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sees the centre of gravity in the inner pensive mood of In order to understand the specificity of the style
the figures. She achieves the greatest synthesis of this of Bedriska Znojemska we must also emphasize her
world’s perception of hers in the love motives. mastery work with the paints for she has acquired
And finally we observe still a third nuance in the entirely original techniques of work with the paint.
artistic expression: it is the Surrealist symbolism which The blues which have not only the deepness of space
provokes subconscious ideas, the phantasy of inner but also a special value of light and of light reflexes
images. It is the question of the search for “superreality” are extraordinary impressive. We attach high value of
which is knowable only with difficulty; it must suppress the special methods of the authoress and recognize
the reason and release free images. It is the question of her “panting secret”. We must above appreciate the
the contradiction between rationality and irrationality, transparency of space in the paintings – it is the
the authoress seeks the fundamental essence of life. symbolic contemplation of content and form which is
The objects of visual reality are broken up into fanciful intensified by it. Let us not forget, on the other hand,
phantasms and hallucinations – and the objects are the lyrical reflection, the lyrical enchantments, which
almost always organic. It is therefore logical that can brighten up in the primer base over all layers put
Bedriska Znojemska leaves on these paintings real over each other.
motives and discover fanciful forms and structures. In Expert analysis shows that the modern symbolism of
the question of the absorption of nothingness and of Bedriska Znojemska is beautiful and majestic in many
the rediscovery of super real reality. respects.
Dr. Mirosalv Klivar
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