Jan Kalab 🇨🇿 New Print Release • Sculpture • Art For Sale

[Shoot Again]

I initially discovered that artist via his Instagram (@jankalab)

iconosquare.com/jankalab

Pretty much liked everything I saw right away ;-) Then got a chance to get to know him better reading his interview in GraffitiArt Magazine, he made the cover of #24, January 2015, which I found very clever...

www.graffitiartmagazine.com/index.php?post/Graffiti-Art-24%3A-en-kiosques-%21

His 1st Solo Show in Germany (curated by Partisan Creative) was sold out and I heard he just did really well again @ Art Expo NY so no doubt his artworks doesn't just appeal to me ;-)

www.jankalab.com/selected-works/

I've been told (TBC) he will have his 1st Solo Show in London next October @ Lollipop Galley (on Commercial Street) where the space is quite something which should suits his artworks well... watch this space !

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arrestedmotion.com/2015/06/interviews-studio-visits-jan-kalab/

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arrestedmotion.com/2015/06/interviews-studio-visits-jan-kalab/

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[dreadnatty]

Photos by sal
arrestedmotion.com/2015/07/showing-jan-kalab-extra-villa-pelle/

On the 29th of June, Jan Kalab (featured) opened his ninth solo show at the Villa Pelle in Prague, showing pieces created exclusively for this event. After introducing his art at fairs worldwide, this was an opportunity to put his work on display in his homeland.

The Czech artist uses a lot of geometry elements and pure, bright colors in creating his pieces, which often blur the distinction between art and design. His minimalist visual language has been affected by his graffiti work, when minimalism was a necessity. That combined with the study at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, resulted in geo-based works that play with the idea of the organic and artificial. Along with large scale paintings that are deal with the idea of the circle as a perfect but complex shape, he also created a sculptural piece titled Comsos. In the same way his paintings have a sense of depth and layering, he managed to achieve a similar effect with this interesting 3D object. While very broad in the color palette he is using, Kalab’s imagery or the shapes he is working with have been undergoing a certain minimization. Painting on both square and custom shaped round canvases, the works are a certain tribute to the circle as the main and basic shape. Extra will stay on view at this unique location until the 6th September so make sure you check it out if visiting Czech capital this summer.

[11]

I accidentally stumbled into the opening last night and it was a great show. I really enjoyed the work and it was so well executed. Very clean and crisp and amazing shading and colour giving some real depth to the pieces. Nicely laid out with a very minimalist look and feel, wish I'd  hung around longer but wanted to get along to the Eine show too but this was definitely my choice of the evening 

I even picked up a rather nice show catalogue - pretty much a small paperback book - but left it in the bloody pub afterwards  

Loads of pics and I enjoyed it so much think i'll unload them all....


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

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Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[HASH]jankalab [HASH]october2015

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Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[HASH]jankalab [HASH]october2015

[11]

Maybe a little filter over this one 


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[HASH]jankalab [HASH]october2015

[Ottomatik]

Oct 10, 2015 0:57:16 GMT 1 11 said:

Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[HASH]jankalab [HASH]october2015

Minus the 4th photo, I love all of these pieces!
My first time seeing his(?) work.
J- how much does his work demand?
Would look fantastic on my bedroom(silver) wall!
(Feel free to pm me..)

[11]

Oct 10, 2015 2:17:43 GMT 1 Ottomatik said:

Oct 10, 2015 0:57:16 GMT 1 11 said:

Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr


Circles by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[HASH]jankalab [HASH]october2015

Minus the 4th photo, I love all of these pieces!
My first time seeing his(?) work.
J- how much does his work demand?
Would look fantastic on my bedroom(silver) wall!
(Feel free to pm me..)

I'm intending to go back into town tomorrow so will pop in and get a price list - will let you know 

Silver walls......to make the mirrored ceiling less inconspicuous ?  

[Ottomatik]

Oct 10, 2015 2:23:25 GMT 1 11 said:

Oct 10, 2015 2:17:43 GMT 1 Ottomatik said:

Minus the 4th photo, I love all of these pieces!
My first time seeing his(?) work.
J- how much does his work demand?
Would look fantastic on my bedroom(silver) wall!
(Feel free to pm me..)

