"Metaphor and Irony: Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920-1999"
2000-07-27 until 2000-10-27
Riffe Gallery
Columbus, OH, USA United States of America

Metaphor and Irony: Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920-1999 will be on display July 27-October 15 at the Ohio Arts Council1s Riffe Gallery. The exhibition traces the influences of European art movements and philosophies on theatre artists in the Czech homeland.

Metaphor and Irony is curated by Helena Albertova, a faculty member of the School for Applied Arts at Charles University in Prague and former director of the Czech Theatre Institute, and Joe Brandesky, an associate professor of theatre at Ohio State University-Lima. An opening reception will be held Thursday, July 27, from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

IMAGE:
Josef Svoboda,
scene from Tristan and Isolde
by Richard Wagner

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