Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery Exhibition

Metaphor and Irony: Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920-1999, will cover nearly a century of costume and scene design from the Czech Republic. Curated by Helena Albertova, a faculty member of the School for Applied Arts, Charles University, Prague and former director of the Czech Theatre Institute, and Joe Brandesky, associate professor of theatre, The Ohio State University-Lima. The exhibition will be on display from July 27-October 15, 2000, at the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery. Metaphor and Irony was organized by the Ohio Arts Council and the Theatre Institute, Prague, in partnership with The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Columbus and Lima campuses, Spencer Museum of Art and the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum.

There are 12 images contained within this archive which are intended for personal/educational use only. All dimensions are given in inches unless otherwise noted. These images are protected by a 1999 photographic copyright which belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain. Please contact the Ohio Arts Council directly if you wish to inquire about obtaining reproduction permission.

Vlastislav Hofman

Stage design for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Municipal Theatre Královské Vinohrady, Prague, 1920, K.H. Hilar, director; gouache on cardboard, 25½" x 29½"

Josef Jelínek

Costume designs for Macbeth by Václav Riedelbauch and William Shakespeare, New Stage of the National Theatre, Prague, 1984, Antonín Moskalyk, director; chalk, watercolor on paper, three units, 16½" x 11¾", 16½" x 9¾", 16½" x 10¼"

Miroslav Melena

Marta Roszkopfová

Costume designs for Jacques and His Master by Denis Diderot and Milan Kundera, Petr Bezruc Theatre, Ostrava, 1997, Josef Janík, director; tempera and drawing on paper, two units, each 24" x 16¾"

Josef Sládek

Stage design for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, National Theatre of Moravia and Silesia, Ostrava, 1933, Jan Škoda, director; tempera on paper, 26¾" x 19" x ¾"

Josef Sládek

Stage design for Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, National Theatre of Moravia and Silesia, Ostrava, 1938, Jan Škoda, director; tempera on paper, 20" x 27"

Josef Svoboda

Scenes for Ulysses by Evald Schorm, Jaroslav Kucera, Jindrich Smetana and Michael Kocáb, Laterna Magica, Prague, 1987, Evald Schorm and Jaroslav Kucera, directors; two color photos 15¾“ x 23 2/3" each

Josef Svoboda

Scenes for The Seagull by Anton P. Chekhov, Atelier Theatral Louvaine-la-Neuve, 1988, Armand Delcampe, director; two color photos, 15¾“ x 23 2/3" each

Josef Svoboda

Scenes for Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner, Grand Theatre, Geneva, 1978, Jean-Claude Riber, director; two color photos, 19¾“ x 27½“ and 15¾“ x 19¾“

Jan Vancura

Stage design for The Fowler by Carl Zeller, South Bohemian Theatre, Ceské Budcjovice, 1986, Luboš Šterc, director; acrylic on paper, 34" x 49 1/3"

Jan Vancura

Stage design for The Marriage Of Figaro by Wolfgang A. Mozart, F.X. Šalda Theatre, Liberec, 1994, Inge Švandová, director; acrylic on paper, 37¾" x 24¼"

Jan Vancura

Stage design for Indians by Arthur Kopit, F.X. Šalda Theatre, Liberec, 1987, Petr Palouš, director; acrylic on paper, 26" x 36"

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