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The current exhibition of Czech artists for Kazakhstan and Thailand that was organized by Gallery MIRO is a prime exhibition, as it is based on top aesthetical values. It outlines the thinking of Czech visual culture through generations and includes as well professional works of the youngest generation. Because the exhibition is based on strict criteria of evaluation, its aim is not to introduce artists who only repeat clichés of aesthetic tendencies existing all around the world. It is the unconventional creative energy and looking for new aesthetical approaches that matter to the organizers of the exhibition.
The inspiration for many artists represented at this exhibition is the relationship between the Human and the Space. The time when Space seemed so far away is gone. Today’s people have the opportunity to explore its secrets. The fact that these Czech artists do not approach the topic rationally is highly appreciated. They focus more on the cosmic mysteries. This can be seen for example in the work entitled “Visit from Space” (Návštěva z Vesmíru, 2002) by Jaroslav Róna. In this pastel, fiction connected with extraterrestrial civilisations can be seen. It does not support the conventional anthropoid theory that claims that aliens should look like people living on the Earth. It creates the fiction of unknown beings that float it the endless Space and bear a message. On the other hand, the artist Josef Bolf uses in his work “Astronaut” (Kostmonaut, 2002) realistic motives known from photographs made by scientists as his inspiration. Although the whole composition is evolved on a white field that indicates the endlessness of the Space, it is definitely not an imitation of documentary reality.
The art of Aleš Lamr adds something special as well. His work “Ten Stars” (Deset hvězd, 1992), for example, is not the description of particular documentary facts. It presents a dream in which the artist wants to be enthralled by the Beauty of the Universe with its colourful impressions. The composition of this work is very close to the so called Stephan's Quintet of galaxies. Lamr sees it as suggestive colourful worlds.
Many artists are inspired by the nature on Earth. Although a traditional topic of Czech art (especially landscapes), there are some artists that overlap the spirit of romantic culture. And these have been chosen for this exhibition. Jiří Anderle confronts the shapes of living creatures and plants with misty atmosphere in “Autumn” (Podzim, 1990). Ivan Ouhel sees the winter landscape in white fascination where the vegetation is only hinted at. František Hodonský uses his inspiration of Southern Moravia as a kaleidoscope of light, suggestive water tables and forests. Another example is Václav Jíra who dematerializes his work “With a bouquet” (S Kyticí, 1999) into an abstract cloud. Jiří Georg Dokoupil unites the relationship of body and plant in an imaginary wholeness, Jakub Špaňhel sees the shapes of nature in stains.
Václav Benedikt belongs to the lyrical abstraction movement. This feeling is present in his pictures of nature and symbols of various forms of life in nature.
Maria Varvodičová and Zuzana Ryšánková, the only two female artists represented in this exhibition, see the world of nature from the point of view of classical techniques. They both honour the classical image of painting. However, they look for the contemporary feelings. We are confident that this approach too belongs to the panorama of contemporary Czech art work, because it brings it closer to the contemporary world classics.
The surrealistic tradition is very dominant in the history of Czech art. Modern artists, however, do not repeat the manners of surrealists. They transform new visions, mainly already known perceptions without mind control, into unconventional relations of substance, form and colour. In the works of Boris Jirků, imaginary symbols mingle in the calligraphic sense – in the connection of colour and drawing. It is as if he was looking for new paradise. He sees everything from the point view of somatic feelings – for example, as if they grew from a hand. Jakub Stretti and Karel Vysušil paint structural worlds, Karel Balcar portrays feelings of anxiety. He is also very close to fantastic art. Emanuel Ranný focuses in dreamy landscapes on dynamic movement processes of dreams and on shortened abbreviation of atmospheric forms.
Topics concerning civilization are also in the focus of contemporary Czech authors. This tendency is represented by Josef Wagner. He senses the psychology of cities, often feelings of solitude of a human in the technological world. That is the reason why he looks for intimacy as the way to self – knowledge. The urban folklore and post – pop art create the inspiration of Pavel Šmíd. Despite the fact that Martin Šárovec is inspired by the world of mass media, the civilisation portraits and feelings from wandering and pilgrimage are even closer to his heart.
