Markéta Magidová
Postponed Celebration
Artist
Markéta Magidová
(1984, Praha), Czech
Original Title
Postponed Celebration
Date2018
Mediumdigital photographs, kappa boards, concrete, metal, black paint, plaster hand, digital print on polyester, pink paint, porcelain bust of a woman
Classificationsinstallations
Credit LineKunsthalle Praha
Image Copyright
© Markéta Magidová
DescriptionVisual artist and theorist Markéta Magidová initially dedicated herself to photography, before eventually starting to work with video, textual installations, and poetry readings. An essential component of her practice are publications in which she works with language and the structural dimensions of our thought processes. Magidová explores conventional patterns of human behavior and of the production of social and institutional relations, primarily analyzing stereotypical historical representations in relation to still-persisting gender inequalities. She also analyzes the deformation of reality by virtuality and the condition of human subjectivity within the space of a normative social order.
In this installation titled Postponed Celebration (2018) Magidová reflects on the unequal treatment of male and female artists in art history and society more generally. The piece thematizes gendered visual representations. It expresses the veneration of male artists through photographs of busts installed on massive concrete frames; meanwhile, women are represented by anonymous statues and photographs veiled by a thin fabric. The installation is thus a reminder that although the fight for women’s rights has been progressing for decades, old conventions are still deeply rooted in our society and the recognition of women artists continues to be postponed to an unknown date.
Markéta Magidová (*1984, Prague) has an undergraduate degree in photography from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín and a master’s degree in art theory from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. During her studies, she also spent time at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Liège.
In this installation titled Postponed Celebration (2018) Magidová reflects on the unequal treatment of male and female artists in art history and society more generally. The piece thematizes gendered visual representations. It expresses the veneration of male artists through photographs of busts installed on massive concrete frames; meanwhile, women are represented by anonymous statues and photographs veiled by a thin fabric. The installation is thus a reminder that although the fight for women’s rights has been progressing for decades, old conventions are still deeply rooted in our society and the recognition of women artists continues to be postponed to an unknown date.
Markéta Magidová (*1984, Prague) has an undergraduate degree in photography from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín and a master’s degree in art theory from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. During her studies, she also spent time at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Liège.
