František Skála

František Skála (b. 7 February 1956 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer. [http://www.instinkt-online.cz/obsah/default.asp?rok=2004&cislo=48&id=3 "Romantik a demon" ("in Czech")]

He is a founding member of the music group Malý taneční orchestr Universal (the Small Dance Band) which performs popular music from the communist era of Czechoslovakia in a humorous fashion [ [http://www.freemusic.cz/kratke_zpravy/kz7859-najbrt-a-rona-a-skala-aka-tros-sketos-ovladnou-prkna-palace-akropolis.html] ] He is also a founding member of the music trio, Tros Sketos. [ [http://www.freemusic.cz/kratke_zpravy/kz7859-najbrt-a-rona-a-skala-aka-tros-sketos-ovladnou-prkna-palace-akropolis.html freemusic.cz - Najbrt & Róna & Skála aka Tros Sketos ovládnou prkna Paláce Akropolis ] ]

Video of Tros Sketos

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOHUZWA0OdE&feature=related May 30, 2007 performance at Palac Akropolis in Prague]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNsvIY71Dzc&feature=related Tros Sketos television commercial for the 2002 Karlovy Vary Film Festival]

External links

* [http://www.tvrdohlavi.cz/frantisek_skala.html Tvrdohlaví – František Skála] - timeline of artist's work ("in Czech")]
* [http://www.e-architekt.cz/index.php?PId=1036&KatId=7 Skála at the Rudolfinium] - E-Architekt.cz article on Skála including photos of his artwork
* [http://www.radio.cz/en/article/59678 Frantisek Skala - A "Midwife" of Contemporary Art] - Czech Radio article on Skála
* [http://www.divus.cz/umelec/en/pages/umelec.php?id=401&roc=2004&cis=4 The Monstrous Muteness of František Skála] - Umelec International website
* [http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz/en/vystavy.php4?v=57 Skala at Rudolfinium] - Galerie Rudolfinium's biography of Skála
* [http://www.czech.cz/en/culture/czech-arts/fine-art/contemporary-fine-art/ Contemporary Fine Art] - The official website of the Czech Republic's history of contemporary Czech art
* [http://www.jedinak.cz/stranky/txtskala.html VĚCI MAJÍ DUŠI] - interview with Skála ("in Czech")
* [http://www.reflex.cz/Clanek18151.html Porodní assistent] - Reflex Magazine interview with Skála ("in Czech")

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