installation view of “Celebration of Life 2017—1959”, photograph by Klára Kusá
C. O. Paeffgen, Karel Malich, Lambert Maria Wintersberger, Sanja Ivekovic, Květa Válová, Eva Kmentová , Sigmar Polke, Karel Souček , Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar, Thomas Ruff, Endre Tót, Mona Hatoum, Ayşe Erkmen, Gülsün Karamustafa, Anne-Marie Blanquart, Endre Tót, Sabine Hoffmann, Achim Freyer, Olbram Zoubek, Rosemarie Trockel, Barbara Szubinska, Michael Ayrton, Tetiana Nylivna Yablonska, Brăduț Covaliu, Vojtěch Tittelbach, Aleš Veselý, Blinky Palermo, Haegue Yang, Jitka Válová, François Franta, Jacob Kramer and Jean Picart Le Doux.
The Lidice Massacre and the subsequent reaction to this horrific act led to significant solidarity events around the world. One of the most important was the founding of Lidice Shall Live in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. British doctor Sir Barnett Stross MP (1899–1967) co-founded the movement shortly after the Massacre. It established a solidarity fund that helped rebuild Lidice after the war.
Stross's engagement with Lidice continued. In 1955, he founded the Rose Garden of Peace and Friendship, which is now located between New and Old Lidice. In 1966, he helped found the Lidice Art Collection. In his initiation letter, he noted that the new collection would commemorate the Massacre and celebrate the new life that flourished in Lidice after the War.
“This small private gallery in West Berlin organised an exhibition, “Hommage à Lidice” (1967), featuring artists of the West German avant-garde…we wanted to bring these works behind the Iron Curtain like a Trojan Horse…”
Celebration of Life explores the Lidice Art Collection's complicated history. For the first time, it examines the collection through the founder's eyes.
It brings together works never exhibited alongside the most famous pieces by artists such as Gerhard Richter, Mona Hatoum, and Jitka Válová. Come and experience this excellent show directly at Lidice Gallery.
Curated by Miloslav Vorlíček
Installation photos
installation views of “Celebration of Life 2017—1959”, photograph by Klára Kusá
