Poster Hepnar - Michaela Karásek Čejková

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The poster was created as a tribute to the designer Antonín Hepnar as part of the 3 x 6 = POSTER poster series. 

The series presents six designers who have been with us for the last 10 years of our lives and who have left an indelible mark on the history of Czechoslovakia. We asked three contemporary artists, Michaela Karásek Čejková, Ilona Polanski and Jan Šrámek, to create six original prints, each inspired by the person or product of the designer. 

The posters will be on display at the exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague from 12 June to 15 September 2024.

Antonín Hepnar was born in 1932. He is a Czech designer, craftsman and, above all, human being. Antonín Hepnar developed his relationship with craft and wood as a child in his father's workshop. He further developed his skills as a turner and his feel for materials at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Prague, Žižkov. His graduation piece was the now iconic toadstool lamp. Fifty-seven years later, in 2010, he won the main prize at the Designblok exhibition. Last year he published The Soul of Turned Wood, a book he has been working on for the past few years.

Michaela Karásek Čejková is a photographer based in Prague. She focuses on fashion and portrait photography, still life and free photographic work. Her work with the technique of classical 3D spatial collage is typical of her style. She sees collage as a means of combining often incompatible worlds, themes or time levels into one image. In 2015 she graduated from the Department of Photography at FAMU in Prague. In 2020 she won the prestigious Czech Grand Design Award in the category Photographer of the Year 2019. She has collaborated with contemporary Czech designers and lifestyle magazines such as Elle Decoration, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She is also the author of book illustrations and visuals.

http://www.karasekcejkova.com/