David Černý Clarita y Efraim PPS

David Černý,(nacido el 25 de diciembre de 1967, Praga) es un artista checo, conocido sobre todo porsus esculturas y plásticas, a veces, muy controvertidas Estudios Entre los años 1988 y 1994 estudió Diseño y Artes Plásticas en la Universidad de Artes Aplicadas en Praga. En el año 1991 estudió en la Universidad de Boswil en Suiza y entre los años 1994 - 1996 estudió en Nueva York, primero como miembro del programa P.S.I. artists residence y después del Whitney museum Independent study program.

El tanque rosa Desde el año 1945 el tanque número 23 estaba colocado en la plaza de Smíchov en memoria de liberación de Praga por el Ejército Rojo a finales de la segunda guerra mundial. En el año 1991 el artista David Černý con un amigo pintaron el tanque de color rosa como reacción de política exterior de Rusia. Hoy en día el tanque está colocado en el Museo militar de Lešany.

Quo vadis Es una escultura de un coche Trabant que tiene piernas. Simboliza el escape masivo de los habitantes de la República Democrática Alemana hacia la Alemania Occidental por la embajada de Alemania en Praga en el año 1989. La gente que quería escapar venían a Praga en sus coches y después los dejaban abandonados delante de la embajada para siempre. Hoy en día está en el jardín de la embajada la reproducción de la escultura de bronce.

La estatua de San Venceslao Esta estatua muestra el soberano checo San Venceslao sentado sobre la barriga de su caballo muerto. Podemos encontrarla en la Galería Lucerna, en la calle Vodičkova, en el centro de Praga, al lado de la plaza de Venceslao donde podemos encontrar la estatua original de San Venceslao montando su caballo. Horse Every visitor to Prague knows the statue of St. Wenceslas on the horse, guarding the huge square named after the Saint. In the middle of that very square, inside of the Lucerna passage, is another sculpture of St. Wenceslas on the horse but this time the animal is dead. Originally this piece was supposed to be located inside of the main post office building but eventually the chief of the post office said it was too much (without specifying what exactly “too much” is) and a new location had to be found. Cerny hardly ever comments on the meaning of his work but it is believed that the dead horse is an allusion to a former Czech president Vaclav Klaus

“Horse” represents Wenceslas (or Václav) sitting on the belly of his dead, upside-down horse. The sculpture hangs in the atrium of an art nouveau shopping arcade that runs below the Lucerna Palace off Wenceslas Square between Štěpánská and Vodičkova streets. Compare Černý’s “Horse” to the statue of the Good King Wenceslas just outside in Wenceslas Square. St. Wenceslas statue in Wenceslas Square, Prague,

Los bebés (Babies) Otra de las obras famosas de David Černý son Los bebés. Son trece estatuas de bebés deformados. Diez de laminado negro, que están escalando por la Torre de Televisión de Žižkov. Con la “ayuda” de esos bebés obtuvo el segundo lugar de las construcciones más feas del mundo según las páginas de Virtualtourist.com. Otros tres de bronce están colocados delante del museo del arte moderno en el parque Kampa, en el centro de Praga, al lado del río.

The first time that BABY sculpture was presented in 1994 at the Beyond Believe exhibition, opened in the Chicago Museum of Modern Art. Later on it traveled with the art exhibit across the United States (Philadelphia ICA, Oberlin College, Ohio Joslyn Memorial ) for over two years (1995-1997). Then, once again, the sculpture was to be seen at a 1997 Kyjev exhibition (the Ukraine). iN 1999 was this piece casted into fiberglass and exhibited as part of the show on the bilding of Czech ambassy in London. Babies 10 Pcs This is instalation on Prague TV tover Zizkov. It is permanent instalation since 2001

Prague’s public art scene – David Cerny Babies at Kampa Park

Museum Contemporary Art , Chicago 95 babies that artist David Cerny put on Soviet TV Tower to render it powerless

