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Stanislav Libenský (Sezemice - Mnichovo Hradiste, Czech Republic 1921 - 2002 Železný Brod, Czech Republic)
Jaroslava Brychtová (Železný Brod, Czech Republic 1924 - lebt in Prag und Železný Brod, Czech Republic)
Glass allows us to built up a harmony between shapes and penetrating light, and to thus define the essence of light - space and to touch the secret of this space. Nevertheless, although glass is a prime medium for us, the character and the qualities of this material are something more than only a means of artistic expression. Therefore, we cannot do anything but be all the time nearby glass.
Those objects are the art of its own. Each has its story to tell: the beauty we can see, the surface we can touch, shape we can feel, the idea we can grasp.
Stanislav Libenský und Jaroslava Brychtová
The masterpieces of both artists who have been already working together for quite a long time, are demonstrating not only the amazing use of advanced, innovative techniques, but also their sense of composition, insight for shapes, space, colour and transparency - something we laymen would probably call "an excellent taste" for the lack of theright word. Prof. Libensky a Jaroslava Brychtova thus bring up an old tradition of Czech (Bohemian) glass, raise it up to a new level and spread it all around the world in their exhibitions.But the glass is also a very fragile thing: like a dream or distant melody. So are the designs of our artists - charming and gentle. No wonder we are attracted to them: every one of us would like to own such little wonder, the object of captivating beauty and fragility, something which looks like it is made - well, made of glass.Surprisingly, glass is actually produced (more or less) from sand, the most common material on earth. And come to think of it, it contains silicon and we make computer chips from it, too. It looks like the mankind came a long way: from playing with sand-castles to producing objects of usefulness and of a real beauty.
Stanislav Libensky is rightly considered the most outstanding Czech glasswork artist and pedagogist, referring to the fact that his work created in collaboration with Jaroslava Brychtova is presented in museums and galleries all over the world. Besides his work, he was teaching at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, he was a director and pedagogist at School of Applied Arts for Glassmaking in Železný Brod.
The collaboration of Stanislav Libenský (1921-2002) and Jaroslava Brychtová spanned nearly five decades, and the couple is credited with elevating the status of glass to that of a fine art. They are two of the most influential artists to have worked in the medium during the 20th century. Considered “national treasures” in their homeland of the Czech Republic, the couple has exhibited widely in galleries and museums throughout the world, and their work is in numerous public and private collections.
Jan B. Hurych (in part)