Marian Karel (born 21 August 1944 in
Pardubice
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), is a
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sculptor
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and university professor.
Life and career
From 1959 to 1963 he studied at the Central School of Applied Arts in
Jablonec nad Nisou
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. In the years 1965 to 1972 he studied at the studio of
Stanislav Libenský at the
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in
Prague
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.
In 1992 he became Head of the Studio Glass in Architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Prague, and in 1995 he was appointed Professor and the Head of the department of fine arts. His other teaching activities have included posts in the
United States
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,
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,
Japan
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,
New Zealand
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,
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,
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,
Ireland
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and
Bulgaria
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. Since 2009 he has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University, where he heads the Department of Industrial Design.
Art Work
Marian Karel uses light, glass, and geometric forms to make illusionistic sculptures that challenge the viewer's perceptions of space. He has reached an international status within the
Minimalistic movement, although he does not fully identify himself with this style. He expresses very simplistic interactions between basic geometrical elements, which very artfully and intricately connect and permeate. He has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Museum Kampa, The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation and at the Galerie
Karsten Greve
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, Paris.
Mutual Art.
/ref> His works include the following sculptures:
* 1988 - Glass sculpture in front of the Czech pavilion at the 43rd Venice Biennale
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* 1991 - The sculpture of polished granite, fused glass and steel, a sports complex, Chitose, Japan
* 1992 - Spatial installation of metal and glass, Czech pavilion at Seville Expo '92
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* 2002 - Museum Kampa
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The museum opened in 2003 and is housed ...
, Prague: 3 sculptures from glass, steel, stone and wood
* 2004 - Statue of astronomy professor Zdeněk Kopal
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Kopal was born and grew up in Litomyšl (Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic). In his early astronomical career, he studied variable ...
in Litomyšl
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* 2006 - Statues of Prague at the Prague Congress Centre
* 2010 - Gate of time and historiogram statue in the square of King George of Poděbrady
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad ( cs, Jiří z Poděbrad; german: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the ...
in Cheb
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References
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1944 births
Czech sculptors
Czech male sculptors
Modern sculptors
Living people
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni