Jiří Matějů
Jiří Matějů (*1960) develops a distinctive version of geometric abstraction and is currently one of its strongest representatives. The most prominent contemporary Czech philosopher Miroslav Petříček has described his paintings as "visual metaphors". Matějů himself refers to them as "pictorial metaphors", understanding the term as "some concrete experience that abstracts into something intuitive". The basic building blocks of his paintings are colour and line. The precise division of the surface, combined with the unconventional combination of colours that he mixes himself with different pigments, induces specific optical relationships that give the compositions an unusual impact. The paintings evoke an impression of movement, impermanence and changeability; the two-dimensional images acquire a spatial dimension in which the viewer can enter as an immediate participant. An equally important creative position of Jiří Matějů are pictorial reliefs in the form of creased paper, in which the author examines the structures of asymmetrical symmetry. Matějů’s visual language is characterized by an unusual philosophical depth and is influenced by buddhism, contemporary philosophy and other sciences.
The Liminal Field of the Horizon (Nothing is the same, but what is nothing, really ?)
181 x 151 cm
2026
Mental Color Field / of Martin Heidegger
POAP on canvas
120 x 100 cm
2025
Je ne sais quoi (The Epiphany of A.K.)
POAP on canvas
2023
Mentální hladina / Portrét toho Druhého I.
Combined technique on handmade paper
55 x 72 cm
2023
Mentální hladina / Portrét toho Druhého II.
Combined technique on handmade paper
55 x 72 cm
2023
Mentální hladina / Portrét toho Druhého III.
Combined technique on handmade paper
55 x 72 cm
2023
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
76 x 54 cm
2018
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
76 x 54 cm
2018
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
40 x 48 cm
2018
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
66 x 49 cm
2018
Notace
watercolour
65 x 50 cm
2006
Notace
watercolour
65 x 50 cm
2006–2009
Notace
watercolour
65 x 50 cm
2006–2009
Notace
watercolour
65 x 50 cm
2006–2009
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watercolor, rice paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
80 x 33 cm
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watercolor, rice paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
74 x 52 cm
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watercolor, rice paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
98 x 52 cm
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watercolor, rice paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
67 x 33 cm
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Alugien/ Mental level of the other
drawing
55 x 72 cm
2023
Alugien/ Mental level of the other
drawing
55 x 72 cm
2023
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drawing
65 x 50 cm
2004
Mental Color Field / of Rabbi Nachman miBreslev
POAP on canvas
120 x 100 cm
2024
Reserved
Mental Color Field / of Emmanuel Levinas
POAP on canvas (dyptique)
120 x 100 cm
2024
Reserved
Mental Color Field / of Emmanuel Levinas
POAP on canvas (dyptique)
120 x 100 cm
2024
Reserved
The Liminal Field of the Horizon (Nothing is the same, but what is nothing, really ?)
181 x 151 cm
2026
Sold
Dvě podoby téhož / Mezi nebem a zemí (diptych)
Acrylic on canvas
155 x 110 cm
2023
Sold
Mnemósyné a Léthé / Dvě hladiny téže řeky (diptych)
Pigments organic and inorganic binders on canvas and fibreglass
142 x 122 cm
2023
Sold
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
38 x 30 cm
2018
Sold
Notace
watercolour
64,5 x 39 cm
2004
Sold
Notace
watercolour
65 x 50 cm
2006–2009
Sold
Čtvrtý obraz ze Šesti podob hladin
POAP on canvas and fibreglass
224 x 363 cm
2018
Sold
Z cyklu Pět knih Mojžíšových
handmade paper, pigment with organic and inorganic binders
76 x 54 cm
2018
Sold