Veselý Petr *1953

Places, 1988-1992

canvas, author's moulding, 110 × 95 cm, signed. PD in pencil by PETR VESELÝ, LD in pencil 1988-92
PLACES The notion of places and places began to appear in my work probably from the beginning of the 1980s and had several meanings. Probably first with the awareness of a place as a kind of moment of stopping, of becoming aware of a situation in the landscape and also of a "place of the character" or a place defined by the character (Behind the Pillar, Place/Bathing...), then with the location of a place through a fragment (a thing, a landscape...). I soon became aware of the concept of place in terms of its actual constitution in space (in the environment, in the middle!). Firstly, through the object (sculpture), defining place and space around it, usually by its very nature, and secondly, in relation to the objecthood of the (hanging) image, which became increasingly important for my further work. This fact, and then the experience of creating my own objects (Place/Pole, Corner, Vault, Threshold, Two Places/Connection...), became connected with the works on paper that had been created since the early 1980s, i.e. not only drawings, but also perforated (carved) papers, often with motifs of the human figure or some "situation of the thing". Petr Veselý, October 3, 2021 Provenance: obtained from the artist's studio.