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LADISLAV ZÍVR (1909, Nova Paka - 1980, Ždirec near Stara Paka) spent his entire life endeavoring towards a simplicity and fullness of form, while at the same time subjecting this idea - adopted from his family's pottery-making tradition - to diverse stress tests. Zívr's complicated evolution from Late Cubism to Surrealism, Gutfreundian Civilism, symbolically charged spiritualism, the spirit of Group 42, and imaginative sculpture is proof enough. All these artistic tendencies represented Zívr's attempts at penetrating to what had previously been hidden, in the hope that art could supplement the discoveries of modern science.
This book presents a unique collection of color photographs of Zívr's sculptures from public and private collections, including his unpreserved works. The book's chapters on his vari ous creative periods are brought to life with numerous quotes from his previously unpublished diaries. Another important element is an annotated catalogue of Zívr's sculptural oeuvre.
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Czech Photography of the 20th Century, published simultaneously in Czech and English versions, is the first book to present the main trends, figures, and works of Czech photography from the beginning to the end of the last century to such a large extent. Its 517 plates include not only the most important, well-known photographs and photomontages, but also works that have long been forgotten or are published for the first time. The book is arranged in seventeen chapters, supplemented with chronologies of the most important events in twentieth-century Czech photography and history.