Martin Oklestek
Brno, Czech Republic
His path to collages was and is influenced by his desire to express his poetry graphically.
All these intersect and complement each other for more than 30 years in his work.
He deliberately avoids computer processing of collages and chooses the path of experimentation with paper.
For example, he is the author of a new treatment of collages, the so-called "Svetlaz".
"Svetlaz" are collages glued together in such a way that the otherwise hidden graphics on the other side of the collage are shown thanks to backlighting.
In normal framing, this extra dimension of the collage is invisible.
Especially with large format collages you will find hidden messages and a large number of stories.
Given the experimental nature of the artist, his work oscillates between abstraction reality and "cut-up" cubism.
Which is particularly evident in the classical formats.
www.martinoklestek.cz