.

O.H. HAJEK A World of Signs and Symbols 28 April - 27 August 