ARTIST PROFILE
- Czech Republic (b. 1958 in Prague)
- Currently in Chicago, United States.
- Moved to United States in 1969. Full time artist since receiving MFA in Sculpture from University of Chicago in 1994. Has exhibited extensively at regional museums, art centers, and university galleries throughout the US and alternative spaces abroad.
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Etudes from Pi in 5 Squared (side view)
- 2011
- Crocheted fiberglass roving with hard-finish polyester resin.
- 191 x 72 x 33 inches
- 5 columns. Each column measures 72 inches high, 22 inches wide, and varies in depth from 22 to 33 inches.
Columns appear flat and static from front center. As the work is experienced by movement of the viewer, static open spaces began to shift and close, separated forms join visually, character of each structure and the group as a whole changes drastically.
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Etudes from Pi in 5 Squared | 2011
Etudes from Pi in 5 Squared is based on the first 25 digits of the infinite number pi. The sequence reads from left to right, top to bottom. The grid organizes 25 units into 5 rows and 5 columns. The curved units alternate from convex to concave. Here, the value of the digit determines the depth of each individual unit. A unit representing digit 1 is 3.5” deep, pushing the curve out 2” for digit 2, then 2” for digit 3, and so on. The largest unit, representing the 9 digit, pushes out 19.5”.