Los hombres haciendo pis (“corriente”) Son dos estatuas de hombres de bronce haciendo pis. Tienen 210 cm de altura. Están manejados por un mecanismo electrónico que les permite moverse y escribir con el chorro letras en la laguna que hay bajo ellos que tiene el contorno de las fronteras de la república Checa. Normalmente “escriben” unas citas checas famosas pero es posible mandar un sms al número de teléfono que está al lado de las estatuas con un texto propio y ellas lo pueden escribir. Pissing man At the courtyard of Kafka Museum two guys are pissing into the tank that has a shape of Czech Republic. They are not standing still but moving their hips so they write with their pee quotes by famous residents of Prague. If you want your sentence being written on Czech Republic just text it to the number written next to the statue and the mannequins will piss it too! The story behind the sculpture is simple – it shows what Cerny thought of Czech Republic joining European Union!

Viselec (“colgado”) Así se llama la estatua de Sigmund Freud que está colgada de techo de un edificio en la calle Husova en Praga. La estatua se hizo en el año 1997 y el autor dice sobre ella que quería interpretar el estado de un intelectual de fin del siglo veinte. Una mano de la estatua agarra el palo y la otra la tiene en el bolsillo, esto simboliza una situación desesperada pero con la cuál estamos bastante resignados.

In Man Hanging Out (1996), Černý depicts psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud suspended by one hand from a pole high above the ground. Freud was born in Freiburg, now part of the Moravian region of the Czech Republic. Freud is credited with having completed his most creative work in his 40’s, when he was suffering from psychosomatic illnesses and a number of phobias including the exaggerated fear of dying. At the age of 83 and suffering from mouth cancer, Freud called upon his personal doctor and his long-time friend Max Schur to assist in his suicide by helping to administer doses of morphine. Černý created the piece in response to the question of what role the intellectual would play in the new millennium, as Freud was, in Černý’s words, “the founder of psychoanalysis – the intellectual face of the 20th century”. Like his other works, Man Hanging Out starts as a surprise to ordinary sensibilities, then intimates the artist’s frustration with the way things are (or were) and, for those in tune with the message, insinuates the personal questioning of the status quo. Man Hanging Out is a fine example of the reason why Černý is considered a leading sculptor and a pop-culture icon.

Brown-nosers It’s quite a journey to get to Galeria Futura in Smichov but it’s well worth the time and effort as probably the most spectacular of Cerny’s sculpture is located there! Two big figures are leaning towards the wall, with ladders leading to their asses. Once you climb there you can watch a movie of former Czech president Vaclav Klaus and the head of National Gallery feeding each other with a spoon. It is said the sculpture is a metaphor of Czech politics but I think it refers to just about every country.

Brownnosers Son dos mitades de los cuerpos masculinos, que están agachados, con una escalera hasta sus traseros. Dentro de las estatuas se puede ver un vídeo del anterior presidente checo Václav Klaus y un artista checo Milan Knížák alimentado el un al otro. Es una metáfora de la política checa. Las esculturas están colocadas en la galería Futura en Praga.

London Booster Es una réplica del famoso autobús inglés que tiene forma de un atleta con dos brazos grandes con las cuáles hace flexiones. El autobús fue diseñado especialmente para los Juegos olímpicos de verano que se celebraron en el año 2012 en Londres. Durante los juegos la estatua estaba delante de la casa Checa en Londres. Ahora mismo lo podemos encontrar en la parte de Praga - Chodov.

31 July 2012 London Booster is an art installation by Czech artist David Černý. It's a bus fitted with hydraulic arms, allowing it to do push ups, accompanied by audio-visual effects. It was created to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics and inspire the Czech Republic Olympic team. It was installed outside the Business Design Centre in Islington, which for the duration of the games was transformed into 'Czech House'. Past the Olympics, the bus is publicly located in Prague-Chodov in front of the building of Agrofert company of Andrej Babiš which was a sponsor of the work (next to the bus stop Benkova). The bus itself is a 1958 Bristol Lodekka LD double-decker with ECW bodywork. Despite being painted red, it never saw use as a London bus - it was new to the Isle of Wight based operator Southern Vectis, numbered 555, and painted in their green livery. After 20 years service it was sold to a dealer who exported it to a museum in Holland. In the 1990s it was sold to a private operator, who returned it to use in Holland as a red liveried corporate hospitality vehicle, registered BE-27-64. Černý sourced it in December 2011 from a Dutch dealer. 31 July 2012 1 August 2012

