David Cerny Contemporary Sculptor
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David Cerny
Contemporary SculptorMrs. Fox
Short Bio• Born December 15, 1967
in Prague• Breakout - 1991:
– painted a Soviet tank war memorial in central Prague pink – National Cultural Monument
**Cerny’s Aesthetic Objective (Artist’s Goal) : To provoke, antagonize, “buck” the system, he is very antiestablishmentarianism
Installation Art
• Temporary or permanent three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space
• Outdoor work is sometimes referred to as Land Art
“Provocation is the amplified…uh…amplified reason why the art exists. What’s supposed to be called ‘art’ and not design has to have something behind it. - Cerny
Worldwide Visual
•Commissioned for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England
•Title: London Booster
•Made from a 1957 Routemaster Bus
Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, Damien Hirst, 1991
Shark, David Cerny, 2006
Metalmorphosis, David Cerny, Mechanized Steel, Installation Sculpture(Whitehall Technology Park, 3700 Arco Corporate Drive, Charlotte, NC)
London Booster, David Cerny, Motorized Red Double Decker Bus, Installation Sculpture
Purple Finger, David Cerny, Plastic, Installation Sculpture
Shark, David Cerny, Polyresin & Silicone, Installation Art