Kristof Kintera: The End of Fun!
Kristof Kintera: The End of Fun!
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Kristof Kintera: The End of Fun!
W025102 | $27.50
Exhibition Catalog
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2020.
82 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 32 x 29 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781911155270
Ikon presents the most comprehensive UK exhibition of work by Czech artist Krištof Kintera (b. 1973, Prague). Internationally acclaimed for his sculptural, often kinetic works imbued with a characteristic energy and imaginative wit, Kintera offers an overview of new, recent, and archival works, shown in the UK for the first time. Filling both gallery floors, whilst also expanding into the public realm, THE END OF FUN! is a timely exhibition probing the apocalyptic environmental issues we currently face, taking on a new poignancy in today’s climate. Crafted with a dark sense of humour, Kintera’s artistic practice addresses current affairs. Striking a balance between feigned triviality and fatality, his works comprise a lively and philosophical critique of hyper-capitalist systems, especially with respect to ecological concerns: “I am aware of our responsibility for drastic changes of climate, extinctions of species and all kinds of living organisms, and therefore we’ll face sooner or later fatal problems. It is our shame, it is my shame.” With texts from independent curator and writer Miroslav Ambroz and Ikon curator Melanie Pocock.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Czech Republic -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Sculpture --
W025102 | $27.50
Exhibition Catalog
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2020.
82 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 32 x 29 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781911155270
Ikon presents the most comprehensive UK exhibition of work by Czech artist Krištof Kintera (b. 1973, Prague). Internationally acclaimed for his sculptural, often kinetic works imbued with a characteristic energy and imaginative wit, Kintera offers an overview of new, recent, and archival works, shown in the UK for the first time. Filling both gallery floors, whilst also expanding into the public realm, THE END OF FUN! is a timely exhibition probing the apocalyptic environmental issues we currently face, taking on a new poignancy in today’s climate. Crafted with a dark sense of humour, Kintera’s artistic practice addresses current affairs. Striking a balance between feigned triviality and fatality, his works comprise a lively and philosophical critique of hyper-capitalist systems, especially with respect to ecological concerns: “I am aware of our responsibility for drastic changes of climate, extinctions of species and all kinds of living organisms, and therefore we’ll face sooner or later fatal problems. It is our shame, it is my shame.” With texts from independent curator and writer Miroslav Ambroz and Ikon curator Melanie Pocock.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Czech Republic -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Sculpture --
