Helena Hladilová

Country
Italy/Czech Republic

Program
Time&Space

Partner
Die Kleine Humboldt Galerie

Website
helenahladilova.blogspot.com

Year
2018

Helena Hladilova commences her residency in Berlin in connection with her upcoming exhibition [insert title] taking place between 12 July – 25 July 2018 at Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin.

Helena’s works are often created in a strong relationship with the context in which are displayed, challenging the limits and the function of an exhibition space to investigate its unexpressed potential. Her attention goes from intimate interventions to more evident presence, sometimes through the substitution or addition of an element, stimulating the guest to reassess the earlier state of the setting.

Já tam nejdu, 2017, carpets made by hand tufting gun machine, wool, canvas, colored furniture, variable dimensions "I'm not going I’m not going anywhere My fingers will trace the indentations That have settled into your skin from too much sleep" — Já tam nejdu, 2017

I often work with the context of the exhibition, trying to be both inside and to provide critique from apart, becoming a double figure of active participant and distant spectator. Most of my works are site-specific, exploring certain contexts, conditions and the exhibition display itself.

Naum 2014, series of fountains, each one a different material (water pumps, plaster, clay, ceramic, latex, styrofoam, paraffin, photographic print), variable dimensions. — Naum 2014, series of fountains, variable dimensions.

Her sculptures and installations often are based on elements of everyday life. Her colorful carpets refer to mythological as well as philosophical imaginary hidden for a viewer in a form of design objects.
Besides her wool, Hladilová uses materials like wood and bronze.

Chair, 2015, series of woven canvas, marsh grass, paper cord, broom plant, wood frames, 130 x 70, 150 x 90, 140 x 80, 140 x 90, 140 x 90, 90 x 50 cm Chair frees the materials employing from their most evident and stereotypical meaning, giving the spectator the chance to reconsider them as spaces of potential imagery, generated from their own nucleus and empowered by a vision. — Chair, 2015

Helena Hladilova was born in Czech Republic, she lives and works in Italy. She studied at Fine Arts Faculty of VUT University, in Brno; the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, in Milan, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara.

The memory, 2018, carpest made by hand tufting gun machine, wool, canvas, 140x100,160x90 cm Series of wool rugs, having as a subject drawings made by my 3 year old son. The memory of a gesture, of an unrepeatable moment that remains recorded on paper. The memory of a child who renews his life in a continuous change of memories memory, a process that is called infantile amnesia. — The memory, 2018

She exhibited in solo and group shows in Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, United States, Finland, Serbia and took part in numerous residency programs.
As a co-founding member of GUM Studio, in Turin, she curates exhibitions since 2008

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Helena Hladilová

Country Italy/Czech Republic

Program Time&Space

Partner Die Kleine Humboldt Galerie

Website helenahladilova.blogspot.com