Parts of the civilisation sphere are also the works of Radomír Leszczynsky. He uses computers as inspiration. The colours of his compositions have anthropoid character which steps aside from technological rationality to emotional symbols. And there is also a group of artists who use the abstract form but they represent a spiritual meaning through it. Mainly Dominik Mareš, who experienced personally Asia and the Middle East, creates works that build a bridge between cultures. Today’s view on European abstraction differs widely from history. Czech artists travel now, they get to know ancient cultures and they exhibit for instance in the United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum).
The MIRO Gallery hosted several exhibitions in Arabian countries, such as Kuwait or Bahrain, and also in China and the USA. Economical connections with the Arab world as well as cultural influence are known for many centuries, for example in Moor architecture. European abstraction is also connected with the art of world religions, for example the Islamic confession of timeless existence. In the cycle “Asia” by Dominik Mareš, personal experience in portraying of átmá – (Soul of a living body) can be seen as well as portraying of paramátmá (the Over-soul). The aesthetic value of his works lies in blinding shine and in many shades of luminous energy that is called in Sanskrit brahmadzhjóti. Joska Skalník searches for eternal illusions, Miroslav Pošvic paints “Enlightenment” (Osvícení, 2004). Significant is the work of Jiří Kornatovský. He focuses mainly on meditation as a way to self – purge. He uses adequate techniques – painting with graphite – “Meditation” (Meditace, 2006). This technique symbolizes the expression of transcendental bliss.
The paintings of Vanesa Wallet Hardi portray depth vision in geometrical coloured shapes. The artist repaints the surface, she often even steps out of the surface and watches tri-dimensional worlds. She combines her paint script and foundation materials. She is fascinated by the colour monochromy in the painting.
The works of Czech artists make us think over broader associations of nowadays cultures in the world. They do not just show values of national culture and traditions.
John Newman / Member of European Art Union
DOMINIK MAREŠ (*1972) is a painter and graphic artist whose artistic contribution lies mainly on his attempts of metaphysic painting inspired by the culture of the Middle East. He goes beyond the bounds of European fantasy painting in many ways and creates a bridge between European culture and the spiritual culture of India. In the cycle “Asia” by Dominik Mareš, personal experience in portraying of átmá – (Soul of a living body) can be seen as well as portraying of paramátmá (the Over-soul). The aesthetic value of his works lies in blinding shine and in many shades of luminous energy that is called in Sanskrit brahmadzhjóti. The author uses unusual techniques, for example asphalt and mixed media in picture, to express special light - synthesis of red, yellow or gold, in contrast with the neutral black and brown. It is the gold that reminds on the classical heritage of ancient cultures.
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JAKUB ŠPAŇHEL (*1976) attended the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Ostrava and graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. His paintings have scientific character. He strives to see the reality in a new light. His monumental works follow the Baroque colorism in the sense of current artistic movements, mainly the expressionism. He often finds inspiration in temples, churchyards or crematoriums. In the centre of Špaňhel`s attention are motives of landscapes and still lives. He uses also the paint roller or spray paint.
ALEŠ LAMR (*1943) attended the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Brno. His works are often created with new artistic technologies. He is also interested in graphics and designs objects as well as monumental architectonic projects. Artistic glass, porcelain, ceramics or film posters are also in his focus. His original style, rooted in the 1960`s, is based on colour signs in optical illusion. Urban culture is not his only inspiration. He focuses as well on comics and the world of advertisement. Critics rank some of his works to the genre of Czech grotesque. His works can be found in the National Gallery Prague, The South Bohemian Gallery of Mikoláš Aleš, in the Gallery of Art in Karlovy Vary, Musée d´Art Moderne in Paris or in the Museum of Modern Arts in Buenos Aires. His architectonic works include the L´Amark Pavillion in Montreal, the Ceramic relief in Březová near Karlovy Vary, or the Ceramic wall in Harrachov.
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JOSKA SKALNÍK (*1948) studied Graphic Arts at the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Prague. He worked as a professional graphic designer in cultural institutions and organized activities of underground culture. His main focus lies on literary and poster production, he created many illustrations, designed cultural publications, worked as a manager of exhibitions. His artistic works concern stylized abstraction - he uses symbols of clouds or geometric signs in white and blue. Thematically, he is interested in the unity of human and nature. He uses as well the techniques of collage and project art. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, the City Gallery Prague, or the Moravian Gallery in Brno. He was presented the Award of Masaryk Academy of Art.
