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Jirí Kovanda

Biography

Presentation

Jiří Kovanda (1953) has been one of the outstanding conceptual artists of the Czech art scene. He organised his first performances in public environments in Prague in the mid-1970’s. His minimal actions, all based on a detailed scenario, were all recorded through photography in black and white and instruction leaflets.

In the eye of the artist, the work of art is made up of these documents, these performances having no other aim than the traces that are recorded. In his performances, those mundane actions appear slightly off-key, allowing us, through this combination of apparent simplicity and unbalance, to grasp at the individual and what remains real and human in a society under surveillance. After 1978, Kovanda staged minimalist and poetical interventions still recorded through a photograph and a text while the artist vanished completely

from his interventions which deal with the very notion of traces. In the 1980’s, Kovanda turned to painting before abandoning all artistic practices. His work was rediscovered only recently and Kovanda has been active again creating installations, paintings and performances as discrete still and poetical in which he strives to find beauty in everyday life and to map out a space where the individual can actually exist.

Biography

Jiří Kovanda Born in 1953 in Praha. Lives and works in Praha, Czech Republic.

Solo exhibitions

2011

The Nervous System (with Zbyněk Baladrán), Kunstverein, Milano.

Katalog, Gallery of Visual Arts, Cheb.

Wait, Please, She Will Come, gb agency, Paris.

2010

White Blanket, Secession, Vienna.Galerie mesta Blanska, Blansko.

2009

Galerie Krobath, Vienna; Galerie Krobath, Berlin.

1,2,3, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York; White Space, New York.

Jiří Kovanda & Július Koller, Ludlow 38, New York.

2008

Jiří Kovanda: Actions and Interventions, Art Projects, gb agency, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami.

Pink Carpet, CGAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela.

Stains, Gallery Futura, Praha. (with E. Kotatkova)

Golden Ring, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Praha.

Kissing through Glass (Performance), Frac Lorraine, Metz.

Two Cushions, gb agency, Paris.

When I was a Little Boy, I played with girls, Galerie U Bílého Jednorozce, Klatovy, Klenová.

Windows, Fishes, Geraniums, Gallery 5. patro, Praha.

Killing The Blues, Galerie ad astra, Kurim.

Resistance, Dominik Art Projects, Krakow.

2007

Jiří Kovanda VS Rest of the World, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona.

Jiří Kovanda vs le reste du monde, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Valence.

Untitled, Vernon Project, Praha.

Moravska galerie, Brno.

Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna.

Johnen Gallery, Berlin. (with J. Merta)

Jiří Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest.

Jiří Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, De Appel, Amsterdam.

2006

I’d Rather be an Angel, Atelier Josefa Sudka, Praha.

Galerie Na bidylku, Brno. (with J.G. Dokoupil)

Moravska galerie, Brno.Gallery Jeleni, Praha.

Jiří Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de Rapprochement), gb agency, Paris.

Já / I, Futura, Praha.

Jiří Kovanda, a Retrospective, Galerie Zdenek Sklenar, Praha.

Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna.

Július Koller / Jiří Kovanda, Index, Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm.

2005

From the Third Side, Dùm Umĕní - House of Arts, Èeské Budìjovice

I Hunted for the Zoo, A.M 180, Praha.

30 cm to the Left, Institut français, Praha.

2004

1985, Galerie Na bidylku, Brno

I Have Nothing Against It, Dum panu z Kunstatu, Brno.

Soul Mate, Gallery Sternberk, Sternberk.

2002

Open Gallery, Bratislava. (with D. Lehocka)

Walled Sausage, Gallery CO 14, Prague.

Gallery Jeleni, Prague. (with D. Lehocka)

Spejnovna, Prague. (with J. Spanhel)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno. (with J. Mancuska) 2001

Mestska knihovna, Pilsen.2000

A Few Contemporary Artists, Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Sunflower, AP Atelier, Praha.1999

Drawings 1970–1999, Gallery Na bid˘lku, Brno.

1998

A Favourable Moment, Gallery MXM, Praha.

Gallery zum Roten Leue, Klingnau.

1997

Nina at Work, Gallery Mala Spálovka, Praha.

European Studies, Center of the Institute for East West Studies, Praha.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

1996

Gallery Caesar, Olomouc. Mestske Muzeum, As.

Gallery 761, Ostrava.

White Food, Gallery MXM, Praha. (with V. Skrepl)

1995

Gallery MXM, Praha. Forum Stadtpark, Graz. (with V. Skrepl)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Mestska Knihovna, Boskovice.

1994

Gallery Pod Vezi, Trebon.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Gallery of J. Krale, House of Art, Brno.

Gallery Velryba, Praha.

1993

Gallery MXM, Praha.

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

1992

Gallery MXM, Praha. (with M. Dopitova)

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.

1991

Dum Kultury, Ceske Budejovice.

Gallerymladych, Brno.

Workshop Na Skorepce, Brno.

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.

Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

1990

Gallery Na bidylku, Brno.Gallery Holzer, Villach. (with Kokolia)

Gallery Pohlhammer, Steyr. (with G. Hosovsky and L. Teren)

1989

Gallery Na Bidylku, Brno.Cultural Center Opatov, Praha.

1988

Vystavni Sin Luna, Louny.Little Exhibition Hall, Liberec (with M. Johnem and V. Skrepl)

1987

Kulturni stredisko Blatiny, Praha.Kulturni stredisko Opatov, Praha. (with M. Johnem and V. Skrepl)

1984

Futurum, Praha.

1982

Vystavni sin Kniha, Praha.

1976

Gallery Mospan, Warsaw.

Group Shows

2012

It is what it is. Or is it?, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.

2011

Performances, Fiac, gb agency, Auditorium Grand Palais, Paris.

O, Redongreen Gallery, Dublin.

Ostalgia, New Museum, New York.

The Encounter, Jan Mot, Brussels.

Nul si découvert, Erudition Concrète 4, Le Plateau, Paris

Why do you resist? Forms of Resistance in Contemporary Art, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok

Médium, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha.

2010

Der ideale Ort, um mit der Freiheit unter vier Augen zu sprechen, Künstlerhaus, Bremen.

Traler Park, Opere dalla Fondazione Morra Greco, Teatro Margherita, Bari.

Malerei: Prozess und Expansion - Von den 1950er Jahren bis heute, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna.

A Walk around the Block, Centre d’art contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel.

Within the Shadow of a Doubt, Frac Lorraine, Metz.

Jiří Kovanda, Roman Ondák, Július Koller, Art Feature, gb agency, Art Basel, Basel.

Les Promesses du Passé, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris.

Creating of Worlds, Galerie Emila Filly, Ustí nad Labem.

Monument to Transformation, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb.

If Space Meant Nothing, Condotto C, Roma.

Che cosa sono le nuvole?, Museion, Bolzano.

Double Bind, Arrêtez d’essayer de me comprendre, Villa Arson, Nice.

2009

Pièces de résistance: Formen von Widerstand in der zeitgenössischen, Kunstmuseum, Thun.

Jirí Kovanda, Hommage an Július Koller (1939–2007), Tschechisches Zentrum, Vienna.

It rests by changing, Galleria R.Cortese, Milano.

Là où je suis n'existe pas, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse.

We would like to thank (again) the curators who wish to remain anonymous, Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris.

The Death of the Audience, Wiener Secession, Vienna.

Gone to Croatan, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun.

Performing the East, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg. 

Flower Power, Villa Giulia, CRAA centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania.

Drawings, Kabinett gallery, Zlin.

...no places no frontiers..., Dominik Art project, Kraków.

Minimal Shift, Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnav.

Very Simple Actions without Any Particular Purpose, Artra, Milano.

Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn.

40 Lives of One Space, 3 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, former Red October chocolate factory / Confectionary Hall, Moscow.

2008

Why Here is Always Somewhere Else, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe.

Playtime, Betonsalon, Paris.

All the Best, Gallery One One One, David Roberts Art Foundation, London.

You Are My Mirror 1: L’Infamille, FRAC Lorraine, Metz.

What is my Name?, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent.

Peripheral Vision and Collective Body, Museion, Bolzano. 

Michel de Certeau, Oui, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble.

Collection premier mouvement, Des contes, des images, quelques tableaux et un théâtre invisible, Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain, Rochechouart.

Crowd, Centre d’Art Contemporain La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand.

New But For Exceptions, Wannieck Gallery, Brno.

