Ballpoint pen drawing 15x18 cm, frame 21x30 cm
About the artist:
Ota Jirák (April 12, 1949) graduated from the Faculty of Puppetry at DAMU. He gradually established himself as a prominent figure in Czech theatre and film, working primarily at the Semafor Theatre and F. R. Čech's Provisional Theatre. He lent his voice to characters such as the plush puppet Hele (Jů a Hele have been voiced with Jiří Lábus for over 40 years), Rubeus Hagrid from the Harry Potter saga, and the alien Alf. As for his artistic work, Ota Jirák enjoys caricatures and paintings that capture exaggerated, even grotesque features of people or animals. This work is directly inspired by his sense of humor and dramatic expression, which allows him to enrich his artworks with absurdities and unique comical elements. He has created a number of enamels, drawings, and illustrations that have a strongly expressive style and a simplified, yet apt form.