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RADOMÍR LESZCYNSKI (*1945) attended the Graphic School Prague. The focus of his work is graphics in diverse techniques and its application in applied art. He is the author of many realizations in architecture that are based on symbolic form. Significant is the geometric symbol inspired partly by computer art. He produced many monumental works in public interiors (Czech National Bank Prague or Metrostav). He belongs to the neo – constructivist movement.
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MIROSLAV POŠVIC (*1959), a painter and graphic artist, attended the Graphic School Prague. Aesthetically, he was follower of the style Czech grotesque which he later completed with lyrical sentimentality. Shades of mysterious motives are extended in non - figurative work. His main technique that concerns graphics is coloured lithography. The works of Miroslav Pošvic have been acknowledged on special exhibitions “Graphics of the Year”. In his works, he often stylizes biological topics in imaginary spaces. He partly works as a sculptor.
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ČESTMÍR SUŠKA (*1952) attended the Hollar Graphic School Prague and graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He was a stage designer in the beginning, but since 1985 his focus shifted to sculptural expression (ceramic carvings). He uses the techniques of gnarls and his inspirations are anthropomorphic shapes of natural forms. Furthermore, he uses wood and makes use of geometric shapes in graphics (lithography). Suška was member of the group “Self-willed” (Tvrdohlaví). He won the “Urbania” award. He is represented in collections of the National Gallery Prague or Arhus Kunstbygning in Denmark.
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BORIS JIRKŮ (*1955) is a graduate from the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Uherské Hradiště and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His major focus is on free graphic, painting, illustrations and book graphics. He produced monumental architectural works as well as sculpture objects. In his paintings and graphics the synthesis of drawing and paint in calligraphic shortcut can be seen and he uses the same style in free art – in picture. His works can be found in many collections in the Czech Republic, Australia, Italy or France. He created antique – glass panes in architecture.
JAKUB STRETTI (*1967) graduated form the Secondary School of Art Prague, the Academy of Fine Arts Prague and École nationale d´Art in Cergy Pontoise, France. He is involved in street-art. His main focus in painting is the abstract picture. The inspiration in real motives changed gradually into inspiration through imaginary signs. The dominance of colour, often fluorescent, is the base of his works. He also works with ultra-violet light. Jakub Stretti sees physical reality and Space as his inspiration.
KAREL VYSUŠIL (*1926) graduated from the School of Decorative Arts in Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts Prague. In painting and graphics, he created an original style of expressive aspect that bears some features of ritual meditative culture. Dominant is the dramatic contrast of stylized forms inspired by both nature and technology. Some works contain components of futurism (for example: The three – dimensional composition counts with the vertical - type structural pyramid). Vysušil often exhibits in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands or Switzerland. He was awarded many prizes for graphics.
JOSEF WAGNER ml. (*1938) has a degree from the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague. He worked as a teacher at the Sculpture – Stone - cutting School in Hořice. He participated on architectonic competitions, made several projects in residential, garden and sepulchral architecture. He also worked as a stage designer. He started painting in 1957. The modern world movements of the 60`s influenced him a lot, mainly the lyrical abstraction and Neo – expressionism. The Czech “informel” served as inspiration as well. The seventies meant a turn in his work. He adds sand into the paint, mixes various materials and paints in many layers. He has a close relationship to object art (asphalt paint). Topics he often portrays concern loneliness in civilisation pictures of urban architecture.
VÁCLAV JÍRA (*1939) attended the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Brno and studied individually at K. Linhart and Z. Sýkora. After the mobile machines period in the 60`s, landscape and figural paintings dominate. He follows the tradition of fauvism and prefers colour as the basic element of composition. He gradually reaches free surfaces based on abstracted forms and often uses thick pasty techniques. His works also include sculptures, glass sculptures, for instance. He created many architectonic objects, for example in Most, Litvínov or Haná Bank. The works of Jíra can be found in the National Gallery Prague or Gallery of Fine Arts in Litoměřice.
