{"id":121916,"date":"2024-07-10T23:05:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:devel.artlist.cz\/artist\/medek-5\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T18:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:13:55","slug":"mikulas-medek","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/artlist.cz\/en\/umelci\/mikulas-medek\/","title":{"rendered":"Medek"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-121916","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry","keyword-ilustrace","keyword-malba","keyword-painting"],"acf":{"nicknames":"","date_born":1926,"date_death":1974,"place_born":"Prague","lives":"","web":"","idatum":"","address":"","email":"","phone":"","biography":"1949 ze \u0161koly vylou\u010den a pracuje jako soustru\u017en\u00edk ve \u0160kodovce v Praze Sm\u00edchov\u011b\r\n1946-1949 Academy of Applied Arts, Professor Franti\u0161ek Muzika and Franti\u0161ek Tich\u00fd\r\n1945-1946 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague,Karel Min\u00e1\u0159, Vlastimil Rada\r\n1942-1944 St\u00e1tn\u00ed School of Graphic Arts, Prague, Karel M\u00fcller\r\n\r\nAwards:\r\n1969 st\u00e1tn\u00ed cena za cyklus obraz\u016f &quot;Projektanti v\u011b\u017e\u00ed&quot;\r\n1966 v\u00fdro\u010dn\u00ed cena nakladatelstv\u00ed Blok v Brn\u011b za ilustrace k &quot;Ruk\u00e1m&quot; Otokara B\u0159eziny\r\n1964 1. cena v sout\u011b\u017ei na v\u00fdzdobu prostoru nov\u00e9 leti\u0161tn\u00ed budovy v Praze-Ruzyni","groups":null,"membership":"","exhibitions_solo":"2002\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha 1\r\n\r\n1991\t\r\nObrazy: V\u00fdb\u011br z tvorby, Kabinet grafiky, Olomouc \r\n\r\n1990\t\r\nSouborn\u00e9 mal\u00ed\u0159sk\u00e9 d\u00edlo, D\u016fm um\u011bn\u00ed m\u011bsta Brna, Brno\r\nMal\u00ed\u0159sk\u00e9 d\u00edlo 1942-1974, M\u011bstsk\u00e1 knihovna, Praha\r\nObrazy: V\u00fdb\u011br z tvorby, Z\u00e1mek Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou\t\r\nObrazy: V\u00fdb\u011br z tvorby, Oblastn\u00ed galerie Vyso\u010diny v Jihlav\u011b, Jihlava \r\n\r\n1988\t\r\nVybran\u00e9 obrazy z let 1944\/1974, Galerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed, Roudnice\r\nnad Labem\r\n\r\n1976\t\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek 1926-1974, Museum Bochum, Bochum\r\n\r\n1975\t\r\nV\u00fdstava obraz\u016f, Ateli\u00e9r Mikul\u00e1\u0161e Medka, Praha\r\n\r\n1969\t\r\nKresby a ilustrace, Mal\u00e1 galerie \u010ceskoslovensk\u00e9ho spisovatele, Praha\r\nProjektanti v\u011b\u017e\u00ed, Galerie V\u00e1clava \u0160p\u00e1ly, Praha\t\r\nObrazy 1944-1969, Krajsk\u00e1 galerie, Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9\r\n\r\n1966\t\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek, Jednotn\u00fd z\u00e1vodn\u00ed klub ROH, \u00dast\u00ed nad Orlic\u00ed \r\n\r\n1966\t\r\nDvacet dosud nevystaven\u00fdch obraz\u016f z let 1960-65, Oblastn\u00ed galerie\r\nv Liberci, Liberec\r\n\r\n1965\t\r\nV\u00fdb\u011br obraz\u016f z let 1947 - 65, Galerie Nov\u00e1 s\u00ed\u0148, Praha\r\n\r\n1963\r\nOblastn\u00ed vlastiv\u011bdn\u00e9 museum Teplice, s J. Koblasou (kat. Fr. \u0160mejkal)","exhibitions_group":"2010\t\r\nRoky ve dnech. \u010cesk\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed 1945-1957, M\u011bstsk\u00e1 knihovna, Praha\r\n\r\n2009\t\r\nGegen jede Vernunft: Surrealismus Paris - Prag, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein\r\n\r\n2007\t\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 a Emila Medkovi: Souvislosti, Severo\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed v \r\nLitom\u011b\u0159ic\u00edch\r\n\r\n2004\t\r\nEjhle sv\u011btlo \/ Look Light, J\u00edzd\u00e1rna Pra\u017esk\u00e9ho hradu, Praha\r\n\u0160edes\u00e1t\u00e1 \/ The sixties ze sb\u00edrky Galerie Zlat\u00e1 husa v Praze, D\u016fm um\u011bn\u00ed m\u011bsta Brna, Brno \r\nBl\u00edzk\u00e1 vzd\u00e1lenost \/ K\u00f6zeli t\u00e1vols\u00e1g \/ Proximate Distance, Szent Istv\u00e1n Kir\u00e1ly M\u00fazeum, Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r\r\n\r\n2003\t\r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed je abstrakce. \u010cesk\u00e1 vizu\u00e1ln\u00ed kultura 60. let, J\u00edzd\u00e1rna Pra\u017esk\u00e9ho hradu, Praha\r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed je abstrakce. \u010cesk\u00e1 vizu\u00e1ln\u00ed kultura 60. let, Salon, Kabinet, Olomouc \r\n\r\n2002\t\r\nAnima &amp; Animus (man\u017eelsk\u00e9 p\u00e1ry v generaci 60. let), Galerie Zlat\u00e1 husa, Praha\r\n\r\n2001\t\r\nJi\u0159\u00ed Kol\u00e1\u0159 sb\u011bratel \/ Ji\u0159\u00ed Kol\u00e1\u0159 the Collector, Veletr\u017en\u00ed pal\u00e1c, Praha\r\n\r\n1999\t\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek: Obrazy, Jan Koblasa: Plastiky, Hrad B\u00edtov, B\u00edtov \r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed zrychlen\u00e9ho \u010dasu. \u010cesk\u00e1 v\u00fdtvarn\u00e1 sc\u00e9na 1958 - 1968, Praha\r\nAspekte \/ Positionen. 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, V\u00edde\u0148\r\n\r\n1998\t\r\nPodoby fantaskna v \u010desk\u00e9m v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 20. stolet\u00ed, Al\u0161ova jiho\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v Hlubok\u00e9 nad Vltavou, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou \r\n\r\n1997\t\r\nNovoz\u00e1konn\u00ed motivy v \u010cesk\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 20. stolet\u00ed, Galerie um\u011bn\u00ed Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary \r\nAspekte imaginativer Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert: Profil und Perspektiven einer Sammlung, Museum Bochum, Bochum\r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed zastaven\u00e9ho \u010dasu \/ Art when time stood still, \u010cesk\u00e1 v\u00fdtvarn\u00e1 sc\u00e9na 1969-1985, Brno \r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed zastaven\u00e9ho \u010dasu \/ Art when time stood still, \u010cesk\u00e1 v\u00fdtvarn\u00e1 sc\u00e9na 1969-1985, St\u00e1tn\u00ed galerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed v Chebu\r\nAspekte imaginativer Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert: Profil und Perspektiven einer Sammlung, Kunstverein G\u00fctersloh, G\u00fctersloh\r\nSurrealistick\u00e1 obraznost a kresba, Pal\u00e1c Kinsk\u00fdch, Praha\r\n\u010cesk\u00e9 imaginativn\u00ed um\u011bn\u00ed, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha \r\n\r\n1996\t\r\nV prostoru 20. stolet\u00ed. \u010cesk\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed ze sb\u00edrky Galerie hlavn\u00edho m\u011bsta Prahy, M\u011bstsk\u00e1 knihovna, Praha\r\nEine Promenade der Romantiker, Stadtmuseum G\u00f6hre, Jena\r\nNovoz\u00e1konn\u00ed motivy v \u010cesk\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 20. stolet\u00ed, Galerie