Fetish versus Evocation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig.

Kontakt...Works from the Art Collection of Erste Bank Group, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaujvaros. 

MANUAL CC. Instructions for beginners and advanced players, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.

Art Sheffield 08 : Yes, No & Other Options, Sheffield.

Contemporary Czech Cubism, City Gallery, Praha.

Absence Recorded, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Praha.

New But For Exceptions, Wannieck Gallery, Brno.

Between Concept and Action, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turino.

Why do you Resist, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem.

2007

Why Do You Resist, Forum Stadtpark, Graz.

Fiac, gb agency, Cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris.

Tomas Cisarovsky, Jiří Kovanda, Petr Pastrnak, Fifth Floor Gallery, Praha.

The Fair Gallery, gb agency, Frieze Art Fair, London.

Passion de l’été pour l’hiver, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou.

Ver bailar. Diálogo entre la danza y las bellas artes, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, CAAC, Sevilla.

With Only Exceptions New, Wannieck Gallery, Brno.

Claydon, Jürgensen, Kovanda, Reyle, Veilhan, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munchen.

Die Fotosamlung, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.

Form Follows...Risk, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava.

Intocable, el ideal de la transparencia, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid.

Documenta XII, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel.

Invisible Things, Trafo Gallery, Budapest.

Some Time Waiting, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris.

Tanzen Sehen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen.

Actions and Interruptions (Saturday Live), Tate Modern, London.

2006

Tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage, Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurt.

Get Together, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana.

More stories on absence, Extra City, Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerpen.

I invited some friends to come and watch, Galerija Nova, Zagreb.

I (Ich) / Performative Ontology, Secession, Vienna.

I, Direct Ontology, Futura Gallery, Prague, Secession, Vienna.

Gray Zones, GfZK, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.

Kontakt, Sammlung der Erste Bank Gruppe, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna.

Narrow Focus, Gallery Futura, Praha.

2005

Flash Fair, Ata Hotel, Milano.

ViennArtfair, Messezentrum, Vienna.

Prague Biennale 2, Karlinska hala, Praha.

Fourth New Zlin Salon, Dum Umeni, Zlin.

20th Centurty Czech Photography, Umeleckoprumyslové Museum, Galerie hl.m. Prahly, Praha.

Support 3 (Fluxus, Happening, Konzeptkunst), Neue Galerie, Graz.

Definitions, Display Gallery, Praha.

1811197604122005, Galeria plan b, Cluj.

East Art Museum, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Den Hagen.

Concept Art, Neue Gallery, Graz.

2004

Eintritt Frei, Bawag Foundation, Vienna.

Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baseland, Basel.

Parallel Actions, Galerie der HGB, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig.

Being the Future, Palast der Republik, Berlin.

The Richard Adam Collection, Oblastni Gallery Vysociny, Jihlava.

The Collection Obsession, Oblastni GalleryVysociny, Jihlava.

Cordially Invited, BAK and Centraal Museum, Utrecht .

Like Breads on an Abacus Designed to Calculate Infinity, Rockwell, London.

One Possibility, Sternberck g Gallery, Sternberk.

Neutral, Motörenhalle, Dresden.

From my Window, Artists and Their Territoiries, ENSBA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

2003

To the Letter, Czech Center, New York.

Parallel Actions, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.

Today, We Must Still Appeal to Your Imagination, Kölnischer Kunsverein, Köln.

2002

FAIR, Royal College of Art, London.Arty, Café Bystrica, Bratislava.

Object, Object, Moravska gallery, Brno.

Interpretation is Not a Crime, Dum umeni, Brno.

On Paper, MXM Gallery, Praha.

Black and White, Vystavni sin zamku, Bruntal; Mestské Muzeum a Gallery, Svitav; Stenberk Gallery, Stenberk.

Yo-Yo Effect, Wortneruv dum, Ceske Budejovice.

Tsjechish Cultuurfestival, Christine van Stralen Gallery, Almere.

Third New Zlin Salon, Dum Umeni Zlinsky Zamek, Zlin.

Akademija za likovno umetnost iz Prage se predstavija, Posavski Musej, Brezice.

Field of Phenomena: The Solitude of Things, Moravska Gallery, Brno.

2001

Body and the East, Exit Art, New York.

Object, Object, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Praha.

