The exhibition is a part of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Czechoslovak state.<\/p>\n
H. E. Mr. Bed\u0159ich Kopecký, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to China
\nMr. Wang Yi, Artist and Critic
\nMs Zhao Yan, the Director of Beijing Times Art Museum
\nMr. Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159, the Director of Galerie Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159
\nMs Helena Sklená\u0159ová, the Founder of Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 Foundation
\nMs Axinnaer, CEO of the China Nebula Group
\nhave the pleasure of inviting you to the official opening of the exhibition at Prince Kung´s Palace Museum on 13 June at 6 pm. <\/p>\n
\nThe artwork of Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 is being honoured yet again – Prince Kung’s Palace and the Times Art Museum in Beijing, in collaboration with Galerie Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 and under the patronage of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beijing have organised the exhibition Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 Solo Exhibition. Specifically, the exhibition presents a selection of the graphic works made by the painter, graphic artist, and illustrator Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 (1910–1986), whose artworks are clearly linked with Chinese culture and art.<\/p>\n
Professor Fan Dian, who organised the extensive exhibition Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159’s China at the National Gallery of China (NAMOC) in 2009, says the following about the artist and his artworks: “Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 was able to creatively and ingeniously incorporate his Chines experience in his oeuvre and increase its value. It is specifically in his Chinese illustrations that we find many formal Chinese elements, shapes, symbols, motifs, and stylisation; however, the style and the techniques used are typically Sklená\u0159’s, not Chinese. In his graphic works, I see the European tradition as I know it. Nevertheless, what is most important is that, as a modern artist, he creates a very modern work of art through the ingenious linking of elements from both traditions.”<\/p>\n
The current exhibition is primarily a retrospective of Sklená\u0159’s graphic works, and 62 of the 110 prints that Sklená\u0159 created over the course of his life are on display. Also included are fourteen of the original illustrations the artist made for the well-known book The Monkey King, which were a part of the exhibits at the Czech pavilion at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, where they were seen by millions. This attention has earned Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159 the soubriquet “the 73rd transformation of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King”, and he has become a symbol of the new image of The Monkey King, a Chinese national hero who has successfully mastered 72 transformations.<\/p>\n
Ji\u0159í P\u0159íhoda designed the exhibition installation, and a number of accompanying events have been planned. <\/p>\n
Tens of thousands people came to see the exhibition at the Prince Kung Palace, confirming that there is growing interest in Zden\u011bk Sklená\u0159’s art even beyond the borders of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
PRINCE KUNG´S PALACE MUSEUM
\nAnshan Hall, Prince Kung´s Palace
\nNo. 17, Qianhai Xijie, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
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