This monographic publication presents a representative and comprehensive selection of Jaroslav Valečka's work from 2010-2015, introducing an artist who has established himself as a prominent figure in the current middle generation of artists, building on the long tradition of Czech landscape painting and symbolist imagination.
In addition to Valečka's characteristic, enchanting landscapes with distant horizons and magical light situations, this book reveals the hidden, intimate sources of his work - uncovering the interconnectedness of the artist's creations with the region of his childhood, the pensively melancholic environment of the Lusatian Mountains, and the "chilling" stories of its inhabitants.
The introductory study is penned by the renowned British theorist and curator Edward Lucie-Smith, author of over a hundred publications in art history and poetry, whose most famous book Art Today (1995) remains an indispensable manual of contemporary world art. Further insightful studies on Valečka's work were written by art historians Martina Vítková, Rea Michalová, and curator Veronika Marešová.
Bibliographical data:
Author: Edward Lucie-Smith, Martina Vítková, Veronika Marešová, Rea Michalová
Category: Publications, Fine Arts, Personalities and Destinies, Art
Language: Czech and English
Number of pages: 200
Binding: hardcover
ISBN: 978-80-7437-174-5
EAN: 9788074371745
Publication date: 2015
Edition number: 1st
Dimensions: 28 x 24 cm
