ENAMELS

Antonín Gavlas - enamels

Antonín Gavlas´s way to enamel was logical. Enamel is vitreous matter with aluminium additives so it often behaves as ceramic glaze. Because of Antonín Gavlas´s knowledge of ceramics he was invited to the 5th International symposium called Frýdlant´s artistic enamel in 2003.
It was the first time of meeting with enamel but he was keened on it immediately. He was pleasantly surprised and maybe a little caught. He realized one thing. Enamel had extremly wide possibilities that weren´t available and well-known. It behaves a bit different than a ceramic glaze. And there is a big opportunity for technological experiments and enrichment of expression and topic. It has appeared some parallels with encaustic he worked with. Encaustic conjures up impression of depth and that is typical for enamel too. Frýdlant´s experience Antonín Gavlas harnessed  on organization of The International symposium of enamel Vítkovice 2006. At that time he worked with  big formats, sheet metal that is used for silage towers so he could try new positions. After one year he returned to Frýdlant like one of  organizers and continued in his artistic work.
As far as enamel is concerned he continued in his basic artistic conception that means a stylized figures situated in geometrically limited relations. Regardless it has appeared new elements that namel has brought to his topics too. At first it was a technic of stencil that he was interested in and it sketched in his artistic work with colour matter and drawing that is for Antonín Gavlas and enamel typical.
In his Vítkovice´s episode he tried monumental conception and he worked with stencil and drawing again. In expression was stressed decorativeness. He experiments with raw colours, he stresses an expressive effect of colour and it is in contrast with figure. New elements appeared in last Frýdlant´s meeting. In some topics he returnes to antiquity and in his older artistic works we can see his admiration to renaissance. He preferences a bigger space of coloured matter because it has specific attributes that he uses in creation of his mysterious and inspiring cosmic spaces that was hidden in his renaissance sensing soul.

Karel Bogar

Perspective

enamel on steel , 2009, 78x50cm

Navigation, enamel on steel, 2008, 56x56cm

Overhead, enamel on steel, 2009, 45x25cm

Landscape of dream 1, enamel on steel, 2009, 45x48cm

Landscape of dream 2, enamel on steel, 2009, 45x48cm

Landscape of dream 3, enamel on steel , 2009, 45x48cm

Antenna, enamel on steel, 2008, 55x60 cm

Expectance, enamel on steel, 2008, 42x48cm

Gate,enamel on steel, 2009, 42x48 cm

Art work into symposium inFrýdlant n.O, 2008

Art symposium Vítkovice 2006

Pilgrim, 148x180 cm

Exhibition of work - Mezinárodní sympozium smaltu Vítkovice 2006 - Ostrava-Vítkovice

Transit, 2006, 148x280 cm

From cycle Reminiscence on Grandma, 78x50cm (3x)

From cycle Muses , 78x50cm

Muse, 78x50cm

Clouds, 78x50cm

Pylon, 78x50cm

Archaic sambols , 78x50cm

Plumage, 78x50 cm

Letter, 78x60cm