Vlastimil Beránek

Vlastimil Beránek (born 3 July 1960, Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech sculptor, known for his mastery in working with Bohemian glass. Beranek works in his atelier in Stržanov, near Žďár nad Sázavou.

Mr. Vlastimil Beránek working at model of new sculpture.

Life and work

Vlastimil Beránek is a member of a glass-making family, who in the 1940s established a glass workshop at a small village named Šrdlovice, Czech Republic. He is high school and university art educated sculptor. He was trained by Stanislav Libenský

He has in recent years dedicated his love of crystal to producing unique sculptures.[1] His artworks are sizeable kiln-cast glass sculptures.[2]

Artist vision

Beránek believes that the accidence has to work for the sculpture. He also says, that although Bohemian crystal is the best material for his sculptures, they have to look well in any material.

He tries to freeze movement or express emotion in his sculptures. Proportions, colours and final shapes of the sculptures help this hard task. Most of his inspirations come from the sea. He likes to thing about the secrets of the deep ocean and its creatures. Moreover, the ocean is in a constant movement, so it is perfect environment just for Beránek’s inspiration for his sculptures. Another element, which fascinates him, is fire. Except glass sculptures Beránek also creates wooden sculptures, "twins" of the glass ones. He has also started to experiment with pieces in cast bronze and sculptures in stainless steel.

Mr. Vlastimil Beránek with his sculpture named Venus.

Education

Beránek gained his art education at the specialized school of decorative arts in Brno and also at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the atelier of Professor Stanislav Libenský.

Collections, exhibitions

Beránek’s sculptures are in the collections of, for example, the Centre for the Arts in Yerevan, Armenia, the Galerie Prager Kabinett in Salzburg, Austria, and the Jean-Claude Chapelotte Gallery in Luxembourg. He has also had many group and private exhibitions around the world, for example at the Monaco Yacht Show, the Dubai International Boat Show - Marine Art gallery , the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show, the Sea Fair Yacht Exhibition or Superyacht Design Week in London. At the end of June 2017 did Mr. Beránek in cooperation with ArtSiO gallery and Crystal Caviar first ever underwater exhibition of his sculptures.[3]

References
  1. "Crystal Caviar: a new frontier of crystal art - The Art Collector". The Art Collector. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. Beránek, Vlastmil. "Vlastimil Beranek mobile: Overview". www.vlastimilberanek.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  3. ""Protect the fragility", the under water exhibition of Bohemian crystal sculptures - superyachtdigest". www.superyachtdigest.com. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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