Viková Jindra *1946

With the Shadow, 1995

porcelain, oil, plexiglass, height 31,2 cm, signed on the back Viková 95
A constant in Jindra Viková's work is her attention to the human figure, both the whole figure and its isolated fragments. First and foremost, it is the subject 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 for the first time continued the long tradition of the sculptural bust. She does not portray persons, she depicts people in their general features, in their gaze, gesture or attitude, which can be used to outwardly, consciously or unconsciously, convey inner states and other contents. The human face as a general expression of human states and emotions is continuously revisited to this day. Jiří Ptáček, Jindra Viková - Clay Woman, Alšova jihočeská galerie 17 September 2021 - 2 January 2022, Exhibition catalogue.