modern\u00edho um\u011bn\u00ed v Roudnici nad Labem, Roudnice nad Labem \r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed zastaven\u00e9ho \u010dasu \/ Art when time stood still, \u010cesk\u00e1 v\u00fdtvarn\u00e1 sc\u00e9na 1969-1985, Praha \r\n\u010cesk\u00fd surrealismus 1929-1953, M\u011bstsk\u00e1 knihovna, Praha\r\n\r\n1994\t\r\nOhniska znovuzrozen\u00ed, M\u011bstsk\u00e1 knihovna, Praha\r\n\r\n1993\t\r\nZ\u00e1znam nejrozmanit\u011bj\u0161\u00edch faktor\u016f\u2026 \u010cesk\u00e9 mal\u00ed\u0159stv\u00ed 2. poloviny 20. stolet\u00ed ze sb\u00edrek st\u00e1tn\u00edch galeri\u00ed, J\u00edzd\u00e1rna Pra\u017esk\u00e9ho hradu, Praha\r\n\r\n1991\t\r\n\u010cesk\u00fd informel. Pr\u016fkopn\u00edci abstrakce z let 1957-1964, Praha, \r\n\r\n1990\t\r\nV\u00fdtvarn\u00e9 tendence, St\u0159edo\u010desk\u00e1 galerie, Praha\r\nPolymorphie: Kunst als subversives Element Tschechoslowakei 1939-1990, \r\nMartin-Gropius-Bau, Berl\u00edn \r\n\r\n1989\t\r\nZ nov\u00fdch zisk\u016f N\u00e1rodn\u00ed galerie v Praze (1987 - 1988), N\u00e1rodn\u00ed galerie v Praze, Praha\r\n\r\n1987\t\r\nGrotesknost v \u010desk\u00e9m v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 20. stolet\u00ed, Starom\u011bstsk\u00e1 radnice, Praha\r\n\r\n1984\t\r\n\u010cesk\u00e1 kresba 20. stolet\u00ed ze sb\u00edrek Al\u0161ovy jiho\u010desk\u00e9 galerie, Al\u0161ova jiho\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v Hlubok\u00e9 nad Vltavou, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou \r\n\r\n1983\t\r\n20 let Galerie hlavn\u00edho m\u011bsta Prahy, Starom\u011bstsk\u00e1 radnice, Praha\r\nDas Prinzip Hoffnung. Aspekte der Utopie in der Kunst und Kultur des 20. Jahrhunderts, Museum Bochum, Bochum\r\n\r\n1974\t\r\nOsteurop\u00e4ische Kunst aus der Sammlung des Museum Bochum, Museum Bochum, Bochum\r\n\r\n1971\t\r\n45 zeitgen\u00f6ssische k\u00fcnstler aus der Tschechoslowakei. Malerei, Plastik, Grafik,\r\nGlasobjekte, Baukunst, Kol\u00edn nad R\u00fdnem (K\u00f6ln)\r\n\r\n1969\t\r\nTschechische Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts, Ausstellungsr\u00e4ume Berlin 12, Berl\u00edn \r\nL\u00b4art tcheque actuel, Renault Champs - \u00c9lys\u00e9es, Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017e\r\nPhases, Oblastn\u00ed galerie Vyso\u010diny v Jihlav\u011b, Jihlava\r\n\r\n1968\t\r\nNov\u00e9 v\u011bci, Galerie V\u00e1clava \u0160p\u00e1ly, Praha\r\nPo\u010d\u00e1tky generace, Galerie V\u00e1clava \u0160p\u00e1ly, Praha\r\n50 let \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9ho mal\u00ed\u0159stv\u00ed 1918 - 1968, Praha\r\n\r\n1967\t\r\n\u010cesk\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed XX. stolet\u00ed ze sb\u00edrek St\u0159edo\u010desk\u00e9 galerie, D\u016fm um\u011bn\u00ed m\u011bsta Brna, Brno\r\nModerne Kunst aus Prag, Caroline-Mathilde-R\u00e4ume im Celler Schlo\u00df, Celle\r\nMostra d\u00b4arte contemporanea cecoslovacca, Castello del Valentino, Tur\u00edn \r\nModerne Kunst aus Prag, Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus, Soest\r\nModerne Kunst aus Prag, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel\r\nFantasijn\u00ed aspekty sou\u010dasn\u00e9ho \u010desk\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed, Oblastn\u00ed galerie Vyso\u010diny v Jihlav\u011b, Jihlava \r\nFantasijn\u00ed aspekty sou\u010dasn\u00e9ho \u010desk\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed, Galerie