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THE WORST OF MARTIN ZET - YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU | exhibition05.09.2013 18:00 - 26.10.2013DIVUS PRAHA | en cs de |
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Thursday 5.9.2013 18:00... "My wife Erika's remark brought me to a thought: I should put into my contract conditions a clause that if I go to prison, I want to be in the nearby Vinařice (a village cca 3 km away) to have my family close to me." (From M.Zet's application for a job of a teacher)This exhibition of works by the beloved and reviled – yet world-renowned – artist, sculptor, performance artist and creator of short experimental films features a cross-section of his work, presented as “the worst of Martin Zet”: monumental sculptures and nearly all his film work, presented using the profane technology of the karaoke jukebox. This festive occasion is also being marked by the first public release of his book The Suicide of the Image, whose limited edition was confiscated immediate after being printed in 2006.
The oldest sculptural works exhibited at The Worst of Martin Zet at Divus Pragerkabarett were made at a time when Ivan didn’t know me yet. When nobody knew me yet. When I didn’t want to exhibit,* had moved away from Prague and was working intensively. I invested all the money that I could get into new things.** I placed my full trust in sculpture, I thought in terms of shapes interwoven with material, I condensed thoughts into words only when absolutely necessary, when they could help a feeling find the precise form. I abandoned and forget worn-down words in the belief that the completed sculpture would not require any guidelines. That it would be capable of acting nonverbally.*** I myself remember nothing from that time, only a kind of intense pressure, a general self-contained feeling of all-encompassing concentration, trust and yearning. A faith in working in isolation, zero social ambitions.
8 Aug. 2013, Prague-Libušín
Martin Zet – personal media biography:
16 years without preference
* My first real solo exhibition after school was not until 1991, six years after the Academy, at the Municipal Museum in Hořice. ** For instance, my investment into a three-meter monument constructed of Kralice marble was greater than the annual income from my full-time job at the time. *** For this reason, the sculptures at the exhibitions are labeled only with letters and the year.
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05.09.2013 18:00
- 26.10.2013
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Naprosto souhlasím s panem Bakalářem, že umění je o komunikaci. Ráda chodím na komentované prohlídky s autory, protože samotné dílo samo o sobě nám toho v dnešní době zkratkových instalací a intelektuálních abstrakcí ještě korunovaných honosným titulem "Bez názvu" často, bohužel, již skutečně moc neřekne. Myšlenka se absolutně ztrácí a přitom cesta k ní je mnohdy mnohem zajímavější než výsledek samý. Často jsem si právě díky osobnímu kontaktu či alespoň kurátorskému výkladu doslova oblíbila i díla, která bych opravdu s velkou nechutí na výstavě prostě minula a vůbec jimi neztrácela čas. Umělci, kteří tohle nepochopili, nemohou očekávat, že uvíznou v propadlišti dějin. I z renesančních autorů známe sotva pár jmen a Picasso či Dalí už se museli dosti snažit a bouřlivým životem prosadit, aby se o jejich díla někdo vůbec zajímal. A to píši o umělcích par excellence, co se řemeslného provedení malířského týče. V dnešní přemedializované době je "umělců" příliš na to, aby se člověk alespoň zorientoval. Takže s námi mluvte! A pokud se vám nechce, zalezte si do děr a hrajte si tam sami. Až vaši pozůstalost někdo najde, zub času pak ukáže, jestli stojí za to pár kousků z díry vyhrabat jako poklad.
Veronika Malá
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