Lubomír Artz
Geometrical purity, absolute use of transparency and optical effects characterize art works of Lubomír Artz. He focuses on objects of austere forms and shapes with sharp edges, firm and straight outlines, occasionally disrupted by a curvature. A concave niche having form of hemisphere or a segment of sphere is a favourite compositional element that is present in his objects. He almost exclusively uses transparent, colourless, white or champagne optical glass. It is the multiple reflection from polished surfaces and incorporation of colour that generate intriguing and colourful multidimensional inner spaces.
1960 - 64 Secondary School of Applied Arts of Glass, Železný Brod, CZ
Individual exhibitions (selection):
1994 Gallery Broft, Eidnhoven, NL
Gallery Groll, Naarden, NL
1993 Essener Glass Gallery, Essen, D
1991 Galerie D'Amon, Paris, F
Group exhibitions (selection):
2007 Contemporary Slovak Glass, Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, NY, USA
2006 Gallery NOVA, Bratisalva, SK
St'Art, Gallery NOVA, Strasbourg, F
2005 Glaskunst, Galerie des Beaux Arts, Heeze, NL
Thinking in Glass, Václav Cigler and His School, Gemeentemuseum, The Hauge, NL
1990 Galerie Rob van den FDoel, The Hague, NL
Glassgalerie Klute, Vienna, A
1989 Galerie Rob van den Doel, The Hauge, NL
Representation in public collections (selection):
Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic, Bratislava, SK
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK
Glassmuseum, Ebaltoft, D
Museum of Glass and Jewelers, Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ
Museum Sars Poteries, Sars, F
Gallery NOVA, Bratislava, SK
