Group 42

Group 42

Group 42 (Czech "Skupina 42") was Czech artistic group established in 1942. Although its roots could be found already in 1938 – 1939, forming in 1940.

Activity of the group was terminated in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still evident in further years.

This group was mainly influenced by civilism, cubism, futurism, constructivism and something from surrealism. A characteristic element of their work was enchantment by technology - explaining why there is focus on cities, peripherals, factories and so on. Main characters are generally common townspeople.

Main theoretical base of this group was article by Jindřich Chalupecký – "The World, we live in" (Czech "Svět, v němž žijeme").

Members

Poets

* Ivan Blatný
* Jan Hanč
* Jiřina Hauková
* Josef Kainar
* Jiří Kolář (also a visual artist)

Painters

* František Gross
* František Hudeček
* Jan Kotík
* Kamil Lhoták
* Bohumír Matal
* Jan Smetana
* Karel Souček

Carver

* Ladislav Zívr

Photographer

* Miroslav Hák

Theoreticians

* Jindřich Chalupecký
* Jiří Kotalík

References

Books in Czech language.
* Eva Petrová a kolektiv autorů: "Skupina 42", Akropolis, Praha 1998, ISBN 80-85770-67-9
* Zdeněk Pešat, Eva Petrová (ed.): "Skupina 42", Atlantis, Brno 2000, ISBN 80-7108-209-0, EAN 9788071082095

External links

* [http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2006/Art/0309/tempo1.php Avant-gardists – A pair of art rebels step into the mainstream] , Naomi Lindt, 8.3.2006, The Prague Post
* [http://www.infofila.cz/new/cteni.php?r=11&c=1855 Legendární Skupina 42] , Josef Fronc, Zpravodaj 2/2005, na webu Společnosti SČSZ (Czech)
* [http://www.jedinak.cz/stranky/txtkotalik.html České diskontinuity] , rozhovor Petra Wolfa s Jiřím Kotalíkem na stránkách [http://www.jedinak.cz/ jedinak.cz] (Czech)
* [http://gd2.fuud.ujep.cz/skup42.html Example photos of book "Skupina 42"] (Czech)


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