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: The Triangle
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.