Dalibor Chatrný

born: 28. 8. 1925
graduate: Pedagogická fakulta UK Prague, Akademie výtvarných umění Prague
address: Botanická 8, 602 00 Brno
http://www.chatrny.cz

I accepted the invitation to the symposium “dílna” with doubts about my own capacity although I could have certain confidence in the specification of a mirror project at the Brno Fair Grounds that I was thinking I would then donate to the Mikulov gallery. The vague form of my participation blended with the incredibly exceptional environment of almost a seaside town in the intertanglement of historically fantastic and almost theatrical scenes to the very centre designated for the actual work, to the inside of the chateau with its mysterious guts marbled with rocks. The modest space allocated to Nikos and me gave away close relations of joint intentions. I observed his natural, spontaneous activity in drawings, paintings, and the construction of a demanding sculpture of bronze and stone. The project I was working on was supposed to follow, trace and collage the surrounding environment, capture the passing traces and appearances of visitors by mirroring them. In the end, I decided to keep our common intentions by drawing around the touches, motions and situations of the silhouettes in the authentic presence of Nikos Armutidis and Martin Mainer, who was working in the neighbouring studio (I only admired his pastel paintings in their totality at the final installation). May these touches fill and keep in the Mikulov environment the mysteries that I endured at the very beginning of the Symposium. I am grateful to the organizers, especially to the friendly activities of Nikos Armutidis for supporting me in such a mysterious environment.

Dalibor Chatrný

Nikos I
drawing on canvas, 95 x 200 cm, 1999

Nikos II
drawing on canvas, 95 x 200 cm, 1999

Martin
drawing on canvas, 95 x 200 cm, 1999

Without Title
combined technique, mirrors, plexiglass cylinder, 52 x 60 x 50 cm, 1999

List of artists participating in MAS "dílna" in 1994–2010

Adam Štech , Adéla Strnadová , Aleš Brázdil , Alexander Tinei , Barbora Kurtinová , David Krňanský , Denisa Krausová , Emőke Vargová , Eugeniusz Józefowski , Eva Turnová , Filip Dvořák , František Skála , Hana Puchová , Jakub Lipavský , Jakub Tomáš , Jaroslav Beneš , Jaroslav Róna , Jiří Černický , Jiří Kačer , Julie Béna , Julius Reichel , Klára Čermáková , Klára Štefanovičová , Kurt Gebauer , Laco Teren , Libor Lípa Marie Tomanová (2020 , 2021) , Michael Jan Bublík , Michaela Černická , Mirek Zahálka , Natálie Colledani , Ondřej Oliva , Petr Nikl , Roel Van Der Linden , Roman Výborný , Sofie Švejdová , Stefan Milkov , Svatopluk Klimeš , Tomáš Tichý , Vitaly Pushitsky , Vojtěch Horálek , Zdena Kolečková , Zdeněk Lhotský , Peter Angermann , Mathias Antlfinger / Ute Hörner Nikos Armutidis (1994 , 1999 , 2003) , Mikoláš Axmann , Jan Bačkovský , Anna Balážová , Alena Beldová , Karl – Heinz Bethmann , Václav Bláha , David Böhm , Erika Bornová , Machiel Botman , Tereza Brichtová , Veronika Bromová , Milan Cais Tomáš Císařovský (2000 , 2001 , 2003) , Martin Čada , Ondřej Čech , Rostislav Čuřík Jiří David (2007 , 2008 , 2013) Stanislav Diviš (1998 , 2014) , Tea Dohnalová Milena Dopitová (2010 , 2013 , 2009) , Martin Dostál , Jana Doubková Eva Eisler (2005 , 2006 , 2013) , Luděk Filipský , Jiří Franta , Vladimír Franz , Monika Fryčová , Michal Gabriel , Martin Gerboc , Zdeněk Halla , David Hanvald , Zbyněk Havlín , Duncan Higgins , František Hodonský , Vladimír Houdek , Milan Houser , Dalibor Chatrný , Jeff Chiplis , Matyáš Chochola Petr Jareš (1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2003) , Eva Jirička , Irena Jůzová , Michal Kalhous , Kristýna Kašparová , Vladimíra Klumparová , Richard Kočí , Ondřej Kohout , Igor Korpaczewski , Inge Kosková , Eva Koťátková , Nina Kotel , Alena Kotzmannová , Jiří Kovanda , Vojtěch Kovářík , František Kowolowski , Radovan Král , Vendula Pucharová Kramářová , Antonín Kratochvíl Antonín Kratochvíl (2006 , 2013) Milan Kunc (2000 , 2012) , Tomáš Lahoda , Otis Laubert Zdeněk Lhotský (1994 , 1995) Libor Lípa (1994 , 2000 , 2003 , 2013 , 2011) Ivana Lomová (2001 , 2002 , 2003) , Barbora Lungová , Petr Lysáček , Christian Macketanz , Martin Mainer , Werner Mally , Břetislav Malý , Tomáš Medek , Johana Merta , Vladimír Merta , Svätopluk Mikyta Stefan Milkov (1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 2003) , David Možný , Aleš Najbrt , Klára Nejezchlebová , Jaromíra Němcová , Jakub Nepraš Petr Nikl (2001 , 2003) , Libor Novotný Vít Novotný (1997 , 2003) Pavel Opočenský (1999 , 2018) , Petra Pavlicová , Jiří Pikous , Tereza Brichtová Pirščová , Petr Písařík , Jan Pištěk , Viktor Pivovarov , Tomáš Plachký , Otto Placht , Aldin Popaja , Tomáš Prokop , Viktorie Prokopová Martina Riedlbauchová (1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2003) , Veronika Richterová , Ulric Roldanus Jaroslav Róna (1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 2003) , Tomáš Ruller , Kamila Rýparová , Vladimir Salnikov , František Skála , Vladimír Skrepl , Roman Sliwka , Daniela Sneppová Jiří Sobotka (1999 , 2005 , 2013) , Společné dílo kurátorů 2004 – 2013 Tono Stano (1998 , 2018) , Jan Stolín Václav Stratil (2004 , 2011) , Antonín Střížek , Corine Stübi Čestmír Suška (1996 , 1997 , 2003) , Evžen Šimera , Jaromír Šimkůj , Michal Šmeral , Vladimír Špaček , Jakub Špaňhel , Karel Štědrý , Jindřich Štreit , Laco Teren Oldřich Tichý (2014 , 2015) , Margita Titlová Ylovsky , Michaela Klimanová Trizuljaková , Účastníci 10. ročníku MVS , Katarína Hládeková , Woody Vasulka , Tereza Velíková , Aleš Veselý Petr Veselý (2014 , 2016) Kateřina Vincourová (2005 , 2017) , Eva Vones , Jiří Votruba Michaela Vrbková (2010 , 2012) Margita Titlová Ylovsky (1999 , 2004) , František Zelinka Petr Zubek (2007 , 2013 , 2009) , Peter Župník

Realized as Part of the Project

Mikulov – a Town of Art.

This Project is Co-funded by the European Union and the South-Moravian Region.