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Eva Kot'átková

The installations by the Czech artist Eva Koťátková (*1982, Prague, Czech Republic) are often variable and adapt to each new exhibition. They usually consist of a multitude of objects, drawings, photographs, models and sometimes also videos. Koťátková’s interest is focused on the social norms and rules that influence and determine our behaviour in the various personal or collective conditions of our lives. In Controlled Memory Loss (2009–2011) she questions the idea of ‘being at home’. For example, in her photographs she symbolically refers to the connections between our body and our habitation. Her drawing collages illustrate day-to-day environments that seem to be more oppressive than friendly, while her models represent standardised habitats. The situations symbolically presented by the artist show the possibilities of structuring a place or inhabiting it, but also of adapting to it or resisting the circumstances in which one finds oneself.

Artworks

  1. Eva Kot’átková, "A Visit at Home", 2009. Vidéo couleur, son, en quatre chapitres : "Exercise n°1 – Hanging", "Exercise n°2 – Mound", "Exercise n°3 – Sitting, Standing, Lying", "Exercise n°4 – Home Reconstruction", 32 min, Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Acquisition 2011. Vue de l’exposition à la galerie hunt kastner, Prague, 14.01.2010 – 07.03.2011 © Photo : Ondrej Polak
    Eva Kot'átková A Visit at Home, 2009

    Vidéo couleur, son, en quatre chapitres
    Exercise n°1 – Hanging, Exercise n°2 – Mound, Exercise n°3 – Sitting, Standing, Lying, Exercise n°4 – Home Reconstruction
    32 min
    Collection Mudam Luxembourg
    Acquisition 2011
    Vue de l’exposition à la galerie hunt kastner, Prague, 14.01.2010 – 07.03.2011
    © Photo : Ondrej Polak

  1. Eva Kot’átková, "Controlled Memory Loss", 2009 et 2011 (détail). Ensemble de 5 photographies couleur, 15 maquettes, et 24 dessins et collages. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Acquisition 2011. Vue de la présentation "Les 25 ans de la Collection Mudam", Mudam Luxembourg, 21.11.2020 – 02.01.2023 © Photo : Rémi Villaggi | Mudam Luxembourg
    Eva Kot'átková Controlled Memory Loss, 2009 et 2011 (détail)

    Ensemble de 5 photographies couleur, 15 maquettes, 24 dessins et collages
    Collection Mudam Luxembourg
    Acquisition 2011
    Vue de la présentation Les 25 ans de la Collection Mudam, Mudam Luxembourg, 21.11.2020 – 02.01.2023
    © Photo : Rémi Villaggi | Mudam Luxembourg

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