Cherchez La Femme or “Look for the woman”. The truth hidden in this saying is proved by paintings, graphic sheets and sculptures exhibited in a small, cosy gallery in the centre of Prague named La Femme. Galerie La Femme was founded in the centre of the Prague Old Town opposite to the hotel Intercontinental in 2000. Its primary interest is the theme of woman in her countless forms as the eternal source of inspiration for many artists. The exhibited works will show you a woman beautiful and perfect but also flawed and vain.

The gallery owner, Mr Miroslav Lipina, fully employs his extended experience and knowledge acquired over his thirty-year long career in the field of art. He cooperates with foundations and members of Czech art societies. He is also a member of Hollar, the Association of Czech Graphic Artists. His daily contact with artists enables him to offer the works of renowned artists as well as those who have just started their career.

Mr Lipina to put great emphasis on the quality of the wide variety of exhibited works. His aim is to create an ideal symbiosis between the diversity of styles, techniques, sizes and colours of the exhibited works, which would give the visitors the greatest freedom of choice. Rather than an exhibition room in its traditional sense, Galerie La Femme is a pleasant place in the centre of Prague where its visitors can see an exhibition, be inspired and, in a homely atmosphere, choose a work of art for his or her home or office, or buy a small gift for friends and family.

The database of Galerie La Femme includes over three hundred predominantly Czech contemporary artists. To name but a few: B. Jirků, A. Sládek, M. Chabera, R. Brichcín, M. Rittstein, R. Franta, L. Klusáček, J. Šorm, A. Mikulka, J. Kolář, V. Preclík, M. Malina, M. Halva, F. Zálešák, J. Anderle, A. Born, L. M. Wagner, P. Djakovič, J. Brázda, I. Komárek, P. Vlček, I. Kitzberger, A. Knotek, P. Sedláček, J. Souček, I. Piačka, J. Mžyk, K. Pobříslo, V. Erlebach, L. Kuklík, V. Benedikt, J. Mocek, B. Eliáš, H. Purkrábková, L. Vilhelmová, K. Demel, F. Burant, J. Pešicová, O. Zoubek, O. Kulhánek, K. Vysušil, K. Černá, D. Krejbich, E. Augustin, R. Brančovský, M. Cicvárek and many others.

Galerie La Femme does not only exhibit works, it is itself an originator of some of them. A number of chosen artists is regularly assigned homework. A score of interesting works of art come to existence in this unusual way. Already the first homework “A Homage to One Photograph” attracted over forty Czech artists. The following homework included the following topics: Breakfast in the Grass, A Small Homage to Big Edith, Venus, A Woman and a Car, Mona Lisa, Woman, Song and Wine, Expulsion from Paradise, I Enjoy Life with Water, Self-Portrait, The Young Ladies of Avignon and other.

Galerie La Femme has also realized several creative stays abroad:

• Czech Art for Brazilian Lídice, 2003
• Czech Art in Canada and Canadian Art in the Czech Republic, 2004
• Brazil 2005 (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo), 2005
• Southern France Through the Eyes of Czech Artists, 2006
• Southern France Through the Eyes of Czech Artists, 2007

In 2008, the gallery will realize a stay in Andalusia which is going to be titled Arte de Bohemia en Andalucia.

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