- Aleš Veselý
Aleš Veselý (born February 3, 1935 in
Čáslav ) is a Czech sculptor. From 1952 to 1958, he studied at theAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague . At the end of the 1950, he was part of the art movement known as theCzech Abstraction . More recently, he has worked on monumental sculptures, often connected with a specific landscape. He sculpts in welded metal, exploring the tension of the masses and the activity of the elementary forces contained in the material.Grants
*1995:
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant,Chicago, Illinois
*1993: Arts Link Fellowship atThe Fabric Workshop and Museum ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*1986:International Sculpture Center Fellowship,Washington, D.C. Awards
*1994 The Chicago Prize, John David Mooney Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois
*1969 The Mathias Braun Award for the sculpture Kaddish at the Sculpture and City exhibition,Liberec
*1965 Critics Award for the sculpture Chair Usurper, 4emeBiennale de Paris Public Space Sculptures
*1998-2001 Chamber of Light,
Europos Parkas ,Vilnius , iron, steel and boulders, 777 x 430 x 430 cm
*1999 Messenger, Sculpture Park,Wijk aan Zee , steel and boulders, 530 x 376 x 609 cm
*1996 Memento, sculpture from 1968 permanently located inVenray , stainless steel, h. 450 cm
*1995 Magen David, Jewish Memorial inTerezin , stainless steel, bronzed railway tracks, boulders, h. 560 cm
*1994 Doublebench, FaretTachikawa ,Tokyo , stainless steel, diorite, 240 x 240 x 70 cm
*1988 Testimony, sculpture from 1968, permanently located in theOlympic Park, Seoul , stainless steel, h. 280 cm
*1980 That One, welded sculpture in stainless steel in front of the Ed. Spranger School,Hamm , h. 12 m
*1979 Iron Report, town park,Bochum , complex of three iron sculptures, I. 750 x 900 x 220 cm, II. 330 x 360 x 180 cm, III. 280 x 220 x 110 cm)
*1973 Trumpet from Jericho, Nove Sedlo nearbyKarlovy Vary , stainless steel, 210 x 390 x 230 cm
*1967-1968 Kaddish, (originally in Ostrava) since 1971 located in the outdoor studio of the artist, h. 710 cm
*1963 Indetermination of Circle and Straight Line, Roma, CSA, via Bissolati (was destroyed by the permission of the Czech Embassy in 1994)Literature
* Michal Schonberg, "Walk Through That Gate! Conversations with Aleš Veselý", Torst: Prague, 2007, ISBN 80-7215-263-7
External links
* [http://www.ales-vesely.cz Official site]
* [http://www.europosparkas.lt/ Europos Parkas]
* [http://www.eenzeevanstaal.nl Beeldenpark Een Zee van Staal]
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