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You need not necessarily be an orthodox believer and you don’t need to know the dogma of Christianity, yet despite this you can visit some of the churches in the Czech Republic. Why would you do so you ask? Because these are not unimaginative religious buildings, but luxurious gems representing the pinnacle of modern architecture.

Modern Czech church buildings

Mgr. Jana Höger
13. 4. 2017
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Kostel, Bukovany

They have been springing up like mushrooms recently. Churches which have set themselves the goal of enriching their visitors not only spiritually, but also providing them an unprecedented aesthetic experience.

 

Who is responsible for this luxury achievement?

Unique artists with an unprecedented creative spirit. In his work, Ludvík Kolek focuses in particular on religious projects. His invaluable contribution to modern architecture is his courage to remodel the traditional concept of a religious building into something postmodern and unique. For example, his work on the Church of St. Wenceslas and Saint Agnes of Bohemia in the form of a two-storey structure in the shape of a spiral with connected tower, or the Church of Divine Mercy and St. Faustina in Slavkovice in the Žďár region, where the virtue of mercy is composed into the symbolism of the building.

Marek Štěpán

Born in Brno, Marek Štěpán conceived one of his projects as peelings in the transition from the outer material world to the inner spiritual one. Individual layers of the transition are like degrees of silence. This is the case in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Ostrava - Zábřeh. As opposed to this, in Šumná, he works with geometric purity, simplicity and an early Christian ground plan. All of this is combined into a harmonious and luxurious whole of functionality.

Luxusní loft na prodej 3+kk, Praha Modřany
Luxusní loft na prodej 3+kk, Praha Modřany, Praha 4

Zdeněk Fránek

He is a proponent of the Tadao Ando style, i.e. he works with primary materials (architectural concrete) and uncluttered geometry. We can for example see these design principles in the buildings of luxury churches for the Church of the Brethren in Litomyšl or in Černošice. Here, he combines church space with public space, social and intergenerational aspects. The building was designed to do all this, to act as a link, to provide a base.

Visit the buildings designed by the above-mentioned architects and feast your eyes on the beauty, spiritual luxury and draw new energy for your life.

 

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Most street art is signed by the artists using a nickname (tag). In New York, you can encounter unique works singed by NOBODY, through which the artist is sending people an important message.

NOBODY: Street Art With A Mission

Eva Ledecká
12.May 2017
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Street art signed NOBODY or TMNK can be found primarily in Miami, in its creative Wynwood District. What led this “nameless” man to this nickname, and what do the symbols that appear in his work mean?

The Man Nobody Knows sells art on the street

TMNK is an acronym of The Man Nobody Knows and it is the same person that calls himself NOBODY. At the start of his career, he produced his own painting which he one day decided to sell on the street in New York’s Soho district.

Back then, he sold his first piece for 29 USD. Today it would easily go for 1,000 USD. He decided that art would be his career and continued to sell his works. During the day he sold on the street, and at night on eBay. He got together with other people to found the So Sick Collective, and together they earned a living selling their own art.

Prodej slunného bytu 3+kk, Praha 2 - 104
Prodej slunného bytu 3+kk, Praha 2 - 104, Praha 2

The origin of the nickname has a strong story

The nickname NOBODY came about at a time when somebody murdered the artist’s friend. It was a murder that nobody cared about and it was never investigated. TMNK realised that similar murders happen every day, which the police don’t care about, which are never investigated, nobody gets dried and nobody is punished for them.

Since then, he started calling himself Nobody or The Man That Nobody Knows. The death of his friend haunted him. He painted a piece featuring a crown, one eye and a tear. After a while, somebody wrote Nobody cares across which, which was strangely ironic. The symbol started appearing all over New York and similar ones can now be seen around the world.

Nobody and his mission

Until this moment, the core of his creative efforts was the system, racism and prejudices. But now, the message he wanted to give to people was much wider. He started using his art as a weapon against human injustice and his aim was to sow the seeds of humanity.

TMNK was not just an important artist, but also a loving farther and just person, who was an integral part of Wynwood. His work is featured in many private collections. According to available information, he faced considerable psychic problems in the last months of his life, and committed suicide towards the end of last year. 

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