LUBOMÍR PŘIBYL:RETROSPEKTIVA/RETROSPEKTIVE

This comprehensive publication was published on the occasion of Lubomír Přibyl's exhibition at the Kampa Museum in 2023. The book is a continuation of the author's monograph prepared by Jiří Valoch (Gallery, Prague 2006). The texts by Jana Šindelová, Adam Štěch, Ilona Víchová and Martina Vítková are supplemented by texts from 1964 - 2019. The work is accompanied by countless reproductions, a number of contemporary photographs and, finally, views of the current exhibition at the Kampa Museum. Lubomír Přibyl is a distinctive representative of Constructivism in Czech art and the exhibition at the Kampa Museum is the largest and most comprehensive survey of his work to date. For most of his life, he has stood somewhat aloof from the domestic art scene. What is exceptional in the Czech context is the consistency with which he continues to develop artistic approaches and design principles based on geometric abstraction and minimalism. From stylized figurative paintings inspired by folk art, Lubomír Přibyl developed in the first half of the 1960s to geometric structures created using nets and ropes stretched over plywood panels. He covers the resulting low reliefs with black oil paint or aluminium slices. Although these are strict monochromes, they give a very vivid impression.