Alena Kučerová Explained

Alena Kučerová
Birth Date:1935
Occupation:Printmaker
Nationality:Czech

Alena Kučerová (born 1935) is a Czech printmaker.

Life

A native of Prague, Kučerová studied at that city's Advanced School of Graphic Art from 1950 until 1954. From 1955 until 1959 she attended the Prague Academy of Applied Arts.[1]

Work

In the 1960s she began using the traditional medium of printmaking in an experimental manner. She is especially noted for her technique of building the image using dots before incorporating other forms.[2] Around 1965 she began perforating metal with a shoemaker's awl, printing the motifs created and also exhibiting the perforated tin matrixes as art in their own right. Many of the perforated tins exhibit figurative references. Further experimentation with materials and strong color led her to embrace the aesthetics of Pop Art.[3]

Five works by Kučerová are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Two are owned by the Museum of Modern Art,[9] [10] and one is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.[11]

Awards and distinctions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Baruch Foundation | Alena Kucerová. baruchfoundation.org. May 20, 2019.
  2. Web site: Artlist - databáze současného umění: Alena Kučerová. www.artlist.cz. May 20, 2019.
  3. Book: Medea muckt auf : Radikale Künstlerinnen hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang The Medea insurrection : radical women artists behind the Iron Curtain . Altmann, Susanne . Lozo, Katarina . Wagner, Hilke . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden . Walther König. 2019. 978-3-96098-527-3. Köln. 199. 1099843511.
  4. Web site: Koupel/The Bath. www.nga.gov. May 20, 2019.
  5. Web site: Krajina/Landscape. www.nga.gov. May 20, 2019.
  6. Web site: Forget-Me-Not. www.nga.gov. May 20, 2019.
  7. Web site: More/Sea. www.nga.gov. May 20, 2019.
  8. Web site: Diving into Water. www.nga.gov. May 20, 2019.
  9. Web site: Alena Kučerová. The Cliff. 1967 | MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. May 20, 2019.
  10. Web site: Alena Kučerová. Repose. 1967 | MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. May 20, 2019.
  11. Web site: Sauna 4. The Art Institute of Chicago. May 20, 2019.
  12. Book: Medea muckt auf : Radikale Künstlerinnen hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang The Medea insurrection : radical women artists behind the Iron Curtain . Altmann, Susanne . Lozo, Katarina . Wagner, Hilke . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden . Walther König. 978-3-96098-527-3. Köln. 1099843511.
  13. Book: Medea muckt auf : Radikale Künstlerinnen hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang = The Medea insurrection: radical women artists behind the Iron Curtain . 978-3-96098-527-3 . 235.

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