Colour Photograph
For Jelení Gallery, the artists selected a set of color photographs inspired by the recent exhibition at the Blansko Municipal Gallery. The subject matter of these color still lifes again confirms the nature of the duo’s art, which is characterized by constant development and a sensitive analysis of their surroundings, everyday objects, and (in this case) the work of their colleagues. Jasanský and Polák engage in a certain irony that deliberately verges on “artiness” but deconstructs the medium of photography and the artists themselves. The design of the installation, which expands into unexpected places, is interesting as well. Although Jasanský and Polák are noteworthy artists even within the global context, in a certain sense their work remains hidden and under-appreciated. Despite or maybe because of this fact, they are respected by and an inspiration for the younger generation of artists.
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- That's a nice cat house, isn't it?00:00:07.047
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- Jelení Gallery00:00:11.256
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- Color Photography00:00:16.233
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- You won't find any photos of Prague here.00:00:22.434
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- No National Theater, nothing.00:00:26.434
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- Oh, you're shooting already?00:00:29.723
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- There are no villages or jokes either.00:00:32.542
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- Well... we wanted to try to take photos00:00:37.687
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- that would look like paintings,00:00:41.658
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- not because of the style,00:00:45.141
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- but rather because of the theme.00:00:48.284
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- That's why there are so many still lifes,00:00:51.276
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- which are typical of painting.00:00:54.510
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- But still lifes can also be photographs,00:00:57.154
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- not only paintings.00:01:00.415
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- Yes, but we didn't use photographic methods.00:01:02.915
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- No interesting light, only groups of objects00:01:06.822
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- in the most traditional painting style.00:01:10.322
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- That's the reason why we chose00:01:14.169
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- color photography.00:01:17.461
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- Most paintings are in color.00:01:19.786
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- There's no connection to any period.00:01:22.869
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- Even though it must remind you of a period.00:01:26.372
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- Maybe of the 80's, in our case,00:01:29.724
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- of some 80's album covers or postcards.00:01:33.107
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- But we didn't want the objects00:01:37.188
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- to imply a certain period,00:01:40.188
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- to have a retro-design.00:01:43.835
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- We arranged all the still lifes00:01:46.823
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- with the purpose of creating beauty.00:01:51.062
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- There are no random, found objects.00:01:54.849
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- All the objects match the settings00:01:58.216
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- and also each other.00:02:02.200
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- The photographic part was just a final touch.00:02:08.273
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- We used the classic, time-consuming technique00:02:12.873
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- of color photography00:02:17.373
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- almost for no reason,00:02:20.250
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- we just thought it would look more real.00:02:22.750
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- But the most important part00:02:26.371
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- was the arrangement of the still lifes.00:02:29.238
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- The place is quite small.00:02:33.364
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- But we managed to squeeze everything in.00:02:35.986
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