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Jan Wojnar (1944鈥�2014), sometimes called the 鈥渕ost radical conceptualist in the Czechoslovak Republic and Czech Republic鈥�, a visual poet, author of paintings, objects, conceptual series of photographs, photograms, and books, executed a number of series from the end of the Nineteen Sixties, in which he touched on many issues and topics addressed by world conceptual art. In his works, he used text messages to model certain situations and visualise relations between individual elements and groups in the surrounding world. In another group of works, he developed ideas based on the art of geometry and concretism, but which he shifted in a direction toward defining, primarily dual relations (often order and its disruption, e.g., chance and /controlled/ chaos; hard and soft structures). Wojnar鈥檚 work more generally often contains rational and specific tendencies; however, they鈥檙e transformed through a conceptual approach.

In general, the works of Jan Wojnar are characterised by their emphasis on the aspect of process, the complexity of analysis of a specific problem, and on the detailed sophistication of the outputs and aesthetic solutions of the final work, which makes Wojnar, in contrast with other conceptual authors, an author to whom viewers are attracted. Wojnar鈥檚 intent, which he never formulated, but is clear from his lifelong work, is to initiate changes in the understanding and perception of surrounding realities; whether by direct involvement of the viewer in the 鈥済ame鈥� with the artist, or by initiation of new thought processes, different to those we use every day.

The exhibition and accompanying monograph present the lifelong work of Jan Wojnar for the first time. They originated in cooperation with the family of Jan Wojnar and the Gallery of Art in Ostrava.