Jiří Šalamoun

Jiří Šalamoun (1935–2022) belongs to the key figures of the Czech fine art of the late 20th century. Born in 1935 in Prague, he studied printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts and later typography and book illustration at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig in Germany. He became known mainly as an illustrator of numerous books, both for children and adults, created many film and theater posters, magazine illustrations and several animated films. Since the 1970s he has also devoted himself to lithography and painting. In his work, he has been influenced by art brut, anonymous art, children's drawings, puppet theatre and broadside ballads prints.

Jiří Šalamoun: Podle skutečnosti

Jiří Šalamoun: Teď anebo nikdy

Jiří Šalamoun: Sliby chyby

Jiří Šalamoun: Threatening Challenge II.

Jiří Šalamoun: Threatening Challenge I.

Jiří Šalamoun: Now or Never

Jiří Šalamoun: Act demonstrativa

Jiří Šalamoun: Pátek 13.

Jiří Šalamoun: Pátek 13.

Jiří Šalamoun: Pátek 13.

Jiří Šalamoun: Pátek 13.

Jiří Šalamoun: Chachachichi

Jiří Šalamoun: Chilliastika III

Jiří Šalamoun: Bez upozornění

Jiří Šalamoun: Prozatímní řešení

Jiří Šalamoun: Ortel

Jiří Šalamoun: Dva sny – Zwei Träume

Jiří Šalamoun: Básně všechny a jedno leporelo 1978–2021

Jiří Šalamoun: Maxipes Fík s Ájou a trpaslíky

Jiří Šalamoun: Bagabi Laca

Jiří Šalamoun: Tak i naopak čili Proč vznikají skvrny na slunci

Jiří Šalamoun: Maxipes Fík in a Red Car

Jiří Šalamoun: Nic k zahození (Nothing to Throw Away)

Jiří Šalamoun: Maxipes Fík among Blue Dogs

Photostory: A book release evening of Jiří Šalamoun's poetry book
A book release party for Jiří Šalamoun's book of poems "Básně všechny a jedno leporelo 1978–2021" on the 20th of October. Several poems were on this occasion read by actors Arnošt Goldflam, Igor Bareš and Jan Kanyza, and also by Anička Duchaňová, who has set to music some of Šalamoun's texts.
We opened a small exhibition of graphic and other works by Jiří Šalamoun, which is open until 10th of November.
Photograps of the evening were taken by Helena Kristová.