In the early 1960s, minimalism prompted new reflections on relationships within space by altering the conception and hanging of artworks, creating pieces that descend from the ceiling, emerge from the walls, on which one can walk… Czech artist Jan Kaláb takes inspiration from this movement in his approach to working with gallery space, inviting the viewer to contemplate the artworks from various perspectives, to move among them rather than simply from one to the next. His recent work, which explores the boundary between painting and sculpture, the interplay of solids and voids in an illusionary game that surprises the viewer, can be experienced from June 28 to July 27, 2024, at Danysz Gallery. The solo exhibition, “Dance of the Void” spans three floors and will feature paintings and installations.
Jan Kaláb is a Czech artist born in Prague in 1978. A pioneer of graffiti in his country in the 1990s, he now creates forms rife with illusions and spaces that surpass traditional boundaries between media, instead playing on viewers’ perceptions. Impossible to confine to a single medium, his practice spans from painting to sculpture, from installations to new media. After years of graffiti writing, Kaláb continues his exploration of forms, abstraction, and colors, the defining elements of graffiti during his adolescence.
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