Acrylic on canvas, frame
61.5 × 95.5 cm
signed lower right Sopko 91
The presented painting, "Jezdci" (Riders), is an undeniably authentic and rare piece on the art market that transforms a vital need for freedom. It is a work by Jiří Sopko, one of the most sought-after artists of the phenomenon known as the New Figuration and a former professor and rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His sharply colored canvases are captivating, cheerful, and melancholic—magnificent like jewels and provocative like parrots flaunting their multi-hued plumage. In short, they are unmissable, evoking extremely urgent meanings and feelings, both universally human and completely current.
A member of the Volné seskupení 12/15 Pozdě, ale přece (Free Association 12/15 Better Late Than Never), he has earned a place on the pedestal of classics of the Czech fine art scene of the second half of the twentieth century, contributing to its profile for nearly six decades.
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