Ballpoint pen drawing 30x22 cm, frame 40x30 cm
About the author:
Ota Jirák (April 12, 1949) graduated from the Faculty of Puppetry at DAMU. He gradually developed into a prominent figure in Czech theater and film, working primarily in the Semafor and F. R. Čech's Prozatímní divadlo. He lent his voice to, for example, the plush character Hele (Jů and Hele have been voiced by him and Jiří Lábus for over 40 years), Rubeus Hagrid from the Harry Potter saga, and the alien Alf. Regarding his artistic work, Ota Jirák has a fondness for 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 artwork 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.
