Parallel lines exhibition is for great interest and responses extended until 15 January 2012. By the end of 2011 will be opened 20th - 23th December and 26th - 30th December. In the new year it is opened from Tuesday to Sunday, always 1 pm - 8 pm.
The exhibition Parallel lines is based on internal and external analogy of Adriena Šimotová (1926) and Josef Bolf´s works (1971). It presents works from different periods belonging exclusively to private collections.
The parallel between the works of two generationally distant authors is apparent: existential anxiety, emotions always present inside of a mortal human being. Its indispensable element is carnality – in case of both artists it could be spoken about autoanalytical carnality. Concerning Adriena Šimotová it is her „physical“prints, and in case of Josef Bolf it is embodied in dismal, dawnfallen heroes of the same, recurrent story. In addition, this carnality is at first sight based on gender; it could be clearly distinguished between female and male approach as an evidence of pure sincerity. However, mutual theme that is moreover very wide is not the only thing forcing us to compare these authors. It is a kind of expression, silent speach, feelings possibly expressed only by art. Sorrow, happiness, mercy and love, solitude of a man and woman.
The presented duel uses the common potential of creators in many aspects. Its complementarity can be found in the formal part as well (Bolf versus Šimotová) – to darkness light, to black monochrome bright pigment, to rough structure delicate, to bright colour imprint gentle touch. At the same time, there is a plenty of media used by the authors such as paintings, drawings, or paper objects. The selection emphasizes present, concrete elements of carnality, i. e. the surrealistic „head-hands-heart“, opposite ends of physical body and mind. In both Bolf and Šimotová´s production there are often individual organs representing the absent complex.
Spiritual solidarity, this banal expression denotes best the sense of comparison of Šimotová and Bolf. This evident connection is present here. Similarly like beauty whose question is, as we know, very circumstantial in art.
Exhibition Parallel lines is opened from Tuesday to Sunday, 1 - 6 pm.
