The Boite presents: Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination
"Jiří Trnka: the very name conjures up childhood & poetry" - Jean Cocteau.
Jiří Trnka is a legendary figure in the history of Czech animation and a Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning illustrator. Once hailed as the “Disney of the East”, his illustrations and prize-winning puppet animations from the 1940s through to the mid-1960s are still adored by children and adult audiences around the world.
Originally prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2012, “Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination” will present a wide overview of his extraordinary career.
The exhibition will be complemented by screenings, co-presented with The Melbourne Cinémathèque, on Saturday, May 25 and Wednesday, June 5 of five classic Trnka films at ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne.
“Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination” is presented by The Boite, with support from the Consulate of the Czech Republic in Sydney.
Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination
Gallery Domov
511 Queensberry Street
North Melbourne
Exhibition runs
May 18-June 9, 2013
Open: Thu-Sun, 12-4pm
Credits for the original exhibition: Exhibition organiser: Czech Centres Concept: Lucie Vlcková Expert collaboration: Michaela Mertová Text: Lucie Vlcková, Michaela Mertová Graphic design: Štepán Malovec Translation: Alexis Gibson
Originally prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2012, “Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination” will present a wide overview of his extraordinary career.
The exhibition will be complemented by screenings, co-presented with The Melbourne Cinémathèque, on Saturday, May 25 and Wednesday, June 5 of five classic Trnka films at ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne.
“Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination” is presented by The Boite, with support from the Consulate of the Czech Republic in Sydney.
Jiří Trnka - Serving Imagination
Gallery Domov
511 Queensberry Street
North Melbourne
Exhibition runs
May 18-June 9, 2013
Open: Thu-Sun, 12-4pm
Credits for the original exhibition: Exhibition organiser: Czech Centres Concept: Lucie Vlcková Expert collaboration: Michaela Mertová Text: Lucie Vlcková, Michaela Mertová Graphic design: Štepán Malovec Translation: Alexis Gibson