SUMO PRAGUE 2023 | JOY OF DESPAIR

Exhibition Opening Route P6, P7
Text by:SUMO Prague
Address:SUMO Prague: Šlechta's Restaurant, Královská obora 20, Bubeneč, Prague 7, 170 00

21. 9., 11.00 – 12.00: Discussion with guests on the topic “cooperation projects in contemporary art” 
National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace, as part of PAW 

22. 9. od 18.00: The opening of the collective exhibition Gnomes With Saxophones takes place on September 22 at 18.00 at Šlechta’s Restaurant 

GNOMES WITH SAXOPHONES 

Rituals. Morning rituals. Evening rituals. Sacred rituals. Sacral rituals. Mundane rituals. Profane rituals. Social rituals. Political rituals. Summer and winter rituals. Mascara rituals and gaming rituals. Rain-bringing rituals and oil industry-humiliating rituals. And other such rituals…

CURATORS: Jen Kratochvil, Tjaša Pogačar 

ARTISTS:

Nela Britaňáková
Štěpán Brož
Daniela & Linda Dostálková
Tina Hrevušová
Šimon Sýkora
Olga Krykun
Øleg & Kaśka
Maruša Sagadin
Adam 
Anna Slama & Marek Delong

SUMO Prague 2023 is an international gallery cooperative project, the fourth edition of which will take place September 20–24, 2023, within the scope of Prague Art Week. 

SUMO, which this year bears the subtitle Joy of Despair, reflects on the theme of collaboration within the art scene, with all its possibilities and limitations. The central point of the program is a collective exhibition entitled Gnomes with Saxophones. 

Within the framework of SUMO, exhibitions, performances, and tours will take place in the individual spaces of the participating galleries, the programs of which have been developed in collaboration with international partners.

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES: hunt kastner, Berlinskej Model, City Surfer Office, Holešovická šachta, Garage Gallery, Polansky, A.M. 180, Nonfiction, Clubclub Wien, eastcontemporary