Matasová Adéla *1940

Divided Wings, 1969

Plaster, acronex, wood, 100 × 135 cm
The beginning of independent creation here is precisely determined by the sixty-fifth year; Adéla Matasová draws on the possibilities offered by the main issues of the immediately preceding generational layer - symbolically directed expression of painterly self-images. However, she is also receptive to the changes of opinion that already transcend the ideological foundations of the abstract program and open the way to malleable and thematically deviant variants. Adéla Matasová was closest to fantasy semifiguration: a sign half autonomous, half imitative. In her conception, this ambivalent conception first took the form of organic labyrinths and bizarre anatomies, imaginary landscapes from the realm of physiological tissues and plant tissues. The first distinctive features of the work appear here, defining the circle of interests, the theme is established, the meaning of the work is thought out. Jan Kříž, 1971 Exhibited by Adéla Matasová, Gallery of Art in Ostrov nad Ohří, August 1971. Lit.: Adéla Matasová, Ostrov nad Ohří. Provenance: from the artist's studio.