Lot 224
Ladislav Zívr (1909 - 1980) SHEDDING SNAKE

1972
Polychrome fired clay
86 cm (h)
Signed below "Zívr 1972"

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350 000 CZK
   |   14 000 €

Ladislav Zívr had a silent dispute with Marxist censors, who persistently oversaw the art form and promoted their own version of historical "progress." He found inspiration in nature and tried his best to find his own form of expression that would not repeat itself. He relied on the resistance of the incompleteness of form and, on the contrary, progressed to smoothness and purity. "I hate a form other than fixed (planed)!" Inspired by natural symmetry and symbiosis of shapes, he tried to dramatize the original perception to the point of mild concern. The main element of the work from this period, as well as the work Shedding Snake, is the basic will of life after birth and growth. He was fascinated by the shapes of fruits, germs and protective layers. His work led him to know the laws of life, birth and indomitability. "When watching my things, the Polish painter Lenica talked about eroticism. It's supposed to be in art, and he said that I have it there. The shapes of nature are erotic."

Published by: Ladislav Zívr, Jaromír Typlt, Kant, 2013, in the list of works No. 419.

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