Barbora Blahutová: House and Sculpture Exhibition at Museum Kampa Explores Domestic Themes and Exile Art

This exhibition presents the significant works of sculptor Barbora Blahutová, focusing on themes of home, security, and domestic motifs like eggs and nests. It highlights her exile figural sculpture and the use of simple materials, complemented by the kinetic models of František Svátek.

Museum Kampa features "Barbora Blahutová: House and Sculpture," an exhibition dedicated to artists who developed their work internationally due to political circumstances. Barbora Blahutová, a South Bohemian native, emigrated in 1974 with her partner, sculptor František Svátek, living in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland before returning to the Czech Republic in 2000. The exhibition delves into the important areas of her work, particularly motifs such as eggs, nests, household items (milk bottles, radios), animals, nature, and human figures. The pervasive motif of a house symbolizes background and security, a concept Blahutová clung to during her 'nomadic' life. Despite unifying elements of fragility and a distinctly feminine sensibility yearning for home comforts, background, and security, Blahutová's works maintain a succinct and earthy expression. Her tendency to achieve results with elementary artistic means and simple materials like plaster, cardboard, translucent paper, and dried leaves harmonizes with the kinetic models by František Svátek, which notably complement the exhibition. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue featuring a text by curator Ilona Víchová.

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