EMANUEL RANNÝ (*1943) spent his school years at the School of Artistic Crafts in Brno. He is interested in graphic works, mainly the dry needle technique and coloured lithography. His aesthetics works with the light and dynamic shapes, his motives are inspired by the Bohemian – Moravian Highland. He is very close to the Middle East calligraphy in concise shapes and plasticity. His lithographies are characteristic for their colours and radiating light. Ranný found new inspiration in Dalmatia in 1980. The Poché in graphics and drawing has the character of strange meditation. His works can be found in the National Gallery Prague, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, Gallery BWA in Lodz, or in the Prefectural Gallery in Kanagawa, Japan.
FRANTIŠEK HODONSKÝ (*1945) attended the Secondary School of Industrial Arts in Uherské Hradiště and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He works as a pedagogue at art schools. His focus lies on painting, graphics (lithography and linocut) and fine carving. His structural style of material expression of the colour is inspired by the beautiful South Moravian landscape. He is represented in collections of the National Gallery Prague or the Moravian Gallery in Brno. He was awarded the Franz Kafka Medal or the Masaryk Academy of Arts Award.
IVAN OUHEL (*1945) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His style is outstanding for its rich colours inspired by the countryside. Since the 1970`s figural compositions with existential feelings of uprooted existence dominate his work. He creates also object art from Perspex decorated with paintings. The synthesis of nature and body dominates since the 1980`s. His works can be found in the National Gallery Prague, the Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb or the Benedikt Rejt Gallery in Louny.
PAVEL ŠMÍD (*1964) is a painter. He has a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He started with graphics and collage, later, he went over to the paint. He elaborates in cycles topics as “The Gardener`s year” (Zahradníkův rok) or “Little Dramas” (Malá dramata). After his period of paraphrasing the classical topics full of humour, he prefers pure paint based on nature, theatre, or the current world of media. He works as a photographer as well.
JOSEF BOLF (*1971) studied at the Academy of Musal Arts in Prague, at the Kongsthögskolan in Stockholm and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He often depicts current issues in acryl. Figural drawing with distinct graphic features is dominating in his works. Lately, he works out on his cosmic inspirations.
MARTIN ŠÁROVEC (*1977) graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Alternative and Puppet theatre) and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In his painting experiences from the world of media in sharp atmosphere of visual sequences (picture shots) can be seen. He admires virtual idyllic atmosphere that does not lack the feeling of horror. The shape is sometimes transferred into grotesque picture. He works now as a pedagogue at the Secondary Clothing and Design School.
JIŘÍ GEORG DOKOUPIL (*1954) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cologne, Frankfurt and at the Cooper Union in New York. His work represents the views of post – modern art with emphasis on experiment and grandeur. He uses various materials, such as candle soot, smeared fruit or tyre prints. He can be seen at famous world exhibitions (e.g. Documenta in Kassel). He partly uses photography in paintings. He works as a visiting pedagogue at Art Academies in Amsterdam or Madrid.
JIŘÍ KORNATOVSKÝ (*1952) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He worked as a teacher at the Secondary School of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague and the faculty of Education at the Charles University in Prague. In the beginning, he is inspired by literature and poetry, he chooses strange shapes. Later, he finds organic egg - shaped symbols. He uses for instance graphite for both monumental and intimate compositions that are based on the contrast of dark and light colours. The artistic modulation of forms is dominant in his works. Since the 1990`s, he has worked out “stigmo - graphic systems” using the raster. He is represented in the National Gallery Prague and many more collections.
JAROSLAV RÓNA (*1957) studied at the Secondary School of Fine Arts Prague and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He is a painter, sculptor, artistic glass – maker, graphic artist, scene decorator and author of mosaics. He follows the ideas of the gesture imaginary painting. From the 1960`s and 1980`s, he used as well the structural painting and went through a phase of grotesque figuration. Since 1985, he inclines to the archetypal symbolic and is close to mythological art. Christian topics are very important and influence of the medieval panel painting can be seen as well. Significant is the influence of cubism in sculptures. In the 90`s neo - cubism, futurism and art – deco appear as well as the cycle of minimalist abstract paintings. His glass work includes naturalistic sculptures of dogs (pop – art style) and melted sculptures. He is represented in the collections of the National Gallery Prague, The Gallery of Arts in Ostrava, or Mamidakias Collection, Minos Beach (Crete).
