A pioneer of global kinetic and constructivist art, Milan Dobeš (b.1929, Czech Republic) is also a painter, graphic artist, creator of installations and objects. Over the course of his career, he exhibited alongside Warhol, Vasarely, and Anuszkiewicz, transcending the borders of former Czechoslovakia to become a respected figure within the global avant-garde movement.
Gathering a selection of 180 works, this retrospective exhibition offers a deep insight into the life and work of the artist, highlighting some of the key moments of his career. These highlights include his exhibition planned as a "protest action" at the House of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship in Prague, a bastion of socialist realism, which attracted 56,000 visitors; his participation at the Documenta 4 in Kassel in 1968; his collaboration with composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Toshiro Mayuzumi for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra in 1971.
With his precise op art graphics and extensive spatial kinetic objects, Dobeš is a refined illusionist and a colorful minimalist who transforms the reality of space and draws the viewers in with pulsating works that transport them to other worlds.
