unflinching light on human consumption’s aftermath.

In conjunction with this project, artist Pamela Longobardi will present a book release and signing of her new book “Ocean Gleaning.”

Stephen Mallon will be discussing his photographic series, “Next Stop Atlantic” which follows an MTA recycling program which uses retired subways cars, stripped and cleaned, to rebuild underwater reefs along the Eastern coast of the United States.  Mallon will be speaking about his process and concepts included in this project as well as “American Reclamation” which captures images of industrial recycling in US, and his most recent series, of photographs, “Passing Freight” which documents the still operational freight rail cars in the United States.

Petra Gupta Valentová will discuss her series of mental maps, created with hand embroideries on cotton canvas with natural dyes (woodblock print, blue print) and hand drawings on archival paper (acrylic, ink, archival pen). The series works with invisible processes around and inside us and reflects the author's outer and inner world. In psychology, mental maps are described as mental representations of the world, based on subjective perceptions and including positive and negative feelings of an individual from a certain place and environment. She will also introduce the work of the Czech artists participating in the exhibition.

Kathleen Vance will be discussing her series, “Traveling Landscapes,” her artistic process, and development of  environmental sculptures and installations.   Her work explores concepts of displacement, our relationship with the natural environment., and environmental issues such as water conservation and protection through positive stewardship of the land.

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ANTHROPOCENE – INVISIBLE CHANGES, DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC OF GEOCHRONOLOGY, HOW HUMANITY GLOBALLY AFFECTS THE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM. A CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION WITH VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Will be followed by the exhibition

Anthropocene – Invisible Changes

January 21- February 19, 2023

Opening Reception (Front Room Gallery 727 Warren St, Hudson, NY)
Saturday, January 21st 5-8PM

A cultural exchange exhibition with artists from Czech Republic and artists from the United States presented in exchange with Galerie kritiků, Prague, Czech Republic 

featuring
Sasha Bezzubov, Pamela Longobardi, Stephen Mallon, Lucie Svoboda Mičíková, Edita Pattová, Jan Pfeiffer, Petra Gupta Valentová, Kathleen Vance 

ANTHROPOCENE – INVISIBLE CHANGES, DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC OF GEOCHRONOLOGY, HOW HUMANITY GLOBALLY AFFECTS THE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM. A CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION WITH VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FRONT ROOM GALLERY HUDSON • 727 Warren St. Hudson, NY 12534 • 718.782.2556  
Saturday-Sundays 12-5 and by appointment