Feast of Giants". fixtured 2005, brass Bus stop in Liberec A little bonus away from Prague. Liberec is one of the biggest Czech cities located in north-west part of the country. Before the Second World War the city was mostly German who in 1938 expelled all the Czechs, 7 years later the roles turned around. Not long ago the city ordered a bus stop from David Cerny but instead he created a table with all dark aspects of Liberec’s history on it: an overthrown menorah, Czech and German beer mugs or the head of Konrad Henlein (an infamous local Nazi politician) with a fork stick into it. The bus stop is located just behind the town hall in Liberec.

Acerca de esta obra enviaremos una presentacion especial Entropa Es una de sus obras más conocidas en Europa que ha creado especialmente para la época de la presidencia checa de la Unión Europea en el año 2009. La obra estaba colgada sobre el edificio del Consejo de la Unión Europea en Bruselas. La estatua tiene dieciséis metros de altura y contiene todos los países que forman parte de la UE. Cada país está representado con un estereotipo específico por el que es conocido en otros países de Europa. Los reacciones a esta obra eran muy controvertidas y algunos países han protestado contra la representación de su estado. Al final, el mismo David Černý la dejó quitar como una forma de protesta contra el gobierno checo. Hoy en día la obra está expuesta en la ciudad Pilsen, en la República Checa. Acerca de esta obra enviaremos una presentacion especial The Entropa sculpture on display in the hall of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2SKLSM1cw4

Crosssections polymer resin, Installed in DSC  prague2013 embeded objects, thickness 5 cm

Krychloids hotel MIURA mumy in pool height 3 meters dady pushing the ship, height 9 meters boy in the roof height 5 meters

STYROFOAM iside construction , height 10 m 2013 Prague FAST TUNED FUCKHIM

Gesture,. October, 2013, Prague A Czech artist known for his anti-communist stance has floated a huge statue of a hand making an obscene gesture on Prague's main river. David Cerny's none-too-subtle artwork was paraded days before parliamentary elections that could give the Communists a taste of power almost a quarter-century after they were ousted. The artist's giant purple hand, extending an oversized middle finger, was placed on a pontoon on the Vltava river, near the famed Charles Bridge and facing Prague Castle, the seat of the presidency. מחווה, פראג, 2013 Gesture,. October, 2013, Prague

Prague, Smíchov, the Czech Republic Prague, Smíchov, the Czech Republic. MeetFactory, International center of contemporary art (founded by David Černý, David Koller and Alice Nellis).

The steel constuction of the stepping Golem has been designed by the Czech artist David Cerny. His many projects in Prague have proven to be very popular with tourists to that city. Cerny’s fame comes, to a large degree, from his “shocking” ideas. In the past, his creations have included a statue of St.Wenceslas riding a dead horse and several peeing statues where the subjects of his statutes pee into a swimming pool shaped like a map of the Czech Republic. However, Poznań does not expect any similar controversy, but rather an appropriate commemoration of the common Jewish heritage of Prague and Poznań. The so-called Golem's creator, the famous Rabbi Bezalel, is associated with these both cities.

Golem Monument, Poznan.

