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    • ZBYNĚK SEKAL 1923 - 1998 - A MADONNA
      Jun. 08, 2023

      ZBYNĚK SEKAL 1923 - 1998 - A MADONNA

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      Zbyněk Sekal is one of the artists of the Central European modernist generation of the 1960s, and probably one of the most mysterious. His work was created over a wide time span, from the turn of the 1930s and 1940s until 1997, when, a few months before his death, his illness prevented him from continuing his work. Sekal - like Piesen - was interested in a more intellectual work with material based more on dialogue and the process of searching, on the exploration of spatial relationships and the attempt to create order. He did not fully identify with any movement, tendency or group and remained a distinctly solitary artist. After studying at UMPRUM in the studio of F. Tichý, where he met, for example, Mikuláš Medek and Stanislav Podhrázský, he soon became one of the most interesting Czech artists of the 1950s and 1960s. From 1970 he lived in Vienna, where his work underwent another remarkable development. He considers the relief paintings, the so-called folded paintings, which were created from 1962 onwards, to be a different means of painting, and his primary inspiration from surrealist assemblage, which puts discarded and damaged objects into new contexts, is evident. His work displays an unusual profundity and sophistication. This meticulous craftsmanship is also exhibited in the exceptional work Madonna, where the tightness and enclosure of the work coexist as much as the space opening up to our contemplation. The work is also interesting for its figurative subject matter, as these are rather rare compared to the 1950s. Of Sekal's work, which Werner Hofmann characterizes as a category of interspace, he writes: "Their ambivalence has nothing to do with the magic of the objects, achieved by bizarre props - here there is depth in the surface, an intangible dimension is hidden in the simple material, the "aura" emanates from materiality." By revealing the hidden surface, the interior is also revealed. In the work on offer, the artist manifests a distinctive expression of how to deal with matter and the fragments of our world. Technique: assemblage, Signed: signed and dated verso: SEKAL / MADONA 1965

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    • FIGURE
      Dec. 10, 2019

      FIGURE

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      This statue featuring sharp Cubist shapes presents a record of Sekal’s work while he lived in Vienna. His thorough work with sharp forms and gradual deformation of the central figure were common threads in Sekal’s work from the 1970s. His oeuvre demonstrates unusual depth and elaboration of the subject, presenting it to the viewer in exact intricate succession without revealing its core nature. Publ.: Zbyněk Sekal: Práce za posledních pětapadesát let [Work of the Past 55 Years], published 1997, p. 77.

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    • UNTITLED
      Jun. 06, 2019

      UNTITLED

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      Sekal was a member of the Sixties generation of Central European modernist artists. His oeuvre spans the period from the late 1930s/early 1940s to 1997, when he was no longer able to work just a few short months before his death. As an artist who was fully part of the period unfolding after the end of World War II, when he found youthful inspiration in Surrealism, he is a part of the broad post-avantgarde movement. However, he did not completely identify with any movement, tendencies or groups, and remained a major independent figure. After studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague under Professor František Tichý, he soon was among the most interesting Czech artists of the 1950s and 60s. He defected in the late 1960s and from 1970 he lived in Vienna, where his work underwent further remarkable development.

      Arthouse Hejtmánek
    • Attributed to Zbynek Sekal, (Czech, 1923-1998), Untitled, wood, 17" x 20.75"
      Dec. 02, 2017

      Attributed to Zbynek Sekal, (Czech, 1923-1998), Untitled, wood, 17" x 20.75"

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Attributed to Zbynek Sekal (Czech, 1923-1998) Untitled wood 17" x 20.75"

      Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
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