V\u00e1clava \u0160p\u00e1ly, Praha\r\nJeden okruh volby: Obrazy, sochy, objekty, grafika, kresby 1964-1967, Okresn\u00ed muzeum, P\u00edsek \r\n\r\n1966\t\r\nNov\u00e9 cesty. P\u0159ehl\u00eddka sou\u010dasn\u00e9 avantgardy, D\u016fm um\u011bn\u00ed, Gottwaldov (Zl\u00edn)\r\nJarn\u00ed v\u00fdstava 1966, M\u00e1nes, Praha\r\nTschechoslowakische Kunst der Gegenwart, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berl\u00edn \r\nArte actual Checoslovaco, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City\r\nSymboly obludnost\u00ed (Tematick\u00e1 studijn\u00ed v\u00fdstava UDS), Galerie d, Praha\r\nAktu\u00e1ln\u00ed tendence \u010desk\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed. Obrazy, sochy, grafika, Galerie \u010ceskoslovensk\u00fd spisovatel, Praha\r\nNouvelle g\u00e9n\u00e9ration tch\u00e9coslovaque, Galerie Maya, Brusel \r\n\r\n1965\t\r\nTschechoslowakische Kunst heute: Profile V, St\u00e4dtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum\r\nJeune avant-garde tch\u00e9coslovaque, Galerie Lambert, Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017e \r\nLa transfiguration de l\u00b4art tcfh\u00e9que: Peinture - sculpture - verre - collages, Palais de Congres, Liege\r\n\r\n1964\t\r\nImaginativn\u00ed mal\u00ed\u0159stv\u00ed 1930 - 1950, Al\u0161ova jiho\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v Hlubok\u00e9 nad Vltavou, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou \r\nV\u00fdstava D, Galerie Nov\u00e1 s\u00ed\u0148, Praha\r\n\r\n1963\t\r\nUm\u011bn\u00ed 1900-1963, Al\u0161ova jiho\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v Hlubok\u00e9 nad Vltavou, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou\r\nJan Koblasa, Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek: V\u00fdstava obraz\u016f z let 1959 - 1963, Vlastiv\u011bdn\u00e9 muzeum, Gottwaldova s\u00ed\u0148, Teplice \r\nRychnov 1963, Z\u00e1mek Rychnov nad Kn\u011b\u017enou, Rychnov nad Kn\u011b\u017enou \r\n\r\n1962\t\r\nArgumenty 1962, Galeria Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Var\u0161ava\r\n\r\n1958\t\r\n1. v\u00fdstava sou\u010dasn\u00fdch \u010desk\u00fdch v\u00fdtvarn\u00edk\u016f, Filozoficko-historick\u00e1 fakulta, Praha","realizations_other":"Realisations in public spaces and architecture \r\nvarious pieces for Czech Airlines\r\n1970 \r\nNew York\r\n\r\n1969 \r\nPraha Ruzyn\u011b\r\n\r\n1964 \r\nPa\u0159\u00ed\u017e\r\n\r\n1963 \r\nDama\u0161ek\r\n\r\n1963 \r\nKo\u0161ice\r\n\r\naltar paintings:\r\n1971 \r\n14 obraz\u016f k\u0159\u00ed\u017eov\u00e9 cesty pro kostel v Senet\u00e1\u0159ov\u011b \r\n\r\n1970 \r\nolt\u00e1\u0159n\u00ed obraz pro kapli v Kotvrdovic\u00edch \r\n\r\n1963 \r\nolt\u00e1\u0159n\u00ed obraz pro farn\u00ed kostel v Jedovnic\u00edch ","collections":"N\u00e1rodn\u00ed galerie v Praze\r\nGalerie hlavn\u00edho m\u011bsta Prahy\r\nGalerie st\u0159edo\u010desk\u00e9ho kraje, Kutn\u00e1 Hora\r\nMoravsk\u00e1 galerie, Brno\r\nAl\u0161ova jiho\u010desk\u00e1 galerie, Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou\r\nGalerie modern\u00edho um\u011bn\u00ed Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9\r\nGalerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed Cheb\r\nOblastn\u00ed galerie Vyso\u010diny, Jihlava\r\nGalerie um\u011bn\u00ed Karlovy Vary\r\nOblastn\u00ed galerie Liberec\r\nSevero\u010desk\u00e1 galerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed