An animal with several noble qualities has already populated the entire planet and is heading into the cosmos, but when one recalls previous centuries he cannot feel exemplary or deserving of the title wise, not even rational, thoughtful et cetera.
Vybrané články k dějinám měsíčníku Tvář, který postupně dáváme k dispozici na tomto webu. Ačkoliv byly texty Tváře zveřejněny v letech šedesátých i dnes umožňují dobře rozlišovat skutečné od klamného a moudré od blbostí, což se do dnešních poměrů dost hodí.
Uváděné číslo Tváře doprovází kresby černou tuší Aubrey Breardsleyho. Erotické ilustrace k Salome Oscara Wilda nebo Aristofanově Lysistratě Breardsley po své konverzi a rok před svou smrtí zavrhl. Básnickou část vybrali redaktoři z poslední sbírky Bohuslava Reynka Odlet vlaštovek. Na Morgensterna...
The episode of Czech art history connected with the early work of Jan Jedlička, Vladivoj Kotyza and Mikuláš Rachlík has remained completely hidden from both art historians and the public for almost half a century.
Věra Nováková / Whence come you, and whither are you going?
Life is like walking a tightrope that is stretched from one place to another, whence and whither we know not. We have only the rope beneath our feet, these few moments in ther world around us, voices, the reaction of the crowd.
Exhibition catalogue of works on paper by Jiří Načeradský (1939-2014), Josef Bolf (1971) and Lubomír Typlt (1975), a former professor and two of his distinguished students
Stations of the Cross (concertina book), Jiří Kobr
The book actually came into being incidentally or, perhaps better, as a game. Sometime in 2014 I was to carve the Stations of the Cross for a certain chapel. This was a task I had always longed for, but at the same time I sensed a certain weight of responsibility. I had to prepare for it and thin...
Květoš Vašíček & Miroslav Tichý, Zdeněk Vašíček & Rudolf Jičín / Alternative Gaya
What is an artistic work? Who is an artist? Are both bound somehow to a place and origin? What connects the inventive Květoslav Vašíček, the remarkable painter and thinker Miroslav Tichý, the friends and philosophers Rudolf Jičín and Zdeněk Vašíček, and the graceful and powerful painter and poet ...
“I try to make it to or at least hobble towards the bridge between heaven and earth – to preserve joy, not remain beholden to wonder and gratitude. To call to mind every morning: God, it is You we praise, You we extol, to You we bow down. I too know many desolate and dark hours – with love as our...
On the eve of the national holiday Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, we present to you Mácha’s May, illustrated and published by Luboš Drtina, as a memorial to an extraordinary work last read by many, if at all, in school.
Horseradish as the deceased embedded in the earth, a tomcat’s wild eyes, a keyhole, the anal opening of an entangled intestine, apparitions of the deceased... Compiled by Miloš Doležal, Luboš Drtina handmade.
Eugen Brikcius / Vyložení umělci aneb Kunsthistorické pohádky
Kdo naslouchá úvodním slovům na vernisážích nebo čte umělecko-vědná pojednání o vystavených dílech, obrazech a sochách, bývá začasté poněkud zmaten z toho, co slyší nebo čte vzhledem k tomu, co spatřil: odborník se pokouší sdělit něco o něčem, jazykem o čemsi mimojazkovém, je nutkán obracet se k ...
Interview with Václav Bláha / How to Think ... Art
Václav Bláha speaks with Karel Hvížďala on the ability to be free, the honest and upright father, illegible messages, art as a mystery and the possibilities of living a parallel life.