Yesterday Evening – Group Čemer
Curator’s Text by Jan Matýsek
Čemer is an art and music group founded in 2019 at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, within the Drawing and Printmaking studio. The members of the group have pursued their own paths across various studios, yet they reconnect in their shared conceptual core that unites them. Currently, they study at UMPRUM in Prague. Žofia Fodorová studies typography, while Leona Krlínová and Jantra Šímová focus on illustration. They mainly exhibit in culturally decentralized areas (for example, in Telč or Benešov).
They (de)construct a narrative based on everyday realities and allow it to unfold naturally. Their conceptual approach moves on the boundary between reality and fiction, and through this playful tension, they materialize a balance between spontaneous choice and the irony of fate. The strength with which they balance on the edge between charm and madness breaks down the creative dictatorship that gave them life.
Yesterday Evening is almost a detective story. The artists build it upon suspicious, somewhere-found, burnt personal objects. They look through the eyes of these objects to reveal the chilling causes of their fate. The artists weave in observations and connections from real events and their own experiences, thus linking the story with their own identities. This fusion of multiple perspectives is an analogy reflecting the diversity within the group. Čemer presents unique narrative possibilities while simultaneously stepping out of it and experimenting maturely with self-reflection. They ruminate beyond their own boundaries. Yesterday Evening can be seen as a recollection of the self, and despite the illusory nature of memory, it desires to be recognized through shared experience of one’s own story.
Group Čemer – Leona Krlínová, Žofia Fodorová, Jantra Šímová
Brno, UMAKART gallery, 2022
Čemer is an art and music group founded in 2019 at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, within the Drawing and Printmaking studio. The members of the group have pursued their own paths across various studios, yet they reconnect in their shared conceptual core that unites them. Currently, they study at UMPRUM in Prague. Žofia Fodorová studies typography, while Leona Krlínová and Jantra Šímová focus on illustration. They mainly exhibit in culturally decentralized areas (for example, in Telč or Benešov).
They (de)construct a narrative based on everyday realities and allow it to unfold naturally. Their conceptual approach moves on the boundary between reality and fiction, and through this playful tension, they materialize a balance between spontaneous choice and the irony of fate. The strength with which they balance on the edge between charm and madness breaks down the creative dictatorship that gave them life.
Yesterday Evening is almost a detective story. The artists build it upon suspicious, somewhere-found, burnt personal objects. They look through the eyes of these objects to reveal the chilling causes of their fate. The artists weave in observations and connections from real events and their own experiences, thus linking the story with their own identities. This fusion of multiple perspectives is an analogy reflecting the diversity within the group. Čemer presents unique narrative possibilities while simultaneously stepping out of it and experimenting maturely with self-reflection. They ruminate beyond their own boundaries. Yesterday Evening can be seen as a recollection of the self, and despite the illusory nature of memory, it desires to be recognized through shared experience of one’s own story.
Group Čemer – Leona Krlínová, Žofia Fodorová, Jantra Šímová
Brno, UMAKART gallery, 2022
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