The exhibition A Tiny Void Full of Tiny Infinite Universe ends this Sunday

An exhibition dedicated to Marie Bartuszová (1936–1996), one of the most remarkable yet long-neglected artists, is coming to an end. It was only in recent years that exhibitions at London’s Tate Modern and the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg brought her work to the attention of an international and, subsequently, domestic audience.

The Czechoslovak sculptor Maria Bartuszová seems to have fallen out of the mainstream of art history, yet she remains significant in the Czech art scene. It is precisely this retrospective exhibition at the Olomouc Museum of Art that brings this forgotten artist, a member of the postwar artistic neo-avant-garde, back into the context of Czech art. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Maria Bartuszová Archive in Košice and the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou, where it premiered.

The specific aim of the exhibition, conceived as a living organism, is to begin with the later phase of the sculptor’s career, namely her works from the 1980s. During this period, she created spectacular site-specific installations and large-scale objects. Visitors will see large-scale plaster reliefs and objects created using the pneumatic casting technique, as well as smaller plaster gravity-cast sculptures and their bronze or aluminum casts, some of which are being exhibited for the first time. The exhibition A Tiny Void Full of Tiny Infinite Universe ends on Sunday 13 September. As part of European Heritage Days, which are taking place this weekend, visitors can enter the Olomouc Museum of Art (and therefore this exhibition) free of charge.