JIŘÍ ANDERLE (*1936) studied at the Academy of Industrial Arts Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. For many years, he worked in the Black Theatre of J. Srnec. Since 1966, he is one of the most important representatives of Czech graphic art abroad. He crated many cycles in painting and graphics inspired by the current social fate of human beings contrasted to the history. He often uses mythological metaphors, such as Apocalyptic Genetics, Portrait in Time, or Illusion and Reality. He influenced many generations of Czech artists. Anderle is represented in the collections of the National Gallery Prague, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art New York, or Stedelijsk Museum Amsterodam.
KAREL BALCAR (*1966) studied classical painting techniques (e.g. chiaroscuro) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His works show features of baroque painting and classicist movements (Carracci orQuido Reni). Figural composition with the union of male and female anthropologic picture is the main point. Thematically, the philosophy of life and death appears in his works that could be seen for instance at the exhibitions of hyperrealists, acts or portraits.
MARIA VARVODIČOVÁ (*1974), a painter, graphic designer and photographer studied at the School of Applied Arts in Zábřeh. She further studied painting techniques at the Secondary School of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, the Institute of Fine Culture in Ústí nad Labem and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She received a scholarship at the School of Fine Arts in Granada. Her work focuses mainly on figural topics inspired by interpersonal relationships and relaxation in the nature. She showed her works in Spain, Czech Republic or Austria.
ZUZANA RYŠÁNKOVÁ (*1975) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Prague (classical techniques study). Her aesthetic value lies in precise painting that refers to the old – master techniques. This techniques honours artists from the Netherlands, mainly the still life form from the 17th century. The centres of her attention are motives from everyday life with particular importance to detail or hunting motives and depicting of animals. The author joins methods of classical realism with modern expressionism (for example the use of handwriting in the painting - „letterism“). The works of Zuzana Ryšánková can be seen in Czech galleries as well as in the Euro region.
MICHAEL RITTSTEIN (*1949) studied at the Secondary School of Industrial Arts Prague and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He represents the European expressionist painting that is based on its classical tradition (mainly the artistic history). The special approach of Rittstein to this topic is the poetic imagery in the sense of Czech grotesque painting in the New figuration movement. Significant is the study of baroque fresco, influence of Surrealism or existential urban metaphors. His aesthetics protest against the consuming reality fetishism. Rittstein is represented in the National Gallery Prague, SVU Mánes, the Gallery of Arts in Karlovy Vary, the Benedikt Rejt Gallery in Louny, Centre Pompidou in Paris, or, Albertina in Vienna.
VÁCLAV BENEDIKT (*1952) devotes himself to paintwork and graphics. The beginnings of his work were influenced by his studies at the Private school of the professor Jiří Patera from 1979 to 1984. Since 1993, he worked together with the Galery Benedikt in Awitzerland. His works are ranked to the lyrical abstraction movement. He participated on many group exhibitions and competitions, for instance, the Art Forum in Berlin, or the International Print Show in Dublin. He produced more than 100 individual exhibitions and worked with arichects at the realisation of architectural interiors (i.e. the Mövenpick and Renaissance hotels, or Reiffeisenbank Prague). He was awarded many prizes – Masaryk Academy of Arts, Franz Kafka award or Salvador Dalí award. He currently works as a paintwork professor in Croatia.
VANESA WALLET HADRI (*1971) is a painter and artistic photographer. She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and in Vienna. After her leaving her home country Jugoslavia in the early 1990s, she joined the artistic life in Slovakia, Austria and the Czech Republic, where she is living now. In 2000, she was named “Artist of the year” in Bratislava. Her artistic opinion focuses on geometric structure, monochromy and fascination of coloured matter. She uses the synthesis of various materials (wood, paper or canvas). She also creates objects from perspex in three-dimensional composition and uses optical character of organic glass. Her inspiration in the photos is architecture and urban environment. She exhibits in renowned galleries, such as the Artmarkt Gallery in Vienna, Gallery K in Paris, the Emil Filla Gallery in Ústí nad Labem, the House of Arts and České Budějovice, or at the White Unicorn in Klatovy.
