The monographic exhibition of Jan Rajlich in the Pražák Palace is extended by the section entitled Jan Rajlich & the Brno Biennial in the Governor's Palace that will reveal the roots of the Brno Biennial and put Rajlich's work in the context of the circle of proponents of the Czech and the international art scene who were close to him. The exhibition will be repeated at the Jan Koniarik Gallery in Trnava from 17/9 to 15/11/2020 and in the next year it will travel to other centres of graphic design around the world.
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THE RAJLICH 100 PROJECT
With the RAJLICH 100 exhibition project in 2020 the Moravian Gallery in Brno in collaboration with the Brno Biennial Association will mark the centenary of the birth of the Brno painter and graphic artist Jan Rajlich, the world-famous founder of the Brno Biennial. He was born in the small village of Dírná in South Bohemia between Tábor and Jindřichův Hradec as the fourth son of blacksmith Karel V. Rajlich. He completed grammar school in Jindřichův Hradec (1930-1939) and Baťa's Art School in Zlín (1939-1944). From 1950 he settled in Brno where he was initially active as a painter and graphic artist and soon afterwards as graphic designer and leading organiser of cultural life.
Jan Rajlich made himself famous in the world as the initiator and long-term chairman of the International Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno (1963-1992). He received more than forty international awards for his organisational, theoretical, artistic and writing efforts in the development of graphic design and visual communication, including several awards by the International Council of Communication Design ICOGRADA (1972, 1983, 1985 and 2002). In 1995 he received the Award of the City of Brno for his contribution to the cultural development of the city and results of his own creative work by which he touched on most areas of visual communication design. Rajlich's artistic, organisational and writing achievements in the field of graphic design rank him with the important figures of world's graphic design of the second half of the 20th century. He was an artist and designer, as well as writer, teacher and organiser of cultural life, who was an inspiration for founders of similar periodic exhibitions in Europe, America and Asia arriving in Brno to gain experience.
