The Czechoslovak exposition at the Prague Quadrennial in 1983 is conceived as a selection which accents the creative stage and costume designs of the middle generation, which in the most recent four years has achieved a number of deserved successes. This approach is based on the fact that such surveys as the Prague Quadrennial, which take place every four years, cannot include members of the youngest generation of designers, who are at the beginning of their careers, nor the designers of the older generation, who have already had a number of opportunities to present their work to an international audience. The exhibiting Czech and Slovak designers are predominantly representatives of a progressive current in stage design which in the middle of the seventies were designated by the Soviet theoretician V. Beryozkin as action stage design. Action stage design is rooted in the action of the actors on the stage and are bound to them; they form a continuity with the actors. Hence this is an environmental stage design, which is formed predominantly by scenic objects, props and costumes. This current of stage design is anti-illusionist: its poetics are based on the constant confrontation between empirical and dramatic reality. Dramatic "overpressure", architecturally structured in a theatre a 1'italienne is often reduced by various economical methods. The visual arts apparatus on the stage which forms an illusion of a specific environment, is limited to those elements which carry the action of the actors. Thus the stage set is not only playing along with the actor, but through him. This close linkage produces a new synthesis in a theatrical work of art: action stage design ceases to be an independent theatrical and visual discipline and is becoming a component of the dramatic text, stage direction and the actors performance. The generation of Czech and Slovak visual artists who have made action stage design their program, has predominantly come to our theatres at the end of the sixties and beginning of the seventies and is now at the height of its creative potential.
- Petr Matásek
* 1944, Praha
Additional information: Graduated from the Academy for Performing Arts in Prague and currently operates in Puppet Theatre Drak. He teaches puppet theatre stage design at the Academy for Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). Exhibited at the PQ in 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1995.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Golden-Haired Princess),
(Východočeské loutkové divadlo DRAK Hradec Králové),
1981, Director: J. Krofta,
- Miroslav Melena
* 1937, Louny
Specialization: architect, set designer, costume designer
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Birds),
(Pozorište mladih Sarajevo),
1980, Director: E. Majaron,
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: (The Barber of Seville),
(Studio Ypsilon, scéna Divadla Jiřího Wolkra Praha),
1981, Director: J. Schmid,
- Jan Dušek
Additional information: Born in 1942 in Prague. Since 1979 he has been a lecturer at the Department of Stage Design at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has cooperated as a stage and costume designer with the majority of theatres both in Prague and elsewhere in the country. In 1972 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad he received a Gold Medal for stage design (collective) and a Silver Medal for costume designs (collective). He exhibited at the PQ in 1971 and in 1975.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Julietta),
(Státní divadlo Brno),
1982, Director: E. Schorm,
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: (Amadeus),
(Státní divadlo Brno),
1982, Director: P. Hradil,
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: (Macbeth),
(Divadlo Na zábradlí Praha),
1981, Director: E. Schorm,
- Jaroslav Malina
Additional information: Born in 1937 in Prague. Graduated from the Pedagogic Faculty of the University and from the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts (prof. Tröster's class). After having completed his studies in 1964, he is above all at work at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec. He concerns himself also with setting for puppet theatres (The Naive Theatre in Liberec, Studio Y), with graphic works and painting. He took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Dostigaev and the Others),
(Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého Praha),
1980, Director: K. Kříž,
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: (A Lucrative Job),
(Státní divadlo Brno),
1979, Director: I. Balaďa,
- Ladislav Vychodil
Additional information: Born in 1920 in Háčky na Hané. He is the chief stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and the chief of the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 1965 he received a Gold Medal as the best foreign stage designer at the Biennial of Fine Arts in São Paulo. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979. National Artist.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Makropulos Affair),
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1973, Director: B. Kriška,
- Štefan Hudák
Additional information: Born in 1942 in Velký Šariš. Since 1968 he has been working as an architect at the Czechoslovak Television Studio in Košice. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Comical Mystery),
(MDŠ Dom kultury Východoslovenských železiarní Košice),
1983, Director: J. Prážmári,
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: (Gel'o Sebechlebský),
(Divadlo Jonáša Záborského Prešov),
1982, Director: J. Řihák,
- Jaromír Pátek
Additional information: Born in 1936 in Třebíč. Since 1967 he has been a chief stage designer at the Jiří Wolker Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland),
(Divadlo Jiřího Wolkra Praha),
1981, Director: K. Texel,
- Albert Pražák
Additional information: Born in 1946; chief of the Department of Stage Design and vice-dean of the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
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Exhibiting works
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: (Don Juan),
(Státní divadlo Ostrava),
1979, Director: R. Koval,
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: (King Lear),
(Národní divadlo Praha),
1979, Director: Z. Kaloč,
- Karel Zmrzlý
Additional information: Born in 1936 in Brno. He has been working as chief stage designer at the Mrštík Brothers Theatre in Brno. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Entertainer ),
(Divadlo bratří Mrštíků Brno),
1981, Director: P. Římský,
- Helena ANÝŽOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1936 in Plzeň. She has been working as a costume designer at the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice. She participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Tartuffe),
(Divadlo F. X. Šaldy Liberec),
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: (Romeo and Juliet),
(Jihočeské divadlo České Budějovice),
1980, Director: I. Balada,
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: (Twelfth Night),
(Jihočeské divadlo České Budějovice),
1981, Director: r.V.Dokučajev,
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: (Dostigaev and the Others ),
(Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého Praha),
1980, Director: K. Kříž,
- Irena GREIFOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1939 in Michalovce. Since 1978 she has been cooperating with the Department of Stage Design at the Theatrical Faculty of the Aca- demy of Performing Arts in Prague as a teacher. She has also been cooperating as a costume designer with a number of theatres in Prague end elsewhere in the country. She exhibited at the PQ in 1975.
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Exhibiting works
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: (A Comedy of Two Merchants and the Jews),
(Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého Praha),
1982, Director: K.Palouš,
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: (The Death of Danton ),
(Činoherní studio Státního divadla Zdeňka Nejedlého Ústí nad Labem),
1983, Director: I.Rajmont,
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: (The Petit Bourgeois Wedding ),
(Disk Praha),
1981, Director: E. Sokolovský,
- Josef JELÍNEK
Additional information: Born in 1949 in Prague. He has been working as a costume designer at the National Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979. 1981 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad his costume designs were part of the exposition which was awarded a Gold Medal.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Don Pasquale),
(Národní divadlo Praha),
1982, Director: L. Stros,
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: (Icarus),
(Státní divadlo Brno),
1981, Director: D. Wiesner,
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: (Thyl Ulenspiegel),
(Slovácké divadlo Uherské Hradiště),
1980, Director: M. Hynšt,
- Marta Roszkopfová
* 1947, Žilina
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Since 1974 she has been working at the State Theatre in Ostrava. She participated in the PQ in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Lark),
( Státní divadlo Ostrava),
1982, Director: J. Janík,
- Tomáš BERKA
Additional information: Born in 1947 in Bratislava. Since 1976 he has been working as a stage designér at the New Stage in Bratislava. He took part in the PQ 1971 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Candide),
(Slovenské národné divadlo Bratislava),
1982, Director: P. Mikulík,
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: (On Flowers, Miracles and Dogs (Three miniatures)),
(Poetický súbor Novej scény Bratislava),
1982, Director: J. Pražmári,
- Danica HANÁKOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1953 in Bratislava. Since 1976 she has been working as a costume designer at the State Theatre in Košice. In 1981 she participated in the Czechoslovak exposition which received a Gold Medal at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad. She also participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the stage design school exposition) and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Porgy et Bess),
(Štátne divadlo Košice),
1981, Director: V. Věžník,
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: (Ondra and Juliet Štátne divadlo Košice 1981 r. J. Ondrejka),
(Štátne divadlo Košice),
1981, Director: J. Ondrejka,
- Ludmila PAVLOUSKOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1946 in Prague. She has been cooperating as a stage and costume designer with numerous Czech theatres. She participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Woman),
(Divadlo J. K. Tyla Plzeň),
1982, Director: L. Engelová,
- Naďa Šimunová Balogová (Naďa Šimunová)
* 2.1.1953, Bratislava
Specialization: costume designer
Additional information: Costume designer at the New Stage in Bratislava. She has been working as a pedagogue at the Technical University (Architecture Branch) in Bratislava.
