Krištof Kintera Explained

Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973 in Prague) is a Czech artist and sculptor.^[1] He was nominated for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award three times.^[2] He was one of the co-creators of the Entropa sculpture, which was displayed in Brussels as part of the Czech Republic's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2009.^[3]

Kintera was awarded the Personality of the Year award for living artists in 2011 thanks to his monument to suicide under the Nusle Bridge,^[4] and again in 2012, this time shared with fellow artist Pavel Mrkus.^[5] In 2013, his high Bike to Heaven monument, which commemorates all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled in the Holešovice district of the city.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Major solo exhibition by the Czech artist Krištof Kintera opens at Kunsthal Rotterdam . ArtDaily . 28 February 2015 . 31 August 2015.
2. News: Krištof Kintera věří na sílu nesmyslu . cs . iDNES . 11 August 2007 . 31 August 2015 . Rištof Kintera believes in the power of nonsense.
3. News: Krištof Kintera: "Entropa je pitomá, ale také krotká" . cs . Hospodářské noviny . 15 January 2009 . 31 August 2015 . Krištof Kintera: "Entropy is stupid, but also tame" . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126154230/http://ihned.cz/c4-10065240-32799250-000000_d-10065240-32799250-000000_d-10065240-32799250-500000_d-entropa-je-pitoma-ale-take-krotka . 26 January 2016.
4. News: Kintera je výtvarnou Osobností 2011 - za pomník sebevrahům . cs . ČT24 . 19 January 2012 . 31 August 2015 . Kintera is an artistic Personality of 2011 - for the monument to suicides.
5. News: Cena Osobnost roku našla dva příjemce . cs . ČT24 . 21 January 2013 . 31 August 2015 . The Person of the Year award found two recipients.
6. News: Kolo letí do nebe, cyklisté mají konečně svůj důstojný pomník . cs . ČT24 . 7 September 2013 . 31 August 2015 . The bike flies into the sky, cyclists finally have their worthy monument.