Josef Žáček

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Josef Žáček (2013)

Josef Žáček (* 1951 in Prague ) is a Czech painter .

Life

Žáček studied from 1977 to 1983 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 1989 his first major exhibition took place in the Youth Gallery in Prague . Paintings on the subject of the Gospel of Matthew were shown.

In his work, Žáček often reflects on radical tendencies such as those shown in the struggle against power structures and totalitarian practices, although he clearly distances himself from these - he tries to let the circumstances of such actions affect him and accepts them without sympathy.

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In 1993 he created portraits of some members of the fourth generation of the Red Army faction . The occasion was the GSG-9 mission in Bad Kleinen against members of the Red Army faction who were on the wanted list at the time. Žáček showed this series called “Searching in Lost Space” in 1994 at the Behemot Gallery in Prague.

In 2011, the No Comment series was exhibited at the Dox Center for Contemporary Art in Prague . Among other things, a group portrait of the partisans of Primorye could be seen. They were portraits of a small group of Russian teenagers from the Primorye region , who were brutally liquidated.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1992: Josef Žáček: Pictures , 2G, Present, Berlin
  • 1992: Luz y espíritu , Pabellón de Bellas Artes, Seville (G)
  • 1994: Josef Žáček: Searching in Lost Space , Behémot Gallery, Prague
  • 1995: Josef Žáček: When Lemmings Fly ... , Prague City Gallery
  • 2000: Sexalog CZ / AB , Parliament Building, Vienna
  • 2002: Eyes of the City , Behémot Gallery, Prague
  • 2004: Josef Žáček: The Genius Loci , Critics' Gallery, Prague
  • 2011: Josef Žáček: Whispers , DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague
  • 2013: Loneliness , Topičův salon, Prague
  • 2017: Josef Žáček: Anticorps , Prague City Gallery

literature

  • Milan Kozelka: Startuji do San Francisca , Vetus Via, Prague, 2016 ISBN 978-80-87422-21-2
  • Ludvik Hlaváček, Magdalena Juříková, Ivan M. Jirous, Milan Kozelka: Josef Žáček: ANTICORPS , Prague City Gallery, 2017 ISBN 978-80-7010-124-7 (English)
  • Antonín Kosik, V. Čiháková Noshiro, Ivan M. Jirous, Petr Rezek: Josef Žáček , Behémot Gallery, Prague, 2002
  • Marcela Pánková, Petr Rezek, Milan Kozelka: Once lemmings fly up ... , Prague City Gallery, 1995 ISBN 80-7010-041-9 (English)
  • Roberto Gasparoli: Josef Žáček , Fondazione Bick di S. Abbondio: Artest '93, 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DOX Josef Žáček: Whispers , accessed on September 17, 2019 (English)
  2. ^ Josef Žáček. Bez názvu (z cyklu hledání ve ztraceném prostoru 1993) , in an interview for Lidové noviny in September 2011, cited above. to: Místogalerie portal, online at: mistogalerie.cz / ...
  3. ↑ Artlist - Center for Contemporary Arts Prague Untitled (from the Searching in Lost Space 1993 series) , accessed on September 17, 2019 (English)
  4. ^ M. Kozelka: Portraits of Outlaws Josef Žáček , 2010 ISBN 978 80 254 7515 7
  5. ↑ Interview with Josef Žáček at Radio Free Europe (RFE / RL) , accessed on September 17, 2011 (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Žáček, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zacek, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague