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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Václav Machač - Figurative Glass
Czech Museum of Fine Arts: 12. 4. 2006 - 4. 6. 2006
Václav Macháč (1945), a graduate of the Prague Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (studio of Prof. S. Libenský, 1965-1971), has been a leading representative of Czech and international glass art since the 1970s. His starting point is in classical sculptural modelling and he uses the technique of glass blown into a mould that is then polychromed. With this approach he achieves outstanding results in an expressive form of realism. His dramatic drawings, both as studies and finished works, are equally outstanding. Machač chooses characteristic themes in which he emphasises his interest in manifesting the strength, resistance and determination of both humans and animals. These themes are primarily portraits of sportsmen, cyclists and skiers. Here we can find, for example, a portrait sculpture of the Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Klichko. Machač's horse heads and dog portraits are also exceptional. ...