Litom\u011b\u0159ice\r\nGalerie Benedikta Rejta, Louny\r\nMuzeum um\u011bn\u00ed Olomouc\r\nGalerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed Ostrava\r\nV\u00fdchodo\u010desk\u00e1 galerie, Pardubice\r\nZ\u00e1pado\u010desk\u00e1 galerie, Plze\u0148\r\nGalerie modern\u00edho um\u011bn\u00ed, Roudnice nad Labem\r\nKrajsk\u00e1 galerie v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed, Zl\u00edn\r\nMuseum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam\r\nMuseum of Modern Art, Sydney\r\nStadtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum\r\nSlovensk\u00e1 n\u00e1rodn\u00ed gal\u00e9rie Bratislava\r\nMuzej na sovremena umetnost, Skopje\r\nprivate collections in \u010cR, SR, Belgii, Francii, It\u00e1lii, N\u011bmecku, Polsku, Rakousku, \u0160v\u00e9dsku, \u0160v\u00fdcarsku, USA, Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nii","monographies":"2002 Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek, Gema Art, Praha \r\n1970 Mr\u00e1z Bohum\u00edr, Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek, Obelisk, Praha\r\n1963 Jan Koblasa, Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek: V\u00fdstava obraz\u016f z let 1959 \u2013 1963, Svaz \u010deskoslovensk\u00fdch v\u00fdtvarn\u00fdch um\u011blc\u016f, \u00dast\u00ed nad Labem\r\n\r\nDal\u0161\u00ed monografie:\r\n2010 Klime\u0161ov\u00e1 Marie , Roky ve dnech (\u010cesk\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed 1945 - 1957), Galerie hlavn\u00edho m\u011bsta Prahy\r\n2003 Zden\u011bk Primus, Um\u011bn\u00ed je abstrakce (\u010cesk\u00e1 vizu\u00e1ln\u00ed kultura 60. let), Kant, Praha \r\n1997 Ne\u0161lehov\u00e1 Mahulena , Poselstv\u00ed jin\u00e9ho v\u00fdrazu (Pojet\u00ed informelu v \u010desk\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 50. a prvn\u00ed poloviny 60. let), Artefact, Praha\r\n1994 Chalupeck\u00fd Jind\u0159ich , Nov\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed v \u010cech\u00e1ch, Nakladatelstv\u00ed a vydavatelstv\u00ed H&amp;H, s.r.o., Jino\u010dany \r\n1994 Ohniska znovuzrozen\u00ed (\u010cesk\u00e9 um\u011bn\u00ed 1956 - 1963), GHMP\r\n1991 \u010cesk\u00fd informel (Pr\u016fkopn\u00edci abstrakce z let 1957 - 1964)\r\n1991 Brabec Ji\u0159\u00ed , Gru\u0161a Ji\u0159\u00ed , H\u00e1jek Igor , Kabe\u0161 Petr , Lopatka Jan , Slovn\u00edk zak\u00e1zan\u00fdch autor\u016f 1948-1980, St\u00e1tn\u00ed pedagogick\u00e9 nakladatelstv\u00ed, Praha\r\n1987 Grotesknost v \u010desk\u00e9m v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9m um\u011bn\u00ed 20. stolet\u00ed, GHMP\r\n1969 Effenberger Vratislav , V\u00fdtvarn\u00e9 projevy surrealismu, Odeon, nakladatelstv\u00ed kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 literatury a um\u011bn\u00ed, n.p., Praha\r\n1967 Franti\u0161ek \u0160mejkal, Fantasijn\u00ed aspekty sou\u010dasn\u00e9ho \u010desk\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed, Oblastn\u00ed galerie Vyso\u010diny, Jihlava","articles":"","reviews":"","texts_unlisted":"","annotations":[{"text":"Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek was the grandson of the impressionist Anton\u00edn Slav\u00ed\u010dek, the son of General Rudolf Medek, and his brother was the well known journalist and writer for Voice of America Ivan Medek. After 1945, Medek began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. However, after the communist coup d\u2019\u00e9tat and as the son of a legionnaire and general in the army of the First Republic, in 1949 he was expelled as part of the purges. He worked as a labourer for \u0160kodov\u00e9 z\u00e1vody in Sm\u00edchov, Prague, while on the side working as a graphic designer and restorer. He never gave up his art work, and worked with Karel Teige, for instance, whom he assisted in the publication of art anthologies. His painting, which he worked on without interruption and diligently, was strictly a private affair.