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Spectrum by Pavel Trnka

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 88; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.03.023

1942-5546

Margaret R. Wentz,

Art History and Market Analysis

Born in Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia, on February 9, 1948, Pavel Trnka attended The High School of Applied Arts for Glassmaking in Železný Brod, Czechoslovakia, from 1963 to 1967 and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Praha, Czechoslovakia, from 1967 to 1973.1Pavel Trnka curriculum vitae. http://www.paveltrnka.cz/en/pavel-trnka. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar While there, he studied under another famed Czech glass artist, Stanislav Libensky.2Three Columns by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova.Mayo Clin Proc. 2004; 79: 1276Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Google Scholar From 2004 to 2008, Trnka was a visiting professor at Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in Japan.3Pavel Trnka biography. http://www.hirogallery.com/trnka-bio-eg.html. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar This professorship was important as Trnka was noted to experience a great cross-cultural sensitivity in the understanding and expression of his work.1Pavel Trnka curriculum vitae. http://www.paveltrnka.cz/en/pavel-trnka. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar Minimalist in nature, Trnka’s artistry seeks to harness simplicity and complexity in the same moment. He has a preference for block forms over curvature, as he feels these better express movement, growth, and freedom, rather than the closure and introspection he feels is conveyed in circular forms.1Pavel Trnka curriculum vitae. http://www.paveltrnka.cz/en/pavel-trnka. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar Color becomes another medium for expansion, as one band of color abuts, blends, and shifts into another.1Pavel Trnka curriculum vitae. http://www.paveltrnka.cz/en/pavel-trnka. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar These primary concepts of structure and movement are fully exposed in Spectrum, a composition consisting of 4 distinct panels created in cast glass. (Casting is the process in which molten glass is poured into a mold and left to harden so that it retains the intended shape.4Glass casting. Wikipedia website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_casting. Accessed March 22, 2013.Google Scholar) Including primary colors as part of its essential ingredients, it is put together in “skyscraper” fashion. In Spectrum, structure and line also contribute to the simple complexity of the work. Each side of Spectrum delineates to the next, and the opacity of the work ensnares its surrounding environment, which magnifies the sense of movement and grandeur desired by the artist.5Escape from the Third Dimension. http://www.gallery.cz/gallery/en/Vystava/2000_04/Ramec_V.html. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar Within the confines of the structure, a rainbow is mimicked. This captures the relationship between human design and natural grace, or perhaps bridges the harmony wished for in the assimilation of the Czechoslovakian and Japanese cultures. In addition to being a virtuoso in glass, Trnka is also famed for his painting and sculpture.1Pavel Trnka curriculum vitae. http://www.paveltrnka.cz/en/pavel-trnka. Accessed March 4, 2013.Google Scholar Spectrum was created in 2001 and is located on the seventh floor of the Gonda Building on the downtown campus of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.