Die Sammlung, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienne.

Contemprary Past, Oblastni Gallery Vysociny, Jihlava.

Blinded Intemacy, Centrum pro Soucasne Umeni, Praha.

2000

ÜberlebenKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Berlin.

Contemporary Past, Alsova jihoceska Gallery.

On the Road to Permanent Exhibition: Contemporary Czech Painting and Sculpture, Muzeum Umeni, Benesov.

100, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc.

Modern Czech Drawing, Vitavin Gallery, Praha.

1999

Perplex, V. Spala's Gallery, Praha.

Brother's Brother, V. Löffler's Museum, Kosice.

99 CZ Nineties, Wenceslas Square and other spaces, Praha.

The Prague MXM Gallery, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin.

Sensitivities-Contemporary Art of Central Europe, European Academy for the Arts, London.

Czech Days, City Exhibition Hall, Wesseling.

Green, Akademie Gallery Vytvarnych Umeni, Praha.

Aspekte / Positionen, 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst, Palais Lichtenstein; 20er Haus,Vienna.

Art for Hospitals, V. Spaly, Praha.

Czech Art in the 1990's, The Czech Center, New York.

Translocation, Generali Foundation, Vienna.

ARCO, Madrid.

Homage to Franck Kafka, Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg, SRN; Tancici dum, Praha.

Second New Zlin Salon, Zlinsky zamek a jiné prostory, Zlin.

Transversal Structures, Château de Vaudrémont, Chaumont.

MXM Gallery Messe, Vienna.

1998

Lewered Budget, Manes, Praha.

Liste 98 - The Young Art Fair, Werkraum Warteck, Basel.

Body and the East, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.

Sensitivities, Contemporary Art of Central Europe, European Academy for the Arts, London.

Osterreichisches Kultur Institut, Roma.

Gifts and Purchases, Narodni Gallery, Veletrzni Palac, Praha.

Painted Collage, Na bidylku Gallery, Brno.

1997

Demode, Gallery U dobreho Pastyre, Brno.

Cse(h)ndes üzenetek, Budapest Galeria, Budapest.

There Is No Normal Family, Na bidylku gallery, Brno.

The Art of the Frozen Time:The Czech Art Scene 1969-1985, Moravska Gallery, Brno.

Between Tradition and Experimentation: Works on paper and with Paper in Czech Art 1939-1989, Muzeum Umeni, Olornouc.

Art Market 97, Dresden.

Interfaces, Kunstverein, Konstanz.

Distribution of Presents, MXM Gallery, Praha.

1996

Ceska abstraHce, V. Spala's Gallery, Praha.

L'Art au Corps, MAC, Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, Marseille.

Sleeping Doll, MXM gallery, Praha.

Silence, Warmth, Liquids, JNJ Gallery, Praha.

First New Zlin Salon, Dum um_ni a jiné prostory, Zlin.

Confrontation 96, Svarov.

The Art of Frozen Time: The Czech Art Scene 1969-1985, Ceske Muzeum Vytvarnychumeni, Praha.

Malamut 96, Parnik, Ostrava.

Villa, Richterova vila, Praha.

2000-4/Simple Notification, AP Ateliér, Praha.

1995

Trial Run, Manes, Praha.

Pure Profit, MXM Gallery, Praha.

Pretty Much Like That, But With Caution, MXM Gallery, Praha.

Bona Fide Pictures, Sypka Gallery, Vikov.

Yearly Market 95, Kunsthalle, Krems.

MXM Gallery, Munchen.

Abstrakt/Real, Museum Moderner Kunst, 20er Haus, Vienna.

1994

Circle, Gallery MXM, Umeni Gallery, Ostrov nad Ohri, Spka Gallery, Vikov.

1993

Gray Brick 35/1992, Gallery J,Jokobiho, Kosice; Zahorska Galery, Senaca.

Second Exit, Ludwig Forum, Aachen.

Reality and Illusion, Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou; Pribam Oblastni Gallery Vysociny, Jihlava.

The Landscape in Contemporanity Art, DumU Kamenneho zvonu, Praha.

Czech Works on Paper, South Bank Centre, Londres; Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr.

Gallery MXM, Praha.

What's Left, Stenc's House, Praha.

Europe Without Walls, City Art Galleries, Manchester.

11th International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Gallery, Murska Sobota.

What's Left, Art, Hamburg.

1992

Rosemary, Sage and Thyme, galleryPanetta, Mannheim.

Presparty, Galleryhlavinho mesty Prahy, Praha.

Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou; Pribam Oblastni GalleryVysociny, Jihlava.

Project 1992, Civitella d'Agliano, Agliano.

Crash, Gallery La Coupole, Neu-Isenburg.

Sirup, Pasinger Fabrik, Munchen.

Gray Brick 35/1992, Gallery Klatovy, Klenova.

Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska Galerie, Hluboka n/V.

1991

New Intimacy, ULUV, Praha.

Contribution to Happiness, Galerie der Künstler, Munchen.

The Exhibition of the Contemporary Czech Art, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei.

Contemporary Czech Painting, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul.

Roads Toward Postmodernism, Umeleckoprumyslove Museum, Praha.

The 1980s Generation, Palffyho Palac, Praha.

Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska Gallery, Hluboka nad Vltavou.

Gallery MXM, Praha.

Magic Box, Vila Portheimka, Praha.

Action Art, Manes, Prague; Povazska Galeria Umenia, Zilin.

1990

Description of a Struggle, Gallery of Art, Cheb; Gallery of Art, Karlovy Vary; Orlicka gallery, Rychnov nad Kneznou; House of Art, Opava.

1989

Metaphysical Visions: Middle Europe, Artists Space, New York.

Description of a Struggle, Gallery of Art, Roudnice nad Labem.

Rockfest 89, Palac Kultury, Praha.

Smiles, Jokes and Faces, Palac Kultur, Praha.

Vystava na podporu OF, Dum U Kamenneho Zvonu, Praha.

1988

Rockfest 88, Palac Kultury, Praha.

Humor 88, Krajska Gallery.

Painting of the 80' Generation, Palace of Youth, Moscow.

1987

Exhibition 30, People's House, Praha.

Second Congress of Young Czech and Slovak Artists, Bratislava.

Rockfest 87, Palackultury, Praha.

Confrontation VI, Praha.

Artists Festival, Bratislava.

Confrontation VII, Svarov.

1986

Body in the Czechoslovak Photography, Museum Kromerizska, Kromeriz.

Confrontation V, Svarov.

Confrontation IV, Praha.

First Congress of Young Czech and Slovak Artists, Praha.

1981

Returns to Nature, Salon Fotografia, Belgrad.

1979

Places and Moments, Galeria Foto-Medium-Art, Wroclaw.

Czechoslovak Conceptual Photography, Dziekanka, Warsaw.

Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam.

1978

Experience Book, Gallery Maki, Tokyo.

1977

Laboratorio, Milano.

Vysokoskolsky club, Hradek Kralové.

Bibliography

Bibliography

Publications (selection)

2010

JIŘÍ KOVANDA - White Blanket - Secession, text and Interview with Jiří Kovanda: Edith Jeřábková, German/English, published by Secession 2010

2006

Performances and Installations – 1976-2005, texts by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jiri Sevcik, Georg Scholhammer, Vit Havranek, Pawel Polit, Igor Zabel, published by tranzit & jrp ringier, 2006

2004

1985, Galerie Na bidylku, Brno

East Art Map, New Moment nr. 20, Ljubljana, Slovinsko,p. 43.

2002

Galerie Na bidylku, Brno (with J. Mancuska)

1999

Kresby 1970-1999 (“Drawings 1970-1999”), Galerie Na bidylku, Brno

Pavlína Morganova: Art of Action, pp. 123–126, 203, 227–228, Votobia

1996

Galerie Na bidylku, Brno

Galerie Caesar, Olomouc

1982

Petr Rezek, Body, Thing and Reality in Contemporary Art, p. 156, published by Jazzova sekce, Prague.

Press Articles (selection)

2008

Modern Painters, Jiri Kovanda, Two Cushions by Vivian Rehberg, Spring

Frieze, Kiss and Tell by Noemi Smolik, March.

2007

Flash Art, The Faint Breeze of the everyday by Vit Havranek.

Flash Art, CZ/SK, Intimni a rusivy Kovanda by Eva Kratka, August.

El Cultural, Al altro Lado des cristal by Javier Hernando, 15/07.

El Pais, A traves del cristal by Fernando Samaniego, Issue 14, Julio.

Untitled, Tranzit: an institution without institution by Tobi Maier, #42, Summer.

Springerin Magazine, Jiri Kovanda Versus Rest of The World, gb agency, Paris by Hedwig Saxenhuber, Heft1, N°XIII.

Particules, Jiri Kovanda: I want You by Guillaume Leingre, #18, March-April.

2006

Paris-Art.com, Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de rapprochement) by Aurore Bonneau.

Art Forum, Critics' picks: Jiri Kovanda at gb agency, Paris by Yoann Gourmel.

Les Inrockuptibles, Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde by Claire Moulène & Judicael Lavrador, #564, 19-25 Sept.

Spike art Quaterly, Jiri Kovanda, Patina und Welt by Christian Kobald, Sommer.

2004

Flash Art, Free Entrance by Nora Theiss, July-September, #237, p. 54.

Springerin Magazine, I am not against by David Kulhánek, 2/04.

Atelier, Kovanda / Baladran by Jirí Valoch, 13/2004, p. 7.

Times, Once Upon a Time in Central Europe, When Unruly Was the Rule, by Ken Johnson, New York, February 6th 2004.

Umelec, Jiri Kovanda, Get Along with what we have by Vit Havranek, #3.

1998

Springerin Magazine, Auf einen Anruf warten by Georg Schöllhammer, Issue 4/98, pp. 52-55.

Detail, the author's issue, 6/1998, pp. 1-8.

1997

Atelier, Abstrakt/Real by Jana and Jiri Sevcik, 2/1997, p. 16.

Detail, Jiri Kovanda and Vladimir Skrepl in Graz, 1/I, p. 21.

1994

Vytvarne umeni, Art of Instalation, Jiri Kovanda: From Action to Installation, 4/94, pp. 75-76.

1993

G+B Arts International, Contemporary Czech Painting by Pavla Pecinkova, Australia, pp. 74-77.

1991

Vytvarne umeni, Jiri David Talks with Jiri Kovanda: 'Trail my Coat', 4/91, pp. 46-54.

Artforum International, The Czech Point: Finding A Third Way by Valerie Smith, January, No. 5, pp. 82-88.

1990

Flash Art, Finzione o Realta by Jana and Jiri Sevcik, June-July 1990, #156, pp. 90-93.

1989

Umeni a remesla, Painting of Eighties in Bohemia by Jana and Jiri Sevcik, 3/89, pp. 21-29.

1988

Flash Art, From Prague by Jana and Jiri Sevcik, March-April 1988, #139, pp. 93-95.

Downloadable press articles

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Catalogue (selection)

2007

tranzit, catalogue of exhibition, interview with Hans-Ulrich Obrist, conversation behind Jiri Sevcik and Georg Schölhammer, text by Vit Havranek, Pawel Polit and Igor Zabel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Frankfurt, (english).

Press (Selection) :

2009

EXIT Express,#41, spanish, "Jiri Kovanda: pink carpet", text by Pedro de Liano, February.

10 questions à Jiri Kovanda, interview realesed by Tobi Mayer, 2009

Art Review, anglais, "Jiri Kovanda", by Andrew Kreps, summer 2009.

2008

Modern Painters, english, "Jiri Kovanda, Two Cushions", text by Vivian Rehberg, Spring.

Frieze, english, "Kiss and Tell", text by Noemi Smolik, March.

2007

Flash Art, # 257, english, "The Faint Breeze of the Everyday", text by Vit Havranek, November/December.

Untitled, #42, english, "tranzit: an institution without institution", text by Tobi Maier, Summer.

Particules, #18, french, "Jiri Kovanda: I Want You", text by Guillaume Leingre, March/April.

2006

Paris-Art, french, "Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de rapprochement)", text by Aurore Bonneau, September.

Artforum, english, "Jiri Kovanda at gb agency", text by Yoann Gourmel, Fall.

Les Inrockuptibles, #564, french, "Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde", text by Claire Moulène & Judicaël Lavrador, September 19-25.

2004

Umelec, #3, english, "Ginget Along With What We Have", interview with Vit Havranek, March.

Works

Performances

Installations

A4- Actions

A4- Interventions

Paintings / Objects