{"product_id":"stano-filko-by-stano-filko-9783775753418","title":"Stano Filko","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStano Filko\u003c\/em\u003e is considered an influential utopian and polyartist, who understood art and life universally and cosmologically as a unity beyond geographical attributions of East and West. Filko was one of the most important representatives of the Central European neo-avant-gardes, whose work has remained current.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEarly on, he designed hybrid objects and environments, extending them into unfamiliar terrains with his basic conceptual approach. Again and again, the focus of the work changes: assemblages are followed by text-based works and performances that attempt to circumvent state repression, later leading to large-scale gestural painting, characterised by artistic self-assertion, and finally to a phase dedicated to his increasingly complex \"System SF\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication approaches the multi-layered œuvre from various perspectives and takes a fresh look at this exuberant oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter achievements in the 1960s, Stano Filko (1937-2015) became persona non grata as a result of the Prague Spring, which led to a daring escape from the \"Eastern Bloc\". His participation in Documenta and subsequent move to New York marked significant points in his life. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he returned to Bratislava and transformed the studio house Snezienková into a multi-dimensional, colourful \"gesamtkunstwerk\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455738691820,"sku":"9783775753418","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61gFLLt85vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774795076","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/stano-filko-by-stano-filko-9783775753418","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}