出版社：Institute of the History of Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
摘要：LV/2 0 07 u m ě n í 481
František Skála’s ‘Feeling for Nature’1
Donna Roberts — u n i v e r s i t y o f e s s e x , c o l c h e s t e r
FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS, the work of the
Czech artist František Skala has been characterised by
a skillful and imaginative manipulation of objects and
materials plucked from natural or urban environments.
Skala’s work is extremely multi-faceted, however, and
his inventive use of materials extends far beyond the
transformation of objets trouvées, into the media of
photography, large-scale metal and wooden sculpture,
interior and graphic design, and book illustration. The
polymorphous character of Skala’s works can be seen
to reflect a subtly protean artistic persona. This has
greatly influenced his reception in the Czech Republic
as, on the one hand, an extrovert musical performer
and, on the other, a solitary artist in the guise of the
romantic loner.2 A series of exhibitions in the Czech
Republic between 2004 and 2005 firmly established
Skala’s position as not only one of the country’s leading
creative figures, but also as arguably its most popularly
acclaimed artist. Skala’s prominence in his home country
is long-standing, however, originating in his leading
role in the revolutionary group, Tvrdohlaví (Hardheads
or Stubborn Society), established in 1987,3 and rapidly
developing in the early 1990s through his receipt of
numerous awards and honours, such as the prestigious
Jindřich Chalupecky award in 1991 and the invitation
to represent the Czech Republic at the Venice Biennale
in 1992. He has maintained a strong public profile
through both his artistic and musical activities, and
in 2006 reached an even broader popular audience
through his commission to make the film-trailer for
the Karlovy Vary film festival and the publication of
a photograph-based animation story, titled How Cílek
Found Lída.4
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