EVA, 2024

EVA, 2024

patinated bronze, stainless steel, granite

height 2 m, pedestal ellipse - height 35 cm

investor: Rehabilitation center Čeladná s. r. o.

place of implementation: the premises of the Rehabilitation Center Čeladná

The statue was unveiled on May 1, 2024 at 10:10 am

The statue is based on the plastic original of the EVA statue that served as a co-by model for this statue. The sculpture is prefigured by the earlier sculpture “Humility” and “Virtue of Virtues”. Like these two sculptures, the EVA sculpture is inspired by the yoga posture Gomukha Asana (cow position), sometimes referred to as the “woman’s pose” because of the exercise that not only symbolizes a woman, but is also a pose – an exercise that has a significant effect on the female organs. In yogic and ancient Hindu philosophy, the cow has a sacred meaning, but it can also figuratively symbolize purely feminine principles and especially motherhood and the related concept of a higher form of love. The theme or symbolism of the biblical Eve stems from this issue. Eve as the progenitor of mankind, who was not born of a woman (the statue does not even have a navel).In humility she accepts with outstretched arms the predestination of the inevitable fate of one of her offspring and, figuratively, of all mankind. She hovers as if above the ground, using a hidden point of contact on the calf of her left leg to create a shadow under her body, and to ensure stability she lightly touches the ground with the little toes of both feet, from which she is essentially born through a man. 

 

The sculpture is anchored by stainless steel pins to a stone base. The base is made of light granite (Silesian granite) in the shape of a half-ellipsoid. The upper side of the ellipsoid is polished, the bowl-shaped elliptical form is roughly worked (pummelled) around the perimeter. The base is anchored to a concrete foundation.

Ensuring implementation:

Casting of the statue: H V H spol. s r.o. Art Foundry, Horní Kalná

Manufacture of pedestals and stonework: Vítězslav Orel Masonry

EVA, 2024

Little Red Riding Hood (“So I can kiss you better”)

Little Red Riding Hood ("So I can kiss you better"), 2019 resp. 2024

polyester, fiberglass, glass, acrylic, 3D printing PLA

dimensions of the animal: 93 x 50 x 47 cm, height of the girl 40 cm

“The Little Red Riding Hood sculpture (So that I could kiss you better)” is part of a new series of small sculptures installed on the wall. Obviously inspired by the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood, with a significant of irony, it captures the scene of Little Red Riding Hood’s meeting with the wolf, which is depicted here as an almost harmless dog. His body is flesh-pink in color, indicating his belonging to the human culture. The wolf in fairy tales is often a symbol of evil, but here the good is turned upside down – here the wolf is just trying to blend in, it has a benevolent, almost human look (it has embedded replicas of human eyes), while the Little Red Riding Hood has a fierce, even combative attitude, full of determination. We all know how the fairy tale ends and who ends up dead. The work is also a tribute to the master of horror – Steven King – the quote “So that I could kiss you better” it is from his book series “Bill Hodges”. The sculpture is installed on the wall, thereby intensifying the polemic over reality and allowing the viewer to think about the truth.
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Angel V (Essentia)

Little Angel V (Essentia), 2024

polyester gel, fiberglass, acrylic

57 x 22 x 25 cm

The third version of the little girl – angel called “Little Angel V (Esentia). The letter “V” stands for the Roman numeral “5” (there are now a total of five statues in the Little Angels series + The Sight Of Angel mask). The letter “V” is not only the numeral “5”, but it is also the symbol of “V” as a victory. Unlike the previous two “angels”, this one already has wings, but the wings have feathers plucked.

The Humility

The Humility, 2022

polyester gel, fiberglass, acrylic, stainless steel

life-size - 90cm x 161cm x 60 cm

Humility (2022) a small version of the statue, which originally served as a preparation for the large, larger-than-life version and later realization in bronze (EVA statue). The sculpture belongs to a thematic and compositional group that I once called “Humility”. It is the opposition and dialogue to “Levitation”.