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Jirí Kolár works in the museum of modern art in Rome

Posted in Exhibitions in Rome and surroundings - May 19th, 2011

From May 9th at July 29th 2011, the museum of modern art in Rome (the Gallerja) will exhibit the works of bohemian artist Jirí Kolár.

Jirí Kolár was well-rounded artist, in fact he was a poet, a author, a literary translator and a painter; and his works are famous both arts and paintings. Jirí Kolár was a virtuous of communication by means of everything channel; which one was in able to express an expressive strength through the works; works so powerful and without any hesitation, that the artist was condemned to one year of prison and he was interdicted to many years at publication and exhibition. All of this for his work “Prometheus liver”.

In the Gellerja, museum of modern art in Rome, there will be showed his visual works created with his special collage techniques like confrontages or rapportages, where the words were replaced with images, or intercalage, images interpenetration, until the rollage, his most famous technique where the images were created by misaligned stripes, a perfect game of shapes in composition/decomposition.

Jirí Kolár exhibition will be house in museum of modern art in Rome (Gallerja) from May 9th at July 29th 2011. The exhibition is open on Monday – Friday / 11:00-13:30 15:00 – 19:30 and it is located in Via della Lupa 24; so if you are looking a hotel in the neighborhood we suggest this hotel in Rome which is only a 5 minute walk away.

Contemporary Art Fair in Rome: MACRO and MAXXI openings

Posted in Exhibitions in Rome and surroundings - May 19th, 2010

The third ROMA – Road to contemporary Art lights up the Roman spring. From May 27th to 30th a week of contemporary art events and exhibitions will settle the fairs pavilions. Here will take place the MAXXI opening and the inauguration of some MACRO’s new areas.

THE FAIR
67 national and international galleries will settle the ROMA – Road to Contemporary art. MACRO Testaccio will be the unique fair centre.
MACRO Future and the Pelanda Pavilion (unequalled for his “pool structure”) will be the limelight of the fair. Outside the fair areas will be set up a big object art’s exhibition, a bar, a restaurant and a lounge area in which performances and dj-sets will take place.
Everyday open from 4 pm to 12 pm. Sunday from 11 am to 8 pm. (more…)