tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827917.post114693474238309963..comments2024-03-06T14:36:52.719+01:00Comments on Fuxoft's Blog: I don't understand art but I know what I likeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827917.post-1147962197577196362006-05-18T16:23:00.000+02:002006-05-18T16:23:00.000+02:00As a friend kindly pointed out, the bloody Czech j...As a friend kindly pointed out, the bloody Czech journalists couldn't even get the name right: it's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Vivot" REL="nofollow">Lea Viv<B>o</B>t</A>. (A <A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?q=lea+vivit" REL="nofollow">A search on Google Images</A> offers the correction, but not <A HREF="http://google.com/search?&q=%22lea+vivot%22" REL="nofollow">Google proper</A> - incredible.)<BR/><BR/>lia: Yes, I had a vague recollection of Týden as well and searched its archive first, but apparently didn't use the right keywords. Now, with the name, it's easy: Tomáš Pospiszyl in issue nr. 35 from 23 Aug 2004. A nice condemnation, sadly not available online: "We'd be hard-pressed to find a better example of kitch's adaptability. Vivot can do big-eyed children, puppies as well as pornography."<BR/><BR/><BR/>BTW, this is good: <A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20040229202332/http://web.naplesnews.com/02/02/naples/d715467a.htm" REL="nofollow">An international artist says she had no intentions of causing problems when her staff plopped a life-size sculpture in Sugden Plaza last week</A> - and <A HREF="http://www.naplesnews.com/search/?q=vivot" REL="nofollow">a small-town battle that followed</A>. But I really should move to Wikipedia with such stuff...Jan Vaněk jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03256146935449557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827917.post-1147942210597944932006-05-18T10:50:00.000+02:002006-05-18T10:50:00.000+02:00JVJr.: I think you might be refering to a cover st...JVJr.: I think you might be refering to a cover story in Týden one or two years ago, mentioning this statue and several others - but do not ask me for the direct link, you´re an expert here ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827917.post-1147865802442267042006-05-17T13:36:00.000+02:002006-05-17T13:36:00.000+02:00It's in front of the Sazka (monopoly lottery compa...It's in front of the Sazka (monopoly lottery company) building and so presumably approved, if not directly commissioned, by its infamous boss Mr. Hušák.<BR/><BR/>I recall this being mentioned/criticised in the press a few years ago but can't find anything - ah: <A HREF="http://show.idnes.cz/show_aktual.asp?r=vytvarneum&c=2004M036P04G" REL="nofollow">here's a Feb 2004 article</A> (in Czech, but with <A HREF="http://show.idnes.cz/foto.asp?r=show_aktual&c=2004M036P04G" REL="nofollow">a photo gallery</A>); via <A HREF="http://www.coze.wz.cz/Povidani_texty/rozkrok01.htm" REL="nofollow">a Czech blog/website</A>.<BR/><BR/>It says it's a smaller copy of such a statue in Toronto by Czecho-Canadian sculptress Lea Vivit(ová) but the only thing I've been able to find online is <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8219892/" REL="nofollow">a gay plaque</A> by somebody completely else.Jan Vaněk jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03256146935449557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827917.post-1146939284278205232006-05-06T20:14:00.000+02:002006-05-06T20:14:00.000+02:00Czech intellectuals are amenable to lower their he...Czech intellectuals are amenable to lower their heads. Nevertheless, you should take a detailed snapshot of the document which the man holds in his left hand, it might be more interresting and unique...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com