I'm intending to go back into town tomorrow so will pop in and get a price list - will let you know 

Silver walls......to make the mirrored ceiling less inconspicuous ?  

Duh!
It also adds to the risquéness of the round spinning bed!


On a more serious note, were there any print editions?

[dreadnatty]

Oct 10, 2015 2:43:48 GMT 1 Ottomatik said:

Oct 10, 2015 2:23:25 GMT 1 11 said:

I'm intending to go back into town tomorrow so will pop in and get a price list - will let you know 

Silver walls......to make the mirrored ceiling less inconspicuous ?  

Duh!
It also adds to the risquéness of the round spinning bed!


On a more serious note, were there any print editions?

Since when did you move to the Pocanos?

[F*X]

Fantastic show worth a visit if you are around some of the work is very 1010 ish

[loother]

He popped up on my radar a few months ago, and though I'm yet to see any of his work in the flesh I love a lot of what I see. There are several prints from 2013 available here for around £70 (from the Czech Republic).

[Coach]

Oct 11, 2015 0:06:02 GMT 1 @delloy said:

I have these 2  

This edition is now sold out but others are available here:

www.onepoint.cz

I like these. Had the chance to buy one of them but didn't.
They look amazing. His originals are another level.

[11]

Took my daughter into town today and had a little mooch around. She had seen the Jan Kalab pics and really liked them so went back to Lollipop. Opening nights on the whole are a very different beast with lots of socialising and boozing so it was nice to walk around in tranquility (and sober) to take it all in, in relative privacy.... 

So we had some fun too  


What? by 11 for UAA, on Flickr

[.dappy]

... in the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king ...

[Shoot Again]

Best Show in London in 2015 in my books ! Here are my pictures...

s1125.photobucket.com/user/shootagain/library/Jan%20KALAB%20Odyssey%20at%20Lollipop?sort=3&page=1

He will have solo Shows in Paris and L.A. next year... so much more to come with this super talented artist

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Here is the Catalogue of his new Show in Berlin with BC gallery :

bcgallery.de/wp-content/uploads/Tension-by-Jan-Kalab.pdf?utm_source=BCG+VIP%27s&utm_campaign=39527fff40-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56a3027a51-39527fff40-115416701

[rootona]

Oct 13, 2015 9:14:12 GMT 1 Shoot Again said:

Best Show in London in 2015 in my books ! Here are my pictures...

s1125.photobucket.com/user/shootagain/library/Jan%20KALAB%20Odyssey%20at%20Lollipop?sort=3&page=1

He will have solo Shows in Paris and L.A. next year... so much more to come with this super talented artist

Do you know in witch gallery will be his show in Paris?

[rootona]

I have sent an Email to Jan Kalab to know where will be his show in Paris and he answers that the show will be at the gallery Openspace in October 2016.

[docean]

awesome, saw some of her original work this past weekend in Miami.

these are pretty cool

[Coach]

Feb 15, 2016 15:37:02 GMT 1 docean said:

awesome, saw some of her original work this past weekend in Miami.

these are pretty cool

Jan is a bloke.

[docean]

would've never guessed with that name

well, saw some his* work then.  either way, cool stuff

[11]

He also has a long standing background as a writer, goes by the name Cakes.

[11]

.....and Point

edit: 
as can be seen above the ROA piece



Back to the sales thread - @delloy is def a good guy to deal with and £300 + fees for the 2 prints is a cracking price - Jan's work at the Lollipop Gallery last year was absolutely awesome 

[loki2802]

He is Czech, so it is pronounced "Yahn".

[wompa]

I really like these. GLWS!

[bdg]

Dear All
No More Crew [Jan Kalab , Pasta Oner, Michal Skapa] currently on view at Brain Damage Gallery.
An exhibition built around the confrontation of its participants – a trio of friends, all distinct figures, and not only in terms of the Czech art scene.

For more info please visit the website
Or request the exhibition catalogue: [e-mail]


Best regards!
Czarek
Brain Damage Gallery