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Rybák, Jaromir

Object

1990

Result: 4.500,00 €
Colourless and blue glass. Combination of techniques: Cast, modeled...

(Plzeň, Czech Republic 1952; lives in Prag, Czech Republic)

 

Glass is for me a “DEARLING, MY FAVOURITE MATERIAL“ because of its magic qualities, due to its unusualness, to diversities of possible processing and at the same time for its commoness. Glass is something living that you can hardly bring under your control. The process of searching for a shape and then making it, is as important as the result My vision, if it turns out well, makes me happy.

Jaromir Rybák

 

 

Expressive shaping, intoxication with beauty of materials and combination of techniques are typical features of works by Jaromir Rybak. In his works the author joins  a sense of sculpting with interest in dramatic effects of  glass. His works show  at the same time richness of means of expression. In a single piece, he does not hesitate to blend  a penetrating expressive stylisation of form with a quantity of filigree details. A sense of clarity of simple forms is no hindrance to his ability to play a passionate game of contrast using decoration and ornaments. Rybak’s union of molten glass and moulded bronze portions of the sculptures is unique. Both materials create an integrated unit with an intrinsic tension of contrast of often almost naturalistically shaped bronze elements and decorative beauty of glass.

Many works by the author are anchored in the real world around us, he richly develops the initial inspiration and he elaborates it farther in his fantasy. That applies namely to his glass-making works, but it does not exclude his paintings and drawings. In the play of motives, he gets trapped in the whirlwind of his free imagination. He amuses himself unrestricted by rules saying “what is and what is no beautiful”, “what is allowed”, and “what is not allowed”. Besides sculptures with elements of mystery or symbolism, he presents other works typical for distinct ironic detachment. Apparent is his enthusiasm and taste for picturesque and bizarre realm of trifles. His animal figures border in their stylisation with bizarrely naïve grotesqueness. Some of them are apparently results of joyous fascination with form and creation, still others hide interpretations and parables beneath this outer layer.

Sculptures by Rybak are, at the same time, refined and though out, and they have the capability to disturb. They become unique and special artefacts, attractive in their nonconformity, provoking in their absurdity.

 

Mgr Ivo Křen curator of the studio glass at Východočeské Museum in Pardubice

 


 

Education

 

1967-71 School of Glassmaking, Zelezný Brod, Czech Republic
1973-79 School of Applied Art (under Libenský), Prague, Czech Republic
Since 1979 Freelance glass artist


Exhibitions (Selection)

 

1981 
The Corning Museum of Glass, Czechoslovakien Glass 1350 - 1980, Corning, N.Y., U.S.A.
1985

Moravian Gallery, 7. Trienal of cut glass, Brno, CZ

Kunstsammlugen der Veste Coburg, 2. Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg

1988    Essenger Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany; Gallery Gottschalk, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
1989    Gallery Verre d'Art, Montreal, Canada; Art Forms, Toronto, Canada
1990   

Galerie Transparence, Bruxelles, Belgium; Musée du Verre, Charleroi

Glasgalerie Hittfeld, Hamburg, Germany

Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, New Glass in Europe, Düsseldorf

1991   

Galerie Carpe Diem, Paris, France; Galerie Transparence Bruxelles, Belgium

Judy Jouens Gallery, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Exposition Internationale du Verre Contemporain, Rouen

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, World Glass Now 91, Sapporo

1994   

Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany; Heller Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

Yamaha Galleries, Tokyo, Japan

1995   

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, World Glass Now 95, Sapporo

Yamaha Galleries, Glass Now 95, Tokyo

1996    Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg
1997   

Hsinchu Cultural Centre, International Glass Art Festival, Hsinchu City, Japan

Galerie Art du Verre, L'Art premier et L'Art verrier dans l'art du XX. siécle, Luxembourg

2001

2004   

Pardubice, East Bohemia Museum, Czech Republik

The Hague, Etienne & Van den Doel, Netherlands




Awards (Selection)


1981   „Jugend gestaltet“ Prize, International Crafts Fair, Munich, Germany
1985   Third Prize, Coburg 1985, Germany
1991   Prague Glass Prize and Heller Gallery Award
1996  

Masaryk Art Academy Prize

Salvador Dalí Prize