WELCOME TO THE EGON SCHIELE ART CENTRUM

5.4.2012, 19:00
Opening of the exhibitions on HUMOUR IN ART
Gerald Scarfe, Josef Florian Krichbaum, Vladimír Jiránek, Jiří Slíva

photogallery

6.4. – 28.10.2012
Gerald Scarfe (b. 1936)
IN BOHEMIA
The work of the world-famous British icon of social and political caricature will receive its Czech premiere in Český Krumlov. The exhibition of more than 100 large-format drawings and watercolours includes

• political and social commentary and caricatures of British and world politicians, the Royal Family, but also Czechoslovak politicians from 1969
• cartoons of showbusiness personalities (Woody Allen, Mick Jagger, Madonna...)
• set and costume design for the English National Opera (Orpheus in the Underworld)
• fantastic album artwork for the the PINK FLOYD album The Wall
• designs for the WALT DISNEY film Hercules (as the first outside designer to work with the studio since Salvador Dalí!)
• creation of the title sequence for the Yes Minister series

As part of the accompanying program to the exhibition we are preparing an AUTOGRAPH SIGNING SESSION: Gerald Scarfe will sign his books, posters etc... in the Egon Schiele Art Centrum on Wednesday 18.4.2012 at 15:00.

6.4. – 28.10.2012
Josef Florian Krichbaum (b. 1974)
IRONESQUE
Large-format and miniature oil-paintings, in which the Austrian artist depicts a magical world, but also with an ironic view into the human soul. The high level of craftsmanship of his oil paintings is reminiscent of the Old Masters.

6.4. – 28.10.2012
Vladimír Jiránek (b. 1938)
WELL I KNOW BETTER
An icon for several generations, journalist, illustrator, cartoonist, commentator, screenwriter and director of animated films. The artist takes us into his magical world with a hundred political and social "commentaries" from the last forty years and twenty short animated films that have won many awards throughout the world.

6.4. – 28.10.2012
Jiří Slíva (b. 1947)
LIBERTÉ
An exhibition of 80 lithographs and etchings by the Czech cartoonist and graphic artist present a gentle humour that plays with the paradoxes of everyday life and is thought-provoking.

ROMAN TÝC: WAY OF THE CROSS
In 1912 Egon Schiele spent almost a month in jail - because passing children could see drawings of nudes on the walls through an open window...
100 years later Roman Týc is going to prison. For switching 50 glass figures on traffic lights at Prague pedestrian crossings! He didn't endanger anyone. He paid the exorbitant cost of the damage (50 glass slides and a technician with a screwdriver and a stepladder can't cost 80.000 CZK!) and because he didn't pay the additional fine of tens of thousands he has to go to prison for a month.