Stanislav Kolíbal, Akvarely || Černý Reliéf

In the organizer's words:

Stanislav Kolíbal, born in 1925, developed a sculptural and graphic oeuvre from the early 1950s onwards which, in its reduction to simple structures and materials, occupies a strong conceptual position within the art movements of Minimal Art and Arte Povera.

As one of the few artists from communist-ruled countries, Kolíbal's work has also been exhibited and collected in important Western museums, such as the Centre Pompidou and Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris; Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museum, New York; Ludwig Museum, Vienna and Budapest; Tate Gallery, London.

From 1990 to 1993, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 2019 he designed the Czech and Slovakian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale.

We have been working with Stanislav Kolíbal since the beginning of our gallery activities in 1977. The current exhibition shows 30 watercolors from recent years, together with two wooden reliefs by the now 100-year-old artist.