We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition by artist Gizela Šabóková titled Music of the Spheres, which will take place on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 6:00 PM at the Kuzebauch Gallery (Říčanova 19, Prague).
The exhibition will run until November 22, 2024.
Every artist strives for their own unique signature. However, that in itself is not a guarantee of quality. The key question is whether the artist can project substance into their work or whether they focus solely on form. Whether they capture attention through their natural charisma, which organically infuses the visuality of their works, or whether it’s merely an external stylization, a shell without a soul. For sculptor Gizela Šabóková, who has been active on the art scene for forty-five years, formalism is entirely foreign. Each of her works is a captured emotion, a record of a creative process frozen at a certain point. It’s not uncommon for her to return to her works, sometimes months or even years later, before she is satisfied with the result—only then do content and form align to create the intended harmony.
Gizela Šabóková is constantly evolving. Even though she is an established, internationally recognized artist, she never stops developing her art. While contrasts of surface and depth, light and shadow, minimalist gestures, and attention to detail remain central to her aesthetic, the stories, formats, and techniques continue to change. The same applies to the theme of the human figure, which is key to her work. She resembles a navigator who, having circumnavigated the globe and visited all continents, still searches for yet undiscovered lands. As she realizes the majority of her works in material by herself, she also finds inspiration through physical contact with the medium.
While a painter reshapes the world according to their vision, a sculptor creates it. Gizela Šabóková has the ability to manifest the power of her imagination into space in a breathtaking way. Her sculptural objects, or for the first time in this exhibition, deeply etched and sandblasted papers, are pulsating vessels of energy. The tension between the surface and what it conceals is almost tangible, magical. These are artifacts that transcend specific time and space—embodied music of the spheres.
Petr Nový, Exhibition Curator
