Lot no. 835
Zdenek Sýkora
Linie Nr. 86
Öl auf Leinwand. 100 x 100 cm.
Rückseitig auf der umgeschlagenen Leinwand signiert, datiert und betitelt 'ZDENEK SÝKORA: LINIE NR. 86 1991' sowie mit Maß- und technischen Angaben. Rückseitig auf der Leinwand signiert und datiert 'Sýkora 91'.
- Mit geringfügigen Altersspuren.
Die vorliegende Arbeit ist im Archiv Lenka Sýkorová und Zdenek Sýkora, Louny, registriert.
Provenienz
Art Affairs, Amsterdam Privatsammlung, Niederlande
Ausstellungen
Amsterdam 1991 (Art Affairs), Bad Münstereifel (Galerie Heinz Teufel), Zdenek Sýkora, Ausst.Kat., S.70 mit Farbabb. (nur in Amsterdam ausgestellt)
„My aim is to make something that's completely independent of me.
The aim of all this painstaking work is to make something that's absolutely independent, free, something that inspires a feeling of freedom.” (Zdenek Sýkora, in: Hans Ulrich Obrist, The relationship between art and science, in: Gallery (Hg.), Zdenek Sýkora, Interviews, Prag 2009, S.204)
Diese Äußerung Zdenek Sýkoras hat besondere Bedeutung, wenn man bedenkt, dass sein Oeuvre zu einem großen Teil hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang, und damit, zumindest räumlich, von der westlichen Kunstszene abgeschottet, entstand.
In den 1960er Jahren war Sýkora zunächst in zahlreichen internationalen Ausstellungen vertreten, wie etwa 1961 in der bahnbrechenden Ausstellung ‚Nove Tendencije (Neue Tendenzen)' in Zagreb.
Insgesamt 25 Künstler waren vertreten, welche die Suche nach neuen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen vereinte, darunter François Morellet, Enrico Castellani, Günther Uecker und Almir da Silva Mavignier. 1967 folgte die Teilnahme in der Frankfurter Ausstellung „Konstruktive Tendenzen aus der Tschechoslowakei“ und im Jahr 1968 war Sýkora schließlich auf der 4. documenta mit einer ganzen Gruppe seiner Strukturbilder vertreten. Von 1969 bis 1981 - 12 lange Jahre - bestand für Sýkora Reiseverbot, so dass der Kontakt zu seinen Künstlerfreunden im Westen stark eingeschränkt wurde. Dass der künstlerische Dialog dennoch aufrechterhalten werden konnte, war der Freundschaft Sýkoras mit Künstlern wie Max Bill und François Morellet ebenso zu verdanken wie seine Kontakte zu Galeristen wie Antoinette de Stigter in Amsterdam und Heinz Teufel in Köln/Bad Münstereifel. Sein Oeuvre weist ihn zum einen als einen der wichtigsten Künstler der Neuen Tendenzen aus, und ist zum anderen vor allem auch Beweis, dass der verbindenden Kraft der Kunst keine Grenzen gesetzt werden können.
Zdenek Sýkora
Linie Nr. 86
Oil on canvas. 100 x 100 cm.
Verso on canvas overlap signed, dated and titled 'ZDENEK SÝKORA: LINIE NR. 86 1991', with dimensions and technical information. Verso on canvas signed and dated 'Sýkora 91'.
- Minor traces of age.
The present work is registered in the Lenka Sýkorová and Zdenek Sýkora archive, Louny
Provenance
Art Affairs, Amsterdam private collection, the Netherlands
Exhibitions
Amsterdam 1991 (Art Affairs), Bad Münstereifel (Galerie Heinz Teufel), Zdenek Sýkora, exhib.cat., p.70 with colour ill. (only exhibited in Amsterdam)
„My aim is to make something that's completely independent of me.
The aim of all this painstaking work is to make something that's absolutely independent, free, something that inspires a feeling of freedom.” (Zdenek Sýkora, in: Hans Ulrich Obrist, The relationship between art and science, in: Gallery (ed.), Zdenek Sýkora, Interviews, Prague 2009, p.204)
This statement of Sýkoras is of special significance bearing in mind that, to a large extent, his oeuvre was produced behind the Iron Curtain and thus at least spatially in isolation from the western art scene.
In the 1960s, Sykora was featured in several international exhibitions such as the ground-breaking exhibition ‚Nove Tendencije (New Tendencies)' in Zagreb in 1961.
A total of 25 artists were represented, united in the search for new artistic means of expression, among them François Morellet, Enrico Castellani, Günther Uecker and Almir da Silva Mavignier.
In 1967, he participated in the exhibition “Konstruktive Tendenzen aus der Tschechoslowakei (constructive tendencies from Czechoslovakia)” in Frankfurt and in 1968, Sýkora was eventually featured at documenta 4 with a whole group of his structure paintings. From 1969 until 1981 - for 12 long years - Sýkora was banned from travelling which meant that any contact with his artist friends in the West was severely limited. Thanks to his friendship with artists such as Max Bill and François Morellet as well as his contact with art dealers such as Antoinette de Stigter in Amsterdam and Heinz Teufel in Cologne/Bad Münstereifel, the artistic dialogue could be maintained nonetheless. On the one hand, his oeuvre reveals him as one of the most important artists of the Nouvelle Tendance, and on the other hand, it is particular proof that no limits may be set to the uniting force of art.
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Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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