Jiří Kolář. Úšklebek století / Grimace of the Century

Publikace je založena na 66 listech Deníku 1968 Jiřího Koláře, které doprovodí další politické a morálně angažované práce z jeho tvorby. Autor byl experimentálním básníkem a tvůrcem vizuální poezie, překladatelem, sběratelem umění, podporovatelem samizdatové literatury a umělců. Texty zahrne esej reflektující jeho tvorbu. The book was published to accompany the exhibition of Jiří Kolář housed at Kinsky Palace. It is intended to introduce Kolář in an unusual manner – as an extraordinary and timeless artist whose oeuvre combines compelling content and a scathingly critical assessment of the world with literary and visual art experimentation of international significance. Apart from texts by Marie Klimešová and Milena Kalinovská, the publication contains reproductions of little-known or completely unknown works of different creative periods and artistic techniques. Representative examples from the renowned Weekly 1968 cycle are followed by seven more thematic sections affirming that with its courage and inner freedom Kolář’s artwork loses nothing of its topicality. The fresh approach to the artist’s output is also reflected in the book’s unconventional graphic design created by the 2018 Designers graphic studio.