Marek Ther awarded 2011 Chalupecký Prize

This year’s Jindřich Chalupecký Prize for best artist in the Czech Republic under the age of 35 has been won by film and video creator Marek Ther. In its choice the international jury praised the artist’s courage in challenging social taboos and prejudices. Curator Rainer Fuchs at DOX Gallery on Friday pointed out that “beauty and horror presented in Ther’s work were not mutually exclusive”. Mr Ther is a graduate of Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts where he studied painting under Vladimír Škrepl; he soon left painting behind, however, in favor of New Media using video and film.

Author: Jan Velinger