Jindřich Heisler: A Crystal in the Night

February 21, 1998 - April 4, 1998

Ubu Gallery presented an exhibition of photomontages and “manipulated” photographs created by the Jewish poet, artist and Surrealist, Jindřich Heisler, during World War II. Working clandestinely in the bathroom of the artist Toyen, where he was hidden during the entirety of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, he created a highly personal body of photographic work which to date has been largely unrecognized outside of France and his native country. Over thirty of these exceedingly rare vintage images, many also hand colored by the artist, were presented.

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Jindřich Heisler

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PRESS
Strana 12 / Ateliér / August 1998 / Josef Moucha / 1 reproduction
New York Magazine / Photography Occupied / March 16, 1998 / 1 reproduction
Infosurr / Expositions Individuelles / May 1998 / Annie Le Brun

Founded in 1994, Ubu Gallery has presented almost 100 exhibitions of 20th Century avant-garde art, with an emphasis on the inter-war period of the 1920s-1930s, particularly the Dada, Surrealist, and Constructivist movements. Ubu exhibits paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, and ephemera (books, posters, graphic design, etc.) and, wherever possible, highlights the interrelationships among these art forms.

Ubu Gallery is a well-known presence on the international cultural scene and enjoys a worldwide reputation for its serious explorations of areas covered by few other galleries, including acclaimed survey exhibitions of Polish, Romanian and Czech avant-garde art. Ubu’s focus on the avant-garde, particularly on historically important artists and movements that have not received appropriate attention, has earned the gallery frequent reviews in press throughout the world focused on the visual arts. Ubu participates in the most important Parisian art fair, FIAC, held annually in the Grand Palais (2010-2016), and has participated significantly in Art Basel (2003–2011) and the encyclopedic Frieze Masters fair (2012–2015) showcasing the best of antiquities to modern art, in Regent's Park in London.

Jindřich Heisler: A Crystal in the Night

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