On July 8, 2021, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid hosted the conference \"\u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez in Czechoslovakia (1946-1949),\" organized by TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Spain and SpainArt. The event was dedicated to analyzing one of the most unique and least-known periods in the career of the Canarian surrealist artist during his stays in Czechoslovakia between 1946 and 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conference brought together leading specialists in contemporary art and historical avant-gardes to examine the relationship between \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez and the Czechoslovakian cultural environment of the post-war period. Among the participants were art historian Pavel \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, curator Isidro Hern\u00e1ndez, critic Juan Manuel Bonet, and researcher Eliseo Izquierdo, who addressed both the artistic dimension and the critical reception of Dom\u00ednguez in Central Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting also served to present the monograph \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez in Czechoslovakia (1946-1949), the result of several years of research on works held in Czech and Slovak collections. The publication highlights the cultural relations between Spain and Czechoslovakia after the Second World War and emphasizes the influence that Dom\u00ednguez's surrealist imagery exerted on Central European artists and intellectual circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During those years, Dom\u00ednguez participated in exhibitions held in cities such as Prague, Olomouc, and Bratislava, consolidating ties with local artists and developing a body of work marked by new visual structures, imaginary machines, and compositions with a strong symbolic charge. Many of these works remain in Czech and Slovakian collections today, becoming an exceptional testament to the international stature of the Canary Islands artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event held at the Thyssen thus provided a unique opportunity to rediscover an essential facet of \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez and to strengthen cultural ties between the Canary Islands, Spain, and the Czech Republic through art, research, and historical memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, July 8, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n > 4:30 p.m. Opening of the Conference by H.E. Mr. IVAN JAN\u010c\u00c1REK, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Spain, the Island Director of Culture of the Tenerife Island Council, Mr. Alejandro Krawietz Rodr\u00edguez, and Marcela Tosal, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in the Canary Islands and President of SpainArt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5:15 \u2013 6:00 p.m. Relations between Czechoslovakia and Spain in connection with the painters of the School of Paris. The case of \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez.\nPavel \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Art Historian and Curator of the project. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pavel \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Art Historian and Curator of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n > 18:30 \u2013 19:30 h. La pintura checa de \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez. A prop\u00f3sito de un proyecto. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Isidro Hern\u00e1ndez, Curator at TEA Tenerife and Curator of the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:45 \u2013 9:00 p.m. Dialogue. The scope and critical reception of \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez in Czechoslovakia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jos\u00e9 Carlos Guerra Cabrera, Art Historian; Pavel \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek and Isidro Hern\u00e1ndez, Curators of the project. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1356,"template":"","class_list":["post-1318","conferencias","type-conferencias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n