Robert Kehlmann Livres

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova have dedicated nearly fifty years to the art of casting large sculptures from delicately colored glass, establishing themselves as leading figures in this medium. Their latest work, showcased in The Inner Light, highlights their mastery of the complex technical and aesthetic demands of glass. They skillfully manipulate the material's unique properties, employing changes in surface treatment, intersecting planes, and voids to control how light interacts with their sculptures, enhancing the viewer's experience. Robert Kehlmann contextualizes their aesthetic within the Czech intellectual and artistic landscape, emphasizing the influence of Czech cubism on their development. His essay examines their recent monumental forms, which explore themes of life, death, and the afterlife. Two interviews further illuminate the artists' creative process: one with art historian Jiri Setlik, a close friend and vice-director of the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, and another with Libensky and Brychtova themselves, offering deeper insights into their collaborative efforts. Robert Kehlmann, an artist and critic based in Berkeley, California, has extensively published on glass art and has exhibited his own work widely.