Exhibiting works
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: (The Frogs),
( Štúdio Novej scény Bratislava),
1982, Director: O. Šulaj,
- Ján Zavarský
* 1948, Banská Bystrica
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He is a stage designer at the Theatre for Children and Youth in Trnava. He participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Marriage),
(Divadlo pre děti a mládež Trnava),
1980, Director: B. Uhlar,
- Mária ZUBAJOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1950 in Bratislava. Since 1978 she has been working as an architect at the Košice Studio of Czechoslovak Television. She partici- pated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Madcap ),
(Západočeské divadlo Cheb),
1981, Director: H. Ižófova,
- Milan FERENČÍK
Bratislava
Additional information: Born in 1953 in Bratislava. Since 1978 he has been working as a stage designer at the Andrei Bagár Theatre in Nitra.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Goat),
(Divadlo Andreja Bagára Nitra),
1981, Director: J. Bednárik,
- Mona HAFSAHLOVÁ
Additional information: Born in 1948 in Drammen (Norway). Since graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she has been living in Czecho- slovakia. She cooperates with various Slovak theatres, as well as with films and television. She participated in the PQ in 1975 where she exhibited within the framework of stage design schools.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Divadlo pre děti a mládež Trnava 1982 r. J. Nvota),
(Divadlo pre děti a mládež Trnava),
1982, Director: J. Nvota,
- Jan KONEČNÝ
Additional information: Born in 1951 in Brno. He has been working as a lecturer at the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University in Brno. Architect and stage designer, he has been cooperating with the Drama Club in Prague, with the Theatre on a String in Brno and with Ha-Theatre in Prostějov.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Finds and Losses),
(Ha-divadlo Prostějov),
1981, Director: S. Vála,
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: (The Return of Lost Son),
(Ha-divadlo Prostějov),
1983, Director: A. Goldflam,
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: (The Pilgrimage to the Merciful ),
(Ha-divadlo Prostějov),
1983, Director: S. Vála,
- Ivo ŽÍDEK
Additional information: Born in 1948 in Ostrava. Since 1978 he has been working as a stage designer at the Zdeněk Nejedlý State Theatre in Ústí nad Labem.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Three Sisters),
(Činoherní studio Státního divadla Zdeňka Nejedlého Ústí nad Labem),
1982, Director: I. Rajmont,
- Juraj Fábry
* 24.01.1955, Handlová
Specialization: scenographer
Education: Stage and Costume Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Collaboration with theatres: Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava; Atelje 212, Belgrade/Serbia; Košice State Theatre
Teaching activities: Teacher in the Stage and Costume Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Continuing collaboration with directors: Martin Bendik, Roman Polák, Martin Huba, J. Pitínský
Additional information: Born in 1955 in Handlová. Since 1981 he has been working as a stage designer at the Slovak National Uprising Theatre in Martin. He partici- pated in the exposition of stage design schools at the PQ 1979.
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Forest ),
(Divadlo Slovenského národného povstania Martin),
1982, Director: r.L. Vajdička,
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: (Kubo),
(Divadlo Slovenského národného povstania Martin),
1981, Director: L. Vajdička,
- Alexander Babraj
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Exhibiting works
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: (Pygmalion),
(Státní divadlo Ostrava),
1980, Director: B. Jansa,
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: (The Forest ),
(Slezské divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého Opava),
1982, Director: O Kosek,
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: (Othello),
(Státní divadlo Oldřicha Stibora Olomouc),
1982, Director: K. Nováček,
- Miroslav Matejka
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Exhibiting works
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: (The Lock is Squeaking),
(Divadlo Jonáša Záborského Prešov),
1981, Director: E. Gurtler,
