I am a child of the sixties - Michal Studený

A comprehensive monography of a Slovak artist Michal Studený. He is considered to be a part of the „lost generation“ who were trying to re-define the function of the paintings in the mid 60s whilst keeping the distance from the contemporary international trends.

In 1968 Studený exhibited a canvas with 401 real four-leaf clovers. Instead of „object found“ (objekt trouvé), best known from surrealists, he came up and implemented the „sought out object“ (objekt recherché). He is using the real natural objects, or made up objects and making them into the symbols of the relationships like human couple, home, life...

„We are earth and we return to earth. But when it´s lit, a certain typeof earth has a gorgeous shade of ultramarine.“

Michal Studený