Artist Talk with Ján Mančuška

The exhibition Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph aims at looking behind the scenes of collecting and organizing exhibitions. So a series of artist talks is part of the programme.

Would you like to get to know something about Ján Mančuška's work and work process - in particular about his film installation Killer Without a Cause which will be shown in the exhibition? The artist will give you details during his lecture and talk.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Ján Mančuška

Born 1972 in Bratislava (SK), lives and works in Prague (CZ) and Berlin (D).

Education
1986-1990
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Prague (CZ)
1991-1998
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (CZ)

2004
Chalupecky Prize

Solo shows (selection)

2008
"Southwest pillar and its shadow at the beginning of the novel", tranzitdisplay, Prague (CZ)
"Only those wild species, that appeal to people will survive", Kunsthalle Basel (CH)

2007
"Sorry for being so late", westlondonprojects, London (UK)
"A Gap", Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe (D)

2006
"The First Minute of the Rest of a Movie" (with Jonas Dahlberg), Kunstverein Bonn (D), Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen (CH)

2005
"Home Alone", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (D)
"True Story", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (US)

Performances (selection)

2008
"Falls an mir was Gutes ist, dann bin nur ich das, der das weiss", Stadtkino Basel, Kunsthalle Basel (CH)

2007
"Jestli je na me neco dobreho, jsem to jen ja, kdo to vi", Kino Svetorzor, Prague (CZ)
"The Invisible - Acting in Sequences", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M. (D)

Group shows (selection)
2008
Bienale u Zvonu, City Gallery, Prague (CZ)

2007
"Against Time", Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, (SE)
"Made in Germany", Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (D)
"Between Two Deaths", ZKM, Karlsruhe (D)

2006
"This is Not for You. Diskurse der Skulptur", Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
"Yes Bruce Nauman", Zwirner and Wirth, New York (US)
"Of Mice and Men", 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin (D)

2005
"Model of Word - Quadrophonia", La Biennale di Venezia - 51. Esposizione Internationale dell'Arte, Czech and
Slovak Pavilion, Venice (IT)