Shark herders Michal Gabriel
Shark herders
The sculpture was created by joining two sculptures created in previous years. Six male figures with outstretched arms completed the full sculpture of five sharks. Two different worlds combined into unreal story of humans and animals are linked by the formal contrast of vertical of the male figures and the horizontality of the swimming sharks. The combination of sharks and male characters in the park, a community is created that relies on fantasy and playfulness of park visitors and which, despite its unrealistic and varying interpretations open to different interpretations and interpretations of the story, its shapes and materials are quite natural and naturally.
Michal Gabriel
Sculptor and university teacher, ex-dean of Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno (University of Technology). Graduated from SUPŠ and AVU in Prague, in 1987 co-established the famous informal art group Tvrdohlaví. Since 1998, Michal has been working as senior lecturer at Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno and teaches at UMPRUM in Prague. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký award. In 2009, Michal was appointed a professor.
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