Dreams and Disillusion: Karel Teige and the Czech Avant-Garde

October 4 – December 30, 2001

A leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Karel Teige (1900–1951) produced paintings, collages, photomontages, book covers, and film scripts throughout his career. Teige also edited some of the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural affairs and wrote profoundly original books and essays on art and architecture. This exhibition covered the entire range of Teige's varied and influential career, from 1920 until his untimely death in 1951, and included items never before displayed outside Europe.

Curator: Organized by the Wolfsonian, Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida. The Smart Museum presentation was coordinated by Richard A. Born, Smart Museum Senior Curator.

This exhibition was made possible through the support of Mary and Roy Cullen.

Presented in the Richard and Mary L. Gray Special Exhibition Gallery.

Share this:
The University of Chicago smARTKids