Lot 145
  • 145

Jiří Kolář

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jiří Kolář
  • Ùskali Dne
  • firmato e datato 73 sul retro
  • collage su tavola
  • cm 99x70

Provenance

Acquistato dal collezionista direttamente dall'artista

Literature

Janus, Jiři Kolář, Torino 1981, n. 204, illustrato (intitolato 'Pietra miliare')
Jindřich Chalupecký, Jiři Kolář, Parigi 1987, n. 204, illustrato (intitolato 'Sein virginal')

Condition

This work appears to be in very good overall condition. Colours are slightly more vivid compared to the catalogue illustration. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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Catalogue Note

“Come tutti i grandi artisti del secolo passato, Kolář è stato sia un anarchico, sia un rivoluzionario. Per ‘creare del nuovo’, l’artista deve sistematicamente rifiutare ogni tendenza estetica che viene prima di lui; egli può riuscire nell’intento o tramite esclusione o distruzione. Sperimentando in prima persona l’ininterrotta auto-distruzione della civiltà europea nel corso della sua vita, sembra logico che Kolář avrebbe preso la seconda strada – rovistando tra i rottami e sfigurando tutto ciò in cui si imbatteva, garantendo ai suoi oggetti un significato nuovo che certamente avrebbe confuso i loro creatori originari.” Travis Jeppesen

"Like most great artists of the past century, Kolář was both an anarchist and a reactionary. In order to 'make it new', the artist must systematically reject every aesthetic tendency that’s come before; the artist can either accomplish this task via exclusion or destruction. Witnessing first-hand the steady self-destruction of European civilization throughout his life, it seems only natural that Kolář would go the latter route – picking through the debris and disfiguring all that he came across, granting his objects a novel significance that certainly would have baffled their original creators." 

Travis Jeppesen