The additional exhibition started the operation of the new Brno gallery in Veselá Street
Kalina Gallery, founded by Roman Kalina, is located in Veselá Street in the previously used Ars exhibition halls. It will open to the public on October 15.
Sixty-seven-year-old bought the process a diverse work and invents innovative painting techniques. The Brno exhibition consists of his “bubble” paintings from the last 30 years. Abstract shapes are created by bursting soap bubbles with metallic pigments or diamond dust directly on the canvas.
“I haven’t been creating bubbles for 30 years. For eight years, for example, I created something completely different, but I always came back to them. But the bubbles were then the most difficult, the most complicated, “said Dokoupil, a native of Krnov, about the construction.
Artists who have to keep doing the same, Dokoupila are bored. He allegedly did not strive for a recognizable handwriting, instead they develop dozens of different cycles arranged by various techniques. His successful experiments include images created by soot from candles.
Dokoupil emigrated with his family after 1968. He studied and began exhibiting in Germany, where he became one of the renowned representatives of neo-expressionism. He later lived and worked in Madrid and the Canary Islands.
Kalina Gallery will focus on contemporary art by established and budding artists. He is preparing exhibitions of the work of Vladimír Kokolia and Alois Mikulka for next year.