Stainless Steel,, height 10 meters mass : 45 tons, 38 of them mooving K Una de las últimas obras de David Černý es cabeza del escritor Franz Kafka. La cabeza tiene cuarenta y dos plantas y cada de las plantas se puede mover individualmente.La estatua mide diez metros y está puesta en Národní třída en Praga dónde forma parte de la reconstrucción y modificación de la estación de metro y los alrededores de esta. 2014 Prague Stainless Steel,, height 10 meters mass : 45 tons, 38 of them mooving 42 independently driven layers max revolving speed of each layer 6 RPM David Černý, kinetic Head of Franz Kafka, Prague

In comparison with his other works, Metalmorphosis, a mirrored sculpture housed in the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, North Carolina, is tame and seemingly apolitical. The creation consists of nearly 40 steel pieces grouped into 7 segments which independently rotate 360-degrees, and the mouth spits water into a huge pool in which it sits. When the segments are aligned, the sculpture appears to be a giant, silver head complete with the usual fixtures in their regular places. When the motorized, internet-controlled segments are rotating, the result is an oddly mesmerizing perpetually moving showpiece which alternately looks like a human head--with disturbing, gaping holes where the mouth or eyes should be--or, alternately, like nothing replicated in the physical world. The reflecting pool beneath the sculpture creates an even more muddled reflection. Perhaps drawing on the quickly-shifting and revolving literary universe of fellow Czech artist, Franz Kafka, Černý notes the Metalmorphosis as something of a self-portrait of his own psyche. Maybe. Part of Černý's rebellious artistic temperament includes creating a falsified biography of himself for the media. Whether or not it's absolutely true, regarding the piece, Černý said," This is how I feel; it is a mental self-portrait.”

Metamorphosis, Charlotte, North Carolina

David Cerny's In Utero in Prague. Its multi-faceted exterior catches and reflects the lights from the lampposts and the headlights of the passing cars. It caught your eye. It startled us. It reeled us in. And, it made us chuckle. All at the same time. The sculpture, titled In Utero, is a work by Czech artist David Černý. Little did we know that it isn’t the only witty, quirky and often controversial mark Černý has left along the streets of his hometown. Rather, it is one of dozen or so pieces of public art the artist that have added to and shaped the personality of Prague – and sparked curiosity and controversy around the world In Utero, (stainless steel, 6 m), Prague 2013

“Guns” by David Černý at the Artbanka Museum of Young Art in Prague, Czech Republic (Nov. 2011). David Černý’s “Guns” are suspended by wires in the courtyard of the former Artbanka Museum of Young Art. Aimed at each other, these giant pistols depict a balance of terror: Whoever shoots also gets shot, hence he might not fire – something like an atomic cold war. It could be argued that the installation serves as an ad for the gunmaker, a sort of provocation. Every now and then, the sound of the trigger being pulled and the sound of a shot ring out.

Specific Location: Bielsko-Biaa, Poland Description of Artwork: "Shark" is a life-size sculpture of Saddam Hussein in his underwear, trussed up in ropes and chains, his arms behind his body, floating face down in a glass tank filled with greenish liquid. Description of Incident: The piece was pulled out from the show after a call from the deputi mayor. Results of Incident: The work was invited to another Polish gallery, in Cieszyn, with the support of that town's mayor. The sculpture by Czech artist David Cerny depicts a tied-up Saddam Hussein in his underwear floating in a tank of water.

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David černý kafka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm15Qb4NFwg Entropa: Controversial Czech exhibit sparks debate on EU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2SKLSM1cw4 Metalmorphosis Sculpture by David Cerny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMC3evzpXk Interview with David Černý by Expats.cz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK2XoA-nto David Cerny sculpture work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uojg9gZvpJc David Cerny on arts, graffiti, politics, protests, communism and freedom of expression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=totvoe15Jaw David Cerny - Public Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dY7229C00g SPEEDERMAN by David Černý. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4CfC82C0jQ David Cerny - "Piss" ( Čurající fontána Davida Černého ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a5S6s55G7E

Presentaciones en castellano: Fuentes: http://www.davidcerny.cz/ http://www.davidcerny.cz/start.html http://www.boumbang.com/david-/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropa http://artaspoliticalvoice.weebly.com http://www.spiegel.de/-stereotypes-- http://www.mywanderlust.pl/quirky- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_% Nuestro web: www.clarita-efraim.com Presentaciones en castellano: http://www.clarita-efraim.com/PPSCat.aspx?Cat=9 chefetze@netvision.net.il