Kristof Kintera


Krištof Kintera (1973) is a Czech artist who explores the boundaries of contemporary sculpture. Kintera’s practice ranges from events in public space and public installations to small kinetic devices. His ability to engage with the problems of our time is outstanding; his works Plumbuman,Talkmen, Appliances, or the memorial to suicidal deaths Of One’s Own Volition (Memento Mori) are emblematic today.
The artist’s work has its roots in the 90s, a decade of wild capitalisation in Central and Eastern Europe accompanied by aggressive advertising campaigns in public space. It was then that the Appliances series came into being, clearly illustrating the artist’s ability to create iconic sculptures that deal with the materiality of objects and issues of ecology and consumption. The persuasiveness and urgency of Kinters’s work is rooted in his relentless dialogue with the dailiness, in his persistent search for the relationship between the obvious and the hidden, and revealing of the absurd in seemingly obvious situations. Kintera’s work is marked by communicativeness and distinctive energy; he produces pieces that talk, smoke, move, bang and buzz.
Krištof Kintera is known not only as an artist, but also as a curator and member of the artist collective Hidden Creative Unit (Skrytá tvůrčí jednotka).


Exhibitions

SUPERNATURALIA

06 Dec 2024 - 15 Feb 2025

SELECTION 2

08 Dec 2023 - 31 Jan 2024

Comma first selection

11 Sep 2023 - 30 Sep 2023