This is the one of the works from the cycle "Anthropocene", which depicts one of the largest European kaolin mine... Read More
This is
the one of the works from the cycle "Anthropocene", which depicts one
of the largest European kaolin mine in Horní Bříza in the Czech Republic. The
technological capabilities, that human society has acquired in the last few
centuries allow the reshaping of landscape units for our own needs on a massive
scale. Often regardless of the possible consequences. The reshaping of the
landscape then changes not only its external appearance, but ultimately also
the behavior of the flora and fauna, which is either completely destroyed or
partly adapted within large landscape areas. This change affects biological and
geological processes not only in a given location, but on the entire planet.
And this with a negative impact on human society. I create some paintings from
the "Anthropocene" cycle using a combined technique by bringing
characteristic material (coal, local sediments, pigments, etc.) from the
depicted locality, which I incorporate into the painting together with other
materials such as synthetic asphalt, ash, coffee and natural pigments . The
resulting image is then created using a combined technique, where materials
from the area help complete the authenticity of the image. This painting is
created by applying authentic, variously colored raw kaolin clays to canvas on
board. The used kaolin is collected directly in the mine shown. The sky is
painted with interior wall paint, which is made on the basis of kaolin, which
comes from these kaolin mines. A blue tint color is added. The lake in the
foreground is then created with synthetic asphalt and coal dust.