The inner light
Subtitle: sculpture by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová
By: Robert Kehlmann.
Publisher: Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art; In association with University of Washington Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tacoma, Wash; Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Libenský, Stanislav, -- 1921- -- Exhibitions; Brychtová, Jaroslava, -- 1924- -- Exhibitions; Glass art -- Czech Republic -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Artistic collaboration -- Czech Republic -- Exhibitions; Artist couples -- Czech Republic -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova have spent almost fifty years refining the art of casting large sculptures made of delicately colored glass. Their achievements have won them a place among the leading artists working in their medium. The Inner Light highlights the most recent work of this celebrated team.".

"Robert Kehlmann places their aesthetic in the context of the Czech intellectual and artistic climate that played an important formative role in their development, with particular attention to the influence of Czech cubism. The essay takes a close look at their latest body of work, which utilizes monumental forms to probe isses relating to life, death, and the afterlife.".

"Two interviews provide further insight into Libensky and Brychtova's creative process. Kehlmann's conversation with art historian Jiri Setlik, a close friend of the artists, gives a personal perspective on their work. Setlik is Vice-Director of the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design, Prague, and has written extensively about Libensky and Brychtova's work.

A lively interview with the artists themselves provides yet a fuller sense of the collaborative process behind their luminous and mysterious sculptures."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Wash., July 6, 2002-Oct. 27, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.