2015: Prague Days in Chicago – Meeting with sculptor Peter Nižňanský

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Above Image: At Vector Fabricating, from left: Terrence Karpowicz, Barry Hehemann, Jyoti Srivastava, Peter Nižňanský,
Katerina Lizcova Kulhankova, Anna Nižňanský and Rolf Achilles.

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Prague Days in Chicago

 June, 2015, Chicago celebrated 25 years of the Prague-Chicago relationship as part of Chicago Sister Cities International program. The celebration featured the mayors of both cities, concerts, exhibitions, a gala dinner, and a review of the history of the Czechs who made their homes in Chicago.

One of the events was the exhibition  “Treasured Legacy – Alphonse Mucha and Jarmila Mucha Plocková”, curated by art historian Rolf Achilles.  As part of this exhibition, there was unveiling of the sculpture “Nature”, which was originally created by Alphonse Mucha, and recreated recently by his granddaughter Jarmila Mucha Plocková in cooperation with Prague sculptor Peter Nižňanský. [For more, click here].

Sculptor Peter Nižňanský was in Chicago and had expressed his desire to meet with some Chicago sculptors.
So here we organized a trip to [1] Karpowicz Studio and [2] Vector Fabricating.
This one day, two studios visits included: sculptor Peter Nižňanský, his daughter Anna Nižňanský, wife of Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago Katerina Lizcova Kulhankova,  art historian Rolf Achilles, sculptors Terry Karpowicz, sculptor Boyan Marinov, and the Vector team of Barry Hehemann, Mike Wilkie and me!

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SOME MAGES FROM THE DAY

 


 

At Karpowicz Studio

At Karpowicz Studio

 

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FIRST STOP: Karpowicz Studio

From left: Anna Nižňanský, Katerina Lizcova Kulhankova, Peter Nižňanský, Terrence Karpowicz, me and Rolf Achilles.

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Karpowicz Studio

Karpowicz Studio

 

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Karpowicz Studio

Karpowicz Studio

 

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Rolf Achilles and Peter Nižňanský

Rolf Achilles and Peter Nižňanský

 

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Selfie with Boyan Marinov and Terrence Karpowicz

Selfie with Boyan Marinov and Terrence Karpowicz

 

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With Peter Nižňanský / Phto credit Boyan Marinov

With Peter Nižňanský / Photo credit Boyan Marinov

 

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After a good time at Karpowicz Studio, we went to Vector Fabricating.

 

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Vector Fabricating

Vector Fabricating

 

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Vector Fabricating

Vector Fabricating

 

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At Vector Fabricating

At Vector Fabricating

 

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About Peter Nižňanský: Born in 1956, Peter Nižňanský is a sculptor from Prague in Czech Republic. Here is sme information on him.. click here..

 


 

 


 

Published by Jyoti Srivastava
Image copyright © Jyoti Srivastava.  NOTE: The images of 6 sculptures by Peter Nižňanský are not taken by me. These are from a catalogue he gifted .

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