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Vlastimil Beranek

Fragile Beings

Inhaling and exhaling are the present and the past. Light and darkness are life and death. Form and content are the sense and the emotion. Statues are houses with rock-steady foundations. In my terminology, I call them Fragile Beings or, alternatively, Soulmates. They define the architecture of a safe heaven, represent a point of returns and the certainty of the permanence. Elementary, straightforward and fundamental. I can understand them, as they are ultimately and irreversibly finished. There is nothing to be added and nothing to be taken away, nothing is either missing or superfluous. There is nowhere to hide.

They carry intimate messages that need not be communicated explicitly. They are tales of sensitivity and expressions of new thoughts. They are aimed to strike a unique equilibrium of the abstract form with an inspired innermost value. Such an unambiguous, unprejudiced straightness makes one go under the surface to open their hearts and minds. You will face yourself, accept the reflection whatever it is and invest humbleness. You will stand with your eyes open towards the wide-reaching context and imagination. Statues breathe slowly as they want to slow down the rush of our condensed present-day existence. They wanted to give the words back their meanings, refill deeds with their merits. I imagine our human environment to be a living thing. It is a dear friend. We have conversations and the statues – the fragile beings – act as mediators of such reunions, knowing that the recovery of mutual respect will make it possible to understand and embrace the fundamental existential responsibility. The responsibility of friends, come light, come darkness.


Fragile beings The offspring of the creators ́ follies Born of their own blood Lonesome orphans of time dance with a stiff vitreous step So vulnerably languishing and loving far out in the distance They materialize the substance of things in thoughts While maintaining fragile mysteries in transparent souls of their graceful bodies Allusions to the excitement of the endless quest whisper tales in low voices With the sounds of the sun beyond the horizon of imagination

Education

1975–1979 Brno, Specialized school of decorative arts
1983–1989 Prague, Academy of applied arts, Atelier of Professor Stanislav Libensky

Collections

Czech Republic, Liberec, Museum of glass Czech Republic, Šluknov, Crystal Caviar Gallery Armenia, Yerevan, Cafesjian Centre for the Arts Austria, Salzburg, Galerie Prager Kabinett Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Chapelotte Gallery USA, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn USA, Imagine Museum Florida UAE, World Expo Museum, Dubai Colombia, MAMBO, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (Permanent collection)

Exhibitions

2001 World tour exhibition: Professor Libensky and His school,
Salzburg, Strasbourg, Hong-Kong, Tchaj-wan, New York
2007 Abu Dhabi Yacht show, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2009 Connections, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2014 Gate Mall Art Gallery exhibition, Doha, Qatar
2014 Sea fair yacht exhibition, Art Basel Miami, USA
2015 Crystal Caviar, SuperyachtDESIGN Week, London, U.K.
2015 Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2016 Východočeské muzeum, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2016 Crystal Caviar, SuperyachtDESIGN Week, London, U.K.
2016 Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2017 Crystal Caviar, Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai, UAE
2017 ARTSiO gallery, Protect the fragility - first Bohemian crystal sculptures
underwater exhibition, Punta Negra, Mallorca
2017 Timeless Gallery Marbella, Spain
2017 Galleri New Form, Trelleborg, Sweden
2017 Bohemian Crystal, GX Gallery, London, UK
2018 ARTSiO gallery, Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai, UAE
2018 Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2018, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2018 ARTSiO gallery and Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2018 Homo Faber - Crafting more human nature, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
2018 Sklo - Rubikon group, West Bohemian Museum, Plzeň, Czech Republic
2019 ARTSiO gallery, Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai, UAE
2019 ARTSiO gallery and Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2020 Worlds first glass and Bohemian crystal sculpture Virtual Reality exhibition 2nd October 2020
2020 Miro Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2021 Op Art / Glass, Imagine Museum, Florida, USA
2021 Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2021 Czech pavilion, Expo 2020, Dubai, UAE (3 monumental sculptures and 5 medium size crystal and bronze sculptures)
2022 Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai, UAE
2022 Crystal Caviar, Monaco Yacht Show, Monaco
2022 – 2023 ExpoFlashback, Gallery Kroupa, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Jetex Private Aircraft Terminal, Al Maktoum International Airport, UAE
2023 Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai, UAE
2023 Native Visions Galleries (January - March) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2023 Etihad Museum (May) Dubai, UAE
2023 House of Synergy Servientrega, Bogota, Colombia, First exhibition of Bohemian crystal sculptures in Latin America
2023 Art In Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2023 Czernin Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Czernin Palace gardens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic