Profile: Jan Kaplický / art brut - Jan Křížek

(Profil / art brut - Jan Křížek)
Jakub Wagner / Jan Křížek / ČR, 2004
Czech version, 110 min

  • The Czech architect Jan Kaplický emigrated to London in 1968 and ten years later he co-founded the studio Future Systems, where he elaborates visions of future architecture. Future Systems was a British architectural agency that worked for NASA. Its unique experience in working on space research and its relevant knowledge of materials and technology continues to influence Kaplický’s work, which has won a number of prestigious awards.

  • JAN KRIZEK SCULPTURES AND BEES...: For the sculptor and painter Jan Křížek work in the field and with his apiaries as a beekeeper was a means of escape from existential problems. Křížek was an outstanding Czech artist who worked in France after the war creating pieces of art in the style of art brut.