New Architecture Between Centers and Peripheries - Opening of the Exhibition
Aneb architecture of the First Czechoslovak Republic on the border of Moravia and Silesia
The current exhibition prepared by the Ostrava branch of the National Heritage Institute is titled New Architecture Between Centers and Peripheries, with the subtitle Architecture of the First Czechoslovak Republic at the Border of Moravia and Silesia. Its curator is Martin Strakoš. It is related to the exhibition project GVUO Black Earth? Myth and Reality.
The opening will take place in a First Republic style on Thursday, October 18, and the exhibition will be open until April 30, 2019, at the exhibition hall of the NPÚ in Ostrava at the address Odboje 1.
Architecture of the First Czechoslovak Republic at the Border of Moravia and Silesia is both the subtitle and the theme of the exhibition titled New Architecture Between Centers and Peripheries. It deals with construction in the borderline area during a time when the ambitions of three cultural circles clashed and influences of various origins and characteristics converged. The architectural achievements associated with the First Czechoslovak Republic represent one of the fundamental stages of Czech modern culture of the last century. Buildings from Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové, or Zlín from that period are an inseparable part of Czech modern identity. In contrast, the complex situation at the border of Moravia and Silesia from 1918 to 1938 stemmed from the absence of a significant power and cultural center and the influence of three national entities, with the dominance between two of them changing after 1918.
The exhibition presents, through plans, period photographs, and several models, the most prominent works of that era in the fields of sacred buildings, town halls, administrative palaces, residential construction, cultural, sports, and educational buildings, urbanism, and industrial architecture, viewed through the lens of the development of individual architectural types. At the same time, it pays attention to the work of architects permanently associated with cultural centers (Leopold Bauer, Vladimír Fischer, Marie Frommerová, Josef Gočár, Vlastislav Hofman, Bohumil Hübschmann, Leo Kammel, Anton Köstler, Miloš Laml, František Vahala, etc.), who systematically operated in the region (Eduard David, Karel Gottwald, František Kolář and Jan Rubý, Ernst Korner, Karel Kotas, Otto Reichner, Oskar Wittek, etc.), or who were studying at that time and starting their intensive creative careers (Lubomír and Čestmír Šlapet). The presentation focuses on buildings from Moravian Ostrava, Silesian Ostrava, Opava, Krnov, Nový Jičín, but also from the newly formed city of Český Těšín. The aim is to present quality architectural works of the region, many of which remain outside broader awareness. The exhibition emphasizes the successes and values of the local architectural culture of that time and does not hide its limitations.
The exhibition will be open from October 19 every weekday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission is 10 CZK.
The opening will take place in a First Republic style on Thursday, October 18, and the exhibition will be open until April 30, 2019, at the exhibition hall of the NPÚ in Ostrava at the address Odboje 1.
Architecture of the First Czechoslovak Republic at the Border of Moravia and Silesia is both the subtitle and the theme of the exhibition titled New Architecture Between Centers and Peripheries. It deals with construction in the borderline area during a time when the ambitions of three cultural circles clashed and influences of various origins and characteristics converged. The architectural achievements associated with the First Czechoslovak Republic represent one of the fundamental stages of Czech modern culture of the last century. Buildings from Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové, or Zlín from that period are an inseparable part of Czech modern identity. In contrast, the complex situation at the border of Moravia and Silesia from 1918 to 1938 stemmed from the absence of a significant power and cultural center and the influence of three national entities, with the dominance between two of them changing after 1918.
The exhibition presents, through plans, period photographs, and several models, the most prominent works of that era in the fields of sacred buildings, town halls, administrative palaces, residential construction, cultural, sports, and educational buildings, urbanism, and industrial architecture, viewed through the lens of the development of individual architectural types. At the same time, it pays attention to the work of architects permanently associated with cultural centers (Leopold Bauer, Vladimír Fischer, Marie Frommerová, Josef Gočár, Vlastislav Hofman, Bohumil Hübschmann, Leo Kammel, Anton Köstler, Miloš Laml, František Vahala, etc.), who systematically operated in the region (Eduard David, Karel Gottwald, František Kolář and Jan Rubý, Ernst Korner, Karel Kotas, Otto Reichner, Oskar Wittek, etc.), or who were studying at that time and starting their intensive creative careers (Lubomír and Čestmír Šlapet). The presentation focuses on buildings from Moravian Ostrava, Silesian Ostrava, Opava, Krnov, Nový Jičín, but also from the newly formed city of Český Těšín. The aim is to present quality architectural works of the region, many of which remain outside broader awareness. The exhibition emphasizes the successes and values of the local architectural culture of that time and does not hide its limitations.
The exhibition will be open from October 19 every weekday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission is 10 CZK.
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