Kolář Jiří 1914–2002

Plate No. 26, 1990

porcelain, Rosenthal fa, diameter 26 cm, signed on the reverse in print Jiří Kolář, no. No. 26, printed by Rosenthal, original box, 27, 5 × 27, 5 cm porcelain, Rosenthal fa, diameter 26 cm, signed on the reverse in print Jiří Kolář, no. No. 26, printed by Rosenthal, original box, 27, 5 × 27, 5 cm porcelain, Rosenthal fa, diameter 26 cm, signed on the reverse in print
Jiří Kolář has been slowly coming to his most important practices since the 1940s. years. From the beginning he applied the method of the diary. He collected motifs that and then used them when the idea matured. However, most of his own techniques ...was between the late 1950s and the second half of the 1960s. Their predecessors were confrontation, reportage and found collage, in which he arranged reproductions cut from magazines according to certain relationships and with them related rules. He once said that the word had lost its meaning for him at a certain period and that it fell apart because it was misused. At that time, he he realized that letters or numbers could be used as visual signs without further content. So he created what he called evident poetry, which he thought was any poetry that was not expressed in words. He was also always concerned with interweaving different eras of art history. For example, he linked motifs from Baroque paintings with those of the great 20th century masters. The principles he developed in his writing poetry, he also used in his visual expression. In doing so, he did not rely solely on strict order, but also naturally exercised poetic imagination and playfulness.