Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | June 2023

Universal beauty in an unseen and novel
perspective
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Born in 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
Jan Kaláb is one of the country’s
most notable contemporary
artists’ today. A founding pioneer of
the Prague underground graffiti, and street
art scene, formerly known as Cakes, and
with his crew, The DSK - together they animated
city streets, and spent many sleepless
nights in train yards.
Following those glory days, Jan’s work
has evolved to 3-D graffiti, light suspended
installations, animated NFTs, paintings, and
sculptures. His paintings teeter on the edge
of sculpture and his sculptures are mostly
painted. All the while, shape and color are
the main characters of his work, which he
pushes and blends together to exaggerate,
or minimize, forms. Sometimes Jan’s work
may resemble a particular shape, but it is
never his intention to capture, nor replicate
an existing image or narrative. Rather, he
seeks universal beauty in an unseen and
novel perspective, and redirects the known
into the unknown; into a new dimension. The
sensations of déjà vu, like when remembering
a special moment or melody; this is the
ultimate feeling, Jan strives to achieve and
wishes to resonate with his audience.
A Masters graduate from the Academy of
Fine Arts of Prague in 2006, Jan had his first
solo exhibition shortly thereafter in 2008 at
the acclaimed Trafo Gallery, an exclusive art
space notorious for showing only outstanding
artists with limited shows of six per year.
Since then, Jan has exhibited in high profile
galleries around the world, including New
York, Miami, London, Paris, Shanghai, and
Rio de Janeiro.
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