The Czech Center New York Presents Czech Contemporary Quilt Curated by Jana Štěrbová

 

 

 

Artist Jana Lálová, Petrified Forest. Czech Contemporary Quilt exhibition.

Czech Center New York presents Czech Contemporary Quilt, a cross-sectional exhibition, which charts the development of Czech artists working in this textile discipline, which was practically unknown in the Czech Republic just 20 years ago. Works by thirteen leading quilt artists will be on view July 1st – September 2nd, 2022.  The opening reception will take place Thursday, June 30th, 7-9 PM. Following a number of exhibitions in Europe, this exhibition marks the first time that the best Czech artists will be presented to American audiences.

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The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion at Czech Center New York

 

 

Screen-printed Giselle silk crepe, 1969, © Peter Ascher. Photo © The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Ondřej Kocourek, Ascher Family Archive

Czech Center New York in collaboration with UPM, The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague presents “Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion,” the first U.S. exhibition focused on the life and work of Zika and Lida Ascher, a husband-and-wife duo who left Czechoslovakia before the outbreak of WW2 and built a textile empire in the United Kingdom, which supplied fabrics to the international fashion industry. The exhibition will be on view March 25-May 20, 2022.

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