Little Angel II

Little Angel II, 2002

polyester, steel

height 149 cm

Angel II – the part of the original trilogy of angel statues. A work that was partly inspired by various angel sculptures, while writing my thesis on the subject (inspiration from the 19th century – Bouguereau, sculptural realism, Gormley, Wenders, my grandmother’s holy pictures, and even Nabokov’s Lolita). Again, I wanted to leave the viewer in their hidden, unspoken associations and perhaps even in their perversion.

Photos: Ivan Pinkava and Klára Řezníčková

Little Angel I

Little Angel I, 2001

polyester

57 x 22 x 25 cm

Angel I – I modeled him partly from memory, partly from my friend’s two-year-old daughter. In the process, I simplified my ideas about his final form. He was to be nothing more than a sleeping child on the floor, curled up in a “ball” like a little bug. The viewer’s association after the utterance of even a joking idea can have all sorts of consequences. Like a pushed away “thing”, a lying child gives one the impression of being hurt, something that is extra and unwanted. At the same time, metaphorically, the child-angel is my idea of immaculate innocence, which, however, through various influences can become the opposite or the real devil. The ambiguity here is a what-if problem that has long interested me. Another variant of the statue is the statue “Morning Star” from 2011 (see The statue “Morning Star”).

The Ecstasy

The Ecstasy, 2001

polyester, glass, steel

104 x 60 x 55 cm

The Ecstasy – one of the first sculptures I created inspired by the yoga asanas. It was inspired by the yoga asanas and tried to express my experience through the composition and conception of the work. A shift in composition towards the inner imagery of feeling in the realization of yoga, along with the principles of figuralism. The work is part of a kind of triptych – a group of three sculptures – The Catharsis, The Meditation, and this particular sculpture – The Ecstasy.

Photos: Ivan Pinkava

The-Meditation II

The Meditation II, 2000

polyester, day - glo varnish

height 40 cm