Viková Jindra *1946

Blue + white, 2002

signed at the back bottom right Viková 2022, at the back UD Blue + White, each piece sign. bottom left Viková 2022, glazed ceramic, wood, 37 × 37 × 14 cm
A constant in Jindra Viková's work is her attention to the human figure, both to the whole figure, as well as to its isolated fragments. In the first place, it is first of all, the subjects of the head, the face or its silhouette. She found her way to them already as a young artist, when in her glazed ceramic likenesses from the late 1970s she first followed the long tradition of sculptural busts. She does not portray people, She depicts a person in his general features, in his gaze, gesture or attitude, which can be used to convey outwardly, consciously or unconsciously, inner states and other contents. The human face as a general expression of human of states and emotions is continuously revisited to this day. Jiří Ptáček, Jindra Viková - Clay Woman, Alšova jihočeská galerie 17. 2021 - 2 January 2022, Exhibition Catalogue.