Zbyněk Sedlecký
At the Memorial
Artist
Zbyněk Sedlecký
(1976, Ostrava), Czech
Original Title
At the Memorial
Date2015
Mediumacrylic and newspaper sheets on canvas
Dimensions180 × 145 cm
Classificationspaintings
Credit LineKunsthalle Praha
DescriptionZbyněk Sedlecký is representative of the great generation of painters appearing on the scene at the break of the new millennium. Sedlecký thematises contemporary visual culture and the viewer’s perception of the work of art. He explores the relationship of place and time to nature, the possibilites and capacity of human memory, and its capability of to some extent reconstructing the past. He depicts anonymous figures shimmering in the city exterior whose loose contours thematise the image of today’s society built upon the quick transmission of data and information, as well as the oversaturation of the infosphere and the limited capacities of human memory.
One of Sedlecký‘s typical motifs is of watching or observing people.
At the Memorial depicts a woman and a man walking from behind and the passengers in the background. Despite the rough colour application, the picture is very detailed. The folds in the shirt of the man and also the shades and the colour gradient on the dresses and on the ground can be seen clearly.
Zbyněk Sedlecký (*1976, Ostrava) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno with Prof. Jiří Načeradský and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague with Prof. Jiří Sopko. In 2000 he took part in a study trip to the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart and in 2003 the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. He was inaugurated into the contemporary art scene through the Resetting project and Jiné cesty k věcnosti (2007–2008, Prague City Gallery) which was also one of the projects which indicated novel possible directions in painting. Sedlecký also took part in the long-term exhibition Po sametu (2009–2013) in the Prague City Gallery, and in 2010 he was invited to take part in the Liverpool Biennial (2010). In 2017 he had a solo exhibition in the Václav Špála gallery in Prague, and he holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague.
One of Sedlecký‘s typical motifs is of watching or observing people.
At the Memorial depicts a woman and a man walking from behind and the passengers in the background. Despite the rough colour application, the picture is very detailed. The folds in the shirt of the man and also the shades and the colour gradient on the dresses and on the ground can be seen clearly.
Zbyněk Sedlecký (*1976, Ostrava) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno with Prof. Jiří Načeradský and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague with Prof. Jiří Sopko. In 2000 he took part in a study trip to the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart and in 2003 the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. He was inaugurated into the contemporary art scene through the Resetting project and Jiné cesty k věcnosti (2007–2008, Prague City Gallery) which was also one of the projects which indicated novel possible directions in painting. Sedlecký also took part in the long-term exhibition Po sametu (2009–2013) in the Prague City Gallery, and in 2010 he was invited to take part in the Liverpool Biennial (2010). In 2017 he had a solo exhibition in the Václav Špála gallery in Prague, and he holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague.
