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"Until man understands relativity, his gateway to the Absolute remains closed."
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Lubo Kristek
Lubo Kristek is a sculptor, painter, and performance artist of Czech origin, who lived in West Germany from 1968 until the 1990s. He specializes in critical assemblages and happenings, in which he incorporates multiple forms of media. He created sculptures for public space. He is the author of a three-state sculptural pilgrims' way. During his more than half-century long work in the field of perfo
"Until man understands relativity, his gateway to the Absolute remains closed."
"Art is nothing abstract, theoretical. We cannot detach it or set it apart. Art must live, and I want to be the intermediary of life."
"Therefore, with his painting, Kristek intentionally awakens the viewer’s fantasy, instead of presenting something ready-made. From the example of the Penzing cemetery chapel, we can see that modern painting fulfils its function even in the sacral field."
"One could hardly imagine a more inseparable and fruitful unity of art and architecture. Where could we find, in the field of art in architecture, a comparable example in Rhineland over the last twelve years?"
"… if the child in man atrophies - he loses his fantasy, if mankind aborts fantasy – it will die out! …"