On the west side of Kadan's Mirove square, next to the white town hall tower, in the former prison we can now find the Gallery of Josef Liesler, which has been located here since 1996.
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist Josef Liesler was born on September 19, 1912 in Vidolice near Kadan and died on August 23, 2005 in Prague. In his work, in addition to the original themes, he also used fragments of motifs from artworks by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, etc., and combined them with his vision and perception. This creates surrealistically rich, free and slightly improvised compositions, thematically free-levitating between the present and history. He has received a number of awards for his work, for example The most beautiful stamp of the year, which was awarded to him by UNESCO for a serie of five postage stamps entitled International hydrological decade, issued on April 25, 1974.
And it was not only the place of birth near Kadan, but above all the breadth and freedom of Josef Liesler's work, that led the gallery under the white tower to use the painter's name in its title. The gallery is open to any art. From abstract creation through realism to sculptures, ceramics, glass, interactive installations, etc. The exhibition changes regularly every month. Each exhibition should be as different as possible from the previous one. Vernissages are always held for individual exhibitions. The gallery also hosts art evenings, workshops for children, art workshops and guided tours.
Among the exhibitions in the last two years, let's name, for example, Emma and Barbora Srncova, Lukas Musil or Tomas Junker.
In addition to the exhibition space inside the town hall, GJL also manages the The Gallery under the open sky on Studentske square. There are, installed on large-format panels, mainly photographic exhibitions, projects of Kadan schools and the work of local artists.
The Gallery of Josef Liesler is open all year round. From January to April and from October to December from Tuesday to Sunday from 13 to 17, in May, June and September from Tuesday to Friday from 13 to 18, on Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 18, in July and August from Monday to Sunday from 10 to 18. The Gallery under the open sky is open all the time.
The gallerist of both institutions is Ing. Lucie Filipova, phone +420 727 892 716, e-mail galerie@kultura-kadan.cz. Information about current exhibitions, ev. changes in opening hours, etc. are listed on the website www.kultura-kadan.cz. The Gallery of Josef Liesler you can find on Mirove square no. 1, The Gallery under the open sky on Studentske square.
We look forward to your visit!
Photographs: archive of the Gallery of Josef Liesler.
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