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”.

Eva

Eva, 2023

polyester, fiberglass, acrylic

200 x 396 x 132 cm

The statue served as a model for the realization of the statue in bronze (private investor – Rehabilitation Center Čeladná s. r. o.). It is based on the previous composition of the “Humility” statue, but basically follows on from the older “Virtue of Virtues” statue. Again, it is inspired by a yoga pose called Gomukha asana, or cow pose – also sometimes called the woman’s pose. All the more so because this position is related to the theme of the biblical Eve, the foremother of humanity, who was not born of a woman. She humbly accepts the predestination of inevitable fate with open arms. She floats, as it were, above the ground, when using a hidden point of contact on the calf of the left leg, she creates a shadow under the body, and to ensure stability, she lightly touches the little toes of both feet to the ground, from which she is basically born through a man.

The sculpture is still in the creative process stage and is not quite in its final form. The entire finalization process remains the author’s secret.

Photo: Paweł Lawreszuk and Georg Hoermann

Eva