An illustrated talk by Prof. Arch. Jiřà Pelcl, UMPRUM, Prague
Friday, January 29, 2016 at 7pm
Bohemian National Hall, 3rd floor
321 E 73 Str, New York, NY 10021
After 1909, Prague was considered the second most popular center of European Cubism after Paris. In his talk, Professor Jiřà Pelcl will present the amazing era in Czech art history with focus on Cubism as applied in the Czech architecture, furniture design and other applied arts.
In conjunction with a new exhibit at the Museum of Cubism in Prague, in an outstanding piece of Cubist architecture by Josef GoÄár, the Black Madonna House. www.czkubismus.cz/en/
Suggested donation $5.00
RSVP: newyork@svu2000.org
Jiřà Pelcl is a prominent personality in the field of design in the Czech Republic. Aside from applied design activity for industrial manufacturing, he works in the area of design theory, lectures at colleges and universities at home and abroad. He is a professor at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM) in Prague and its former rector (2002–2005). His design work has received many awards and is represented in the permanent design collections around the world. Currently, he is a visiting Fulbright Masaryk Scholar at the Pratt Institute researching history of the Shaker furniture style. www.pelcl.cz
