Lot 211
Karel Malich (1924 - 2019) BUBBLES SEEN IN THE SKY

1984
Pastel on paper
75 x 55 cm (h x w)
From behind "K. Malich 1984"

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A world-renowned sculptor, painter and printmaker, Malich studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Prague under Professor Vladimir Silovsky and went on to paint landscapes – initially influenced by Cubism and Expressionism, later drawn in pastel. He created reliefs and sculptures, his first sculptures made of Plexiglas, and open metal structures that addressed the dematerialization of sculpture. In his drawings from the late 1970s/early 1980s, recollections of his youth collide with his visions of light, some of which had the character of omens. By analyzing the relationships of the see-er and the seen, he has visions and discovers the inner light and penetrates layers in space and the state of existence depicted in the sculptures Inner Light and Crack in Space. In his oeuvre, the past becomes the future and vice versa. In the decades from 1986–1995 he primarily focused on pastels depicting his visions of light. He used figurative and abstract, organic and geometric forms. Malich’s approaches have become essential points in the development of contemporary Czech art. His work has been exhibited at numerous exhibitions around the world and is represented in leading private and public collections.

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