Zbyněk Sekal

This is an exhibition catalog for the Czech artist Zbyněk Sekal, published in conjunction with his solo exhibition "Zbyněk Sekal" held at the Kunsthalle Krems in Austria in 2002.

Sekal was born in Prague in 1923. During World War II, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Terezín and Mauthausen concentration camps. After the war, he studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and after working for a publishing house and as a translator, he became an artist. In 1969, he left his homeland and resided in Vienna from the following year.

This book mainly features sculptures, objects, and box-shaped works using wood, metal, brass, and iron. Closed structures, interior and exterior, fragments, boundaries, and memory. Sekal's works combine the tranquility of the material with a profound sense of time that touches on personal history and the history of 20th-century Europe.

Texts are by Carl Aigner and Kristian Sotriffer. The book is bilingual in German and Czech. It includes 40 color plates and 5 black-and-white plates. This exhibition catalog is a valuable resource for understanding Sekal's reception in Austria and his creative process.

[Title] Zbyněk Sekal
[Publisher] Kunsthalle Krems
[Publication Date] 2002
[Page Count] 96 pages
[Size] Approx. 213 x 260 x 14 mm / 515g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] German, Czech
[Title Reading] ZBYNYEK SEKARU
[Author/Editor] Zbyněk Sekal/Author, Carl Aigner/Editor/Text, Kristian Sotriffer/Editor/Composition/Text, Martin Cech/Translator, Michael Stavarič/Translator, Julia Kordina/Production/Editing, Regina Stierschneider/Editing, schultz+schultz Mediengestaltung/Design, Andreas Hutzler/Proofreading
[Printing] Druckerei Holzhausen Nfg./Printing
[ISBN] 3901261206
[Condition] Used [5] Good (Minor stains on front and back cover, slight foxing on top edge)
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[Related Exhibition] "Zbyněk Sekal" (Kunsthalle Krems, 2002)

Zbyněk Sekal (1923-1998)

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) in 1923. Artist.

Studied at technical schools in Prague in the 1930s. In 1941, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Pankrác, Terezín, and Mauthausen concentration camps. Liberated in 1945, he studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague after the war.

In the 1950s, he worked for a publishing house, engaging in book design, editing, and translation. He translated Franz Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and "The Metamorphosis" into Czech. In the 1960s, he held solo exhibitions in Prague, Brno, and Vienna.

He left his homeland in 1969 and resided in Vienna from 1970. From 1972 to 1974, he taught at the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart. From the mid-1970s onwards, he began creating box-shaped works using wood, producing pieces that evoke closed structures, fragments, memory, and time.

In 1989, he made his first visit to Japan at the invitation of Gallery TOM. He died in Vienna in 1998.

His major works include box-shaped objects and sculptures made of wood and metal.

His works are held in major collections including the National Gallery Prague.

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