87JiříSobotkaBodywork, from the series Silver bodywork, 1993
Bodywork, from the series Silver bodywork, 1993
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plaster shell, car paint, 13 × 48 × 18 cm, signed. SOBOTKA 1993For the very beginnings of the author's work, at the time when, in the early 1980s
he began to appear more consistently on the Brno art scene, was characteristic of
The motif of the automobile as a distinctive element of modern life was characteristic. Jiří Sobotka
sees this proud symbol of civilizational progress and standard of living through
an absurd contortion of meaning. The automobile, which should be synonymous with
freedom of movement, deprives it of its most important attribute - the wheel.
In a way, the expressive expression of Sobotka's cars reverberates
ironic and mercilessly sarcastic expression of the so-called Czech grotesque. Man
here, as in Nepraš's, Sopek's or Gebauer's
parodies, he becomes a helpless and manipulated part of the totality of circumstances. Lit.: Jiří Sobotka, Skororetro, 2015, edited by J. Sobotka.
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auction 65
65th auction of Fine Art, Antiques, Design and Glass
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