CZECH SCULPTOR, GRAPHIC ARTIST, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, PAINTER AND CURATOR
"I CREATE OBJECTS WITH REAL MOVEMENT FROM GEOMETRIC FORMS OF PREFABRICATED MATERIAL, BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SIMPLE MECHANICS. MY CONSTRUCTIONS ALLOW THE ELEMENTS TO MOVE, ALLOW THE VIEWER TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE ARTWORK AND MAKE THE PASSIVE VIEWER AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT, PERSONALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE VISIBLE TRANSFORMATION OF THE OBJECT. I CONSIDER MY INTENTION TO ENGAGE AN INDIFFERENT VIEWER TO BE SUCH A SERIOUS PROGRAM THAT I HAVE DEVOTED ALL MY EFFORTS TO IT FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. I DO NOT THINK THAT I AM THE FIRST TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA, BUT MY ENTIRE LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS COME AFTER A SPIRAL OF RETURNS TO THIS GOAL IN A DISTINCTIVE WAY, WITHOUT EASY ACCEPTANCE, AND ALL THE MORE I CLING TO MY PROGRAM, WHICH IS ROOTED IN MY RATIONAL THINKING AND MATERIALISTIC CONCEPTION OF THE WORLD."
* 2. 12. 1928 IN BRNO
1943 - 1948 STUDY AT THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS IN BRNO
1948 - 1952 WORKS AS A TEXTILE DESIGNER
1952 - 1957 STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND INDUSTRY IN PRAGUE IN THE STUDIO OF JOSEF NOVÁK, THEN ALIOS FIŠÁREK
1955 WEDDING WITH HELENA KŘÍŽOVÁ, CLOTHING DESIGNER AND LIFE PARTNER
1957 FINAL SCHOOL WORK - DESIGNS OF INDIGO-PRINTED TEXTILE PANNEAUS FOR THE INTERIOR OF A RESTAURANT IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK PAVILION AT EXPO 58 IN BRUSSELS
1958 - 1962 FIRST PAINTS AND SMALL PLASTER FACILITIES, DESIGNS OF CHILDREN'S TOYS - WOODEN COLORED FIGURES WITH MOVING PARTS AND PAPER CUBES FROM CUTOUTS
1962 MOVING TO AN APARTMENT IN MALEŠICE, ONE ROOM BECOMES A STUDIO
SINCE 1963, IT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO FREE CREATION
1963 - 1965 GRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS - MONOTYPES AND TERRACES, SMALL PLASTER FACILITIES AND STRUCTURAL RELIEFS
1964 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST, SO-CALLED ZERO VARIABLE, A TRANSFORMABLE OBJECT FROM MATCHES
1964 - 1970 WOODEN COLORED AND MONOCHROME, MOSTLY WHITE, VARIABLES
1967 CO-FOUNDER OF THE CONCRETISTS CLUB, TOGETHER WITH THE THEORETICS ARSEN POHRIBNY AND THE ARTISTS JIŘÍ HILMAR, TOMÁŠ RAJLICH AND MIROSLAV VYSTRČIL
1968 PRESENTED AT THE EXHIBITION "NEW SENSITIVITY" IN BRNO AND AT REPEATED EXHIBITIONS IN KARLOVY VARY AND PRAGUE, MANIFESTING A NEW ART ORIENTATION
1968 - 1972 MONOTYPES PRINTED WITH HANDMADE PRINTING DEVICES, COLOR SERIGRAPHY
1970 - 1999 PERIOD OF METAL VARIABLES, KEY ELEMENTS OF CREATION
1971 - 1975 REALIZATION OF SEVERAL VARIABLES MADE OF ORGANIC GLASS
IN THE EARLY 1980S, INVITED BY ARCHITECTS ALENA ŠRÁMKOVA AND LADISLAV LÁBUS TO SOLVE ONE OF THE COMPANY MARKINGS IN THE ENTRY AREA OF THE PRAGUE LUŽINY SHOPPING CENTER. COLOR TUBE VARIABLE DESIGN IMPLEMENTED IN 1991, SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED AND RECOVERED AGAIN
1980 - 1983 IMPLEMENTATION OF A SET OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARTISTIC VALUABLE TOMBSTONES IN CEMETERIES IN PRAGUE AND OUTSIDE PRAGUE, THE PROJECT IS INSPIRED BY THE RESCUE OF THE TOMBSTONE OF JINDŘICH ŠTÝRSKÝ IN THE VINOHRADY CEMETERY
+ SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 IN PRAGUE
"MY GOAL IS THE THING"