Book Review: Jindřich Chalupecký: Defender of Modern Art in the Context of the 30s and 40s of the 20th Century
2019
Abstract
The book of Zdeněk Brdek sets out to map the theoretical and critical work of Jindřich Chalupecký (1919-1990), an important figure in the Czech intellectual life of the 20th century. Taking a chronological approach, we focus on the period 1930-1948; with Chalupecký arrival on the public media scene as the starting point, and his forced abandonment of it, as a result of the standarized cultural policy after the communist takeover, as the endpoint.
Chalupecký's initial and essential assessment criterion is the artist's search for individuality; his or her striving for a distinctive artistic expression.