Lot 261

Patrik Hábl (1975) GOLDEN MOUNTAIN

This painting is one of vertical bands of calligraphic landscapes, which like most of Hábl's work came about through bold experimentation. He paints on various supports, applying the paint with a roller, letting it drip, then letting it dry in the sun or freeze. He also experiments with the content. He offers the viewer the chance to observe unclear, non-material contexts, to let the hidden speak. His painting becomes a mirror of the spirit. When he speaks about the landscape, nature and naturalness, he explains that the permanence of these phenomena go fundamentally beyond that of man. Man changes, digs up, and rearranges only the material surface of things, but the spirit remains unchanged. It is not man who establishes values and writes the laws of nature. Patrik Hábl is one of the most striking faces in contemporary Czech art who works with both the painting and its installation in space.