Traveling images and words: Czech action art through the lens of exhibitions and art criticism in Western Europe

Juliane Debeusscher

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2019, vol. 27, issue 1, 29-46

Abstract: This article addresses the trajectory of Czech action artist Petr Štembera in the 1970s, focusing on the circulation of his work beyond the Iron Curtain through photographic documentation. Examining most particularly a planned, joint participation at the 10th Paris Biennial in 1977 together with Jan Mlčoch, and Štembera’s correspondence with French art critic François Pluchart, present essay discusses interpretations of the artist’s work that traveled to, and through Western Europe. The author argues that the distribution of photographs and texts completed and extended the artist’s range of action and reception, providing, on the one hand, a mediated experience of Štembera’s performances and actions for those who couldn’t physically attend them and, on the other hand, for the artist representing a channel of communication and exchange about his work.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2019.1643054

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