\r\n\r\nHis uncompromising approach, both in his civilian life and in his work, brought him recognition and made him a kind of guru to the young generation on the unofficial art scene at the end of the 1950s. His name was closely linked with a circle of artists associated with the beginnings of Czech informel, which was exhibited at the legendary private exhibitions <i>Confrontations I <\/i>and <i>Confrontations II<\/i>. Medek was invited to participate, though in the end did not exhibit (though some literature mistakenly lists his name amongst the exhibitors). However, he was a kindred spirit both artistically and philosophically of the young generation and visited the exhibitions.\r\n\r\nMedek created his first works while at AVU in 1945. At this time he was influenced by surrealism. \u201cIn Medek\u2019s early works we see an interesting approach to the principles of European surrealism, something we could call surrealistic mannerism, i.e. a late, syncretic phase of a certain artistic opinion that uses a readymade, fully developed aesthetic and symbols in order to express completely new, personal worlds and to attain different objectives.\u201d (Franti\u0161ek \u0160mejkal). The work of this time reveals traces of Mir\u00f3, Klee, Dal\u00ed, Ernst, as well as Toyen (the cycle <i>Onion World \/ Sv\u011bt cibule<\/i>, 1945-1947, <i>Infantile Landscape \/ Infantiln\u00ed krajina<\/i>, 1947, <i>Midday Smiles \/ \u00dasm\u011bvy poledne<\/i>, 1949, etc.).\r\n\r\nHowever, at the start of the 1950s Medek fell under the influence of existentialism. The figure begins to dominate in his paintings, becoming witness to Man\u2019s disquieting, lacerating and hopeless situation. The existentialist concept of human existence suited him both in terms of the intellectual trends of the day and as a reaction to the intolerable situation of a person living under the repressive yoke of the communist regime. The figures (mainly female) in these paintings are mercilessly deformed and placed within an empty space, \u201cso that they experience the dreadful drama of their brutal animalism, sadism, anxiety, ugliness, eternal solitariness and horror.\u201d (Franti\u0161ek \u0160mejkal). Certain scenes of everyday life are made absurd (<i>Large Meal<\/i> <i>\/ Velk\u00e9 j\u00eddlo<\/i>, 1954-56, <i>The Kiss \/ Polibek<\/i>, 1955). At the end of the 1950s, Medek\u2019s figures are gradually stylised. Both they and the space around them are flattened out and lose their descriptive details. This represents an intermediate stage in the movement towards abstraction.\r\n\r\nThe first paintings of this new approach appeared in 1959 (e.g. <i>Red Venus \/ \u010cerven\u00e1 Venu\u0161e<\/i>, 1959). Forms bearing only a slight resemblance to the human figure were created using a new painterly technique: as well as oil paints, Medek begins to use enamel. This enabled him to fill the surface of the canvas with thick sediments of paint that he subjects to further processing (incisions, scratches and cracks). After 1963, various features and symbols accumulate in Medek\u2019s paintings, which become more dramatic (<i>The Grim Reaper for 21,870 Delicate cm2 \/ Smrtka pro 21&nbsp;870 k\u0159ehk\u00fdch cm2<\/i>, 1964). The figure returns in a roundabout way, albeit very allusively. Motifs featuring screens, circular targets, funnels, rectangles, wheels and levers appear. Many of these paintings oscillate between a depiction of a highly stylised human figure and scenes of strange mechanisms that come alive in the form of enigmatic beings (<i>Holy Gourmand \/ Svat\u00fd jedl\u00edk<\/i>, 1966). Medek\u2019s paintings became a complex mental construction of ambiguous symbolic systems, an artistic metaphor for the existence of Man, who finds himself in a tragic, grotesque situation and is thrown into an absurd world filled with pain and a bleak destiny.\r\n\r\nDuring the normalisation period after 1970 Medek was again blacklisted. He was unable to exhibit or create works for public spaces, and it was forbidden to publish his writings. An important cycle of this time is entitled <i>Mobile Graves \/ Pohybliv\u00e9 hroby<\/i>. The jagged torn materials of his previous work are confronted with structurally clearer forms of rectangles and balls (<i>Large Mobile Grave \/ Velk\u00fd pohybliv\u00fd hrob<\/i>, 1973).\r\n\r\nMedek\u2019s paintings are a response to surrealist, existential and informel currents and the artistic trends of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. However, he reworked the surrealist tradition through irony, and while accepting the gestural concept of informel, through a laborious process of transformation he rids the image of its testimony as immediate record, the result being often very ornamental.\r\nMikul\u00e1\u0161 Medek died in 1974 at the age of 47 as a result of complications associated with diabetes.\r\n\r\nIn 2002, the Rudolfinum Gallery organised a retrospective of Medek\u2019s work. A symposium was also held that examined the relevance of his work to the present day. Several young art theorists spoke at the symposium who had not known the artist. Their contributions were often critical in spirit, seemingly aiming to demythify the artist and his work and question his standing within a global context. Their contributions took issue with the heroisation of Medek as a famous outsider stigmatised by the times he lived in, which he in turn also stigmatised.","date":0,"authors":[1853]}],"artworks":[109909,109910,109911,109933,112816,112817,112818,112819,112820,112821,112822,112823,112824,112825,112826,112827,112828,112829,112830],"videos":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medek - Artlist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artlist.cz\/en\/umelci\/mikulas-medek\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medek - Artlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/artlist.cz\/en\/umelci\/mikulas-medek\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Artlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-07T17:13:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artlist.cz\\\/en\\\/umelci\\\/mikulas-medek\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artlist.cz\\\/en\\\/umelci\\\/mikulas-medek\\\/\",\"name\":\"Medek - 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