Dušan Tománek
Behind the Curtain
I first met Dušan on the occasion of the exhibition The Blind Leading the Blind at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague. The graphic designer on the project Robert V. Novák and I both wanted the accompanying catalogue to capture as closely as possible the installation of the works by Jake and Dinos Chapman. At that point I was aware of Dušan Tománek as a respected photographer, one whose work had been honoured with exhibitions as well as often just popping up every now and then, via magazines, CD covers, or in artists’ books. I think the first time his name was brought to my attention was in an editorial entitled ‘superkůl brýle’ (Übercool Shades) which he published in the first issue of the magazine Komfort Mag, Čtení k vodě (Beach Reading, 2008). The scheduled photo session with the Chapman brothers did not seem to be happening at all; I kept waiting for Dušan to start giving “orders” and set about arranging the ideal shot, but instead, he abruptly announced that he was done, that he had everything he needed. However brief this encounter, I felt that he knew exactly what he was doing and had no doubt concerning the result. Despite the final version of the catalogue requiring the number of images of the installation to be reduced, Dušan’s photographs made an ideal introduction into the book. He managed to capture all that was essential – from Dinos’ gaze of intense concentration to Jake’s profile, bearing visible marks of an altercation the previous night.
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Content
- ––– Backstage
- Petr Hlaváček
- Václav Tvarůžka
- ––– Musicians as Photographers
- Mardoša
- ––– Audience
- Stefan Ruiz
- ––– The Role of Photography in the Construction of Stars
- Anton Corbijn
- Jan Ságl
- Björk, Evolution
- ––– Project
- Chaos is the World's Dominant Force
- Necessary Evil
- Some Incriminating Photographs
- Groupe Guma Guar
- ––– Discoveries
- Kamila Stehlik
- Marija Mandić
- Tanya Traboulsi
- ––– Theory
- I Shoot What I Hear
- Photography and Phonography: Roots of an Indexical Paradigm
- ––– Events
- The AIPAD Photography Show New York 2015
- The New Philosophy of Photography
- ––– Fotograf Gallery
- Jesper Alvaer, Isabela Grosseová
- Marianne Vierø
- Martin Vongrej
- Filip and Matěj Smetana
- ––– Reviews
- This Place
- The Discrete Charm of Theory
- Local and Global: Avant-Garde in Brno
- The Relation of Photography and Art in Practice
- Joan Fontcuberta
- ––– Behind the stage
- Dušan Tománek
- Radek Brousil
- Christian Patterson
- Michael Schmelling
- Andrew Thomas Huang
- Jason Evans
- Petr Hlaváček
- Václav Tvarůžka
- ––– In Front of the Stage
- Stefan Ruiz
- ––– On Stage
- Mardoša
- Anton Corbijn
- Jan Ságl
- Björk, Evolution
Archive
- #45 hypertension
- #44 empathy
- #43 collecting
- #42 food
- #41 postdigital photography
- #40 earthlings
- #39 delight, pain
- #38 death, when you think about it
- #37 uneven ground
- #36 new utopias
- #35 living with humans
- #34 archaeology of euphoria
- #33 investigation
- #32 Non-work
- #31 Body
- #30 Eye In The Sky
- #29 Contemplation
- #28 Cultura / Natura
- #27 Cars
- #26 Documentary Strategies
- #25 Popular Music
- #24 Seeing Is Believing
- #23 Artificial Worlds
- #22 Image and Text
- #21 On Photography
- #20 Public Art
- #19 Film
- #18 80'
- #17 Amateur Photography
- #16 Photography and Painting
- #15 Prague
- #14 Commerce
- #13 Family
- #12 Reconstruction
- #11 Performance
- #10 Eroticon
- #9 Architecture
- #8 Landscape
- #7 New Staged Photography
- #6 The Recycle Image
- #5 Borders Of Documentary
- #4 Intimacy
- #3 Transforming Of Symbol
- #2 Collective Authorship
- #1 Face