Michal Brix: Drawings - Paintings 2013-15
Exhibition at the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery
February 6 - February 27, 2015
Michal Brix presents works from the years 2013-15 in this exhibition. The selected collection showcases landscapes – architectures in drawings and paintings. The color and form evoke the artist's sources of inspiration, nature in its diversity and order.
The paintings of Michal Brix not only stem from architecture, but to a certain extent are architecture on the canvas. This may sound contradictory, as architecture is inherently three-dimensional. The inhabited or habitable, without a doubt, but it raises the question of why we speak, for example, of cellular architecture, and it does not just sound like a metaphorical designation. This could be a devaluation of the term architecture, which is associated with various phrases connecting building art with a range of areas of human activity and things, but it could also speak in favor of the limited universality of this term. If we leaned toward the second version, without completely rejecting the first, we can synonymize the purified expression architecture with the term structure. We can then call every structure, or rather every thing or living organism architecture. While the boundary between the organic and inorganic leads (not only) historically variable boundaries, which to a certain extent overlaps with the boundary between the living and the non-living, structure encompasses everything living and non-living, organic and inorganic. Structure is everything that has some arrangement, that is configured into a shape.
The paintings of Michal Brix are primarily structures that are architecture in two senses. First, by how they are constructed, and second, as a visual reflection of architecture in its basic meaning. The structures in Brix's paintings look as if they were the product of computer algorithms. However, unlike them, they are not the result of a finite number of elements, as is the case with algorithms, but the product of Brix's constructive invention. They are constructed so that they are a visual reflection of architecture "from the inside," exposing the construction processes used during design. In this sense, the method of constructing Brix's paintings is simultaneously a reflection of what architecture is. Therefore, his “canvases” are both an image of architecture and the architecture of the image.
Michal Brix, Assoc. Prof. akad. arch. (*December 2, 1946, Prague)
STUDY
1966-72 - Studied architecture at VŠ UMPRUM, prof. P. Smetana and J. Svoboda.
AWARDS
1974 - “Man Size Prize” design of a linear carrier, Italy — 1st prize.
1978-79 - Urban study of Peace Square, Teplice. The realization was awarded the Grand Prix at the Interarch Architecture Biennale, Sofia 1988.
1980 - Tegeler Hafen Berlin. Competition for a residential and leisure center IBA /artistic collaboration/. 2nd prize in the international competition.
1992 - Myslbek, Prague 1st reward in a combined national competition.
1994 - 1st prize in the invited competition for the extension of Václav Havel Airport, Prague-Ruzyně.
1998 - Award from the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic for 1997 for Prague International Airport.
2000 - Award from the Mayor of Prague for exceptionally high-quality architectural work, Prague International Airport, realized between 1989—1999.
SELECTED WORKS
1979-80 - Man in his World Exposition, Montreal, Canada. Design of the Children's Pavilion for the international exhibition /realized/.
1985 - Pavilion of Antonín's Spring, Mariánské Lázně-Úšovice, realization 1986.
1986 - Area of the Forest Spring with a music pavilion, Mariánské Lázně, 1991.
1986 - Illustrations for the book by P. Preiss "Italian Artists in Prague," Panorama Prague. Honorable mention in the competition "Most Beautiful Books of 1986."
1986 - Illustrations for the book by M. Vilímková "Builders of Palaces and Temples — Kryštof and Kilián Dientzenhofer," Vyšehrad Prague.
1987-88 - Illustrations for the book by J. Hrůza "The City of Prague," Odeon, Prague 1990. Honorable mention in the competition "Most Beautiful Books of 1990."
1990 - Thonet Principle — Valdštejn Riding School in Prague — UMPRUM Museum in Prague in collaboration with the German Museum in Nuremberg.
1990 - Křižík Pavilions — Prague exhibition grounds, realized in 1991.
1991 - Czech Cubism, UMPRUM Museum, Prague.
1993 - Church of the Holy Family, parish and cultural center Luhačovice, completed in 1997.
1994 - Hotel Butterfly, Mariánské Lázně /realized/.
1994 - Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague — House at the Black Madonna. Permanent exhibition Czech Cubism.
1996 - Exhibition Frank O. Gehry — design and architecture.
1997 - Extension of Václav Havel Airport, Prague-Ruzyně.
1998 - Flora Palace, commercial-administrative complex — 1st prize in the competition, realized in 2003.
2001 - Exhibition hall at the Municipal House, Prague — "Jan Kotěra 1871—1923".
2001 - Exhibition "Ten Centuries of Architecture"— exhibition of Baroque, the Riding School of Prague Castle.
2002 - Participation in an international competition for the Grand Egyptian Museum, Egypt, Cairo.
2003 - Participation in an international competition for the "World Trade Center Site Memorial", New York.
2006 - Permanent exhibition at the hospital in Kuks.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1987 - Michal Brix Drawings and Projects. Exhibition hall on the colonnade, Mariánské Lázně.
1996 - Michal Brix Drawings and Photographs. Gallery Fronta Prague.
2003 - Michal Brix — Architectural Drawings. Municipal House in Prague.
2003 - Michal Brix — the cities of Michal Brix. Museum of Fine Arts Cheb.
2010 - Michal Brix Bioutopia, Gallery Gambit.
2012 - Drawings and Paintings 2010—2012, Michal Brix, ČVUT Prague.
2013 - Michal Brix — mini-retrospective, Gallery Lávka Prague.
REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS
National Gallery Prague
Art and Design Museum Prague
Museum of Art Olomouc
Currently, he is engaged in creative activities.
February 6 - February 27, 2015
Michal Brix presents works from the years 2013-15 in this exhibition. The selected collection showcases landscapes – architectures in drawings and paintings. The color and form evoke the artist's sources of inspiration, nature in its diversity and order.
The paintings of Michal Brix not only stem from architecture, but to a certain extent are architecture on the canvas. This may sound contradictory, as architecture is inherently three-dimensional. The inhabited or habitable, without a doubt, but it raises the question of why we speak, for example, of cellular architecture, and it does not just sound like a metaphorical designation. This could be a devaluation of the term architecture, which is associated with various phrases connecting building art with a range of areas of human activity and things, but it could also speak in favor of the limited universality of this term. If we leaned toward the second version, without completely rejecting the first, we can synonymize the purified expression architecture with the term structure. We can then call every structure, or rather every thing or living organism architecture. While the boundary between the organic and inorganic leads (not only) historically variable boundaries, which to a certain extent overlaps with the boundary between the living and the non-living, structure encompasses everything living and non-living, organic and inorganic. Structure is everything that has some arrangement, that is configured into a shape.
The paintings of Michal Brix are primarily structures that are architecture in two senses. First, by how they are constructed, and second, as a visual reflection of architecture in its basic meaning. The structures in Brix's paintings look as if they were the product of computer algorithms. However, unlike them, they are not the result of a finite number of elements, as is the case with algorithms, but the product of Brix's constructive invention. They are constructed so that they are a visual reflection of architecture "from the inside," exposing the construction processes used during design. In this sense, the method of constructing Brix's paintings is simultaneously a reflection of what architecture is. Therefore, his “canvases” are both an image of architecture and the architecture of the image.
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Michal Brix, Assoc. Prof. akad. arch. (*December 2, 1946, Prague)
STUDY
1966-72 - Studied architecture at VŠ UMPRUM, prof. P. Smetana and J. Svoboda.
AWARDS
1974 - “Man Size Prize” design of a linear carrier, Italy — 1st prize.
1978-79 - Urban study of Peace Square, Teplice. The realization was awarded the Grand Prix at the Interarch Architecture Biennale, Sofia 1988.
1980 - Tegeler Hafen Berlin. Competition for a residential and leisure center IBA /artistic collaboration/. 2nd prize in the international competition.
1992 - Myslbek, Prague 1st reward in a combined national competition.
1994 - 1st prize in the invited competition for the extension of Václav Havel Airport, Prague-Ruzyně.
1998 - Award from the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic for 1997 for Prague International Airport.
2000 - Award from the Mayor of Prague for exceptionally high-quality architectural work, Prague International Airport, realized between 1989—1999.
SELECTED WORKS
1979-80 - Man in his World Exposition, Montreal, Canada. Design of the Children's Pavilion for the international exhibition /realized/.
1985 - Pavilion of Antonín's Spring, Mariánské Lázně-Úšovice, realization 1986.
1986 - Area of the Forest Spring with a music pavilion, Mariánské Lázně, 1991.
1986 - Illustrations for the book by P. Preiss "Italian Artists in Prague," Panorama Prague. Honorable mention in the competition "Most Beautiful Books of 1986."
1986 - Illustrations for the book by M. Vilímková "Builders of Palaces and Temples — Kryštof and Kilián Dientzenhofer," Vyšehrad Prague.
1987-88 - Illustrations for the book by J. Hrůza "The City of Prague," Odeon, Prague 1990. Honorable mention in the competition "Most Beautiful Books of 1990."
1990 - Thonet Principle — Valdštejn Riding School in Prague — UMPRUM Museum in Prague in collaboration with the German Museum in Nuremberg.
1990 - Křižík Pavilions — Prague exhibition grounds, realized in 1991.
1991 - Czech Cubism, UMPRUM Museum, Prague.
1993 - Church of the Holy Family, parish and cultural center Luhačovice, completed in 1997.
1994 - Hotel Butterfly, Mariánské Lázně /realized/.
1994 - Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague — House at the Black Madonna. Permanent exhibition Czech Cubism.
1996 - Exhibition Frank O. Gehry — design and architecture.
1997 - Extension of Václav Havel Airport, Prague-Ruzyně.
1998 - Flora Palace, commercial-administrative complex — 1st prize in the competition, realized in 2003.
2001 - Exhibition hall at the Municipal House, Prague — "Jan Kotěra 1871—1923".
2001 - Exhibition "Ten Centuries of Architecture"— exhibition of Baroque, the Riding School of Prague Castle.
2002 - Participation in an international competition for the Grand Egyptian Museum, Egypt, Cairo.
2003 - Participation in an international competition for the "World Trade Center Site Memorial", New York.
2006 - Permanent exhibition at the hospital in Kuks.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1987 - Michal Brix Drawings and Projects. Exhibition hall on the colonnade, Mariánské Lázně.
1996 - Michal Brix Drawings and Photographs. Gallery Fronta Prague.
2003 - Michal Brix — Architectural Drawings. Municipal House in Prague.
2003 - Michal Brix — the cities of Michal Brix. Museum of Fine Arts Cheb.
2010 - Michal Brix Bioutopia, Gallery Gambit.
2012 - Drawings and Paintings 2010—2012, Michal Brix, ČVUT Prague.
2013 - Michal Brix — mini-retrospective, Gallery Lávka Prague.
REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS
National Gallery Prague
Art and Design Museum Prague
Museum of Art Olomouc
Currently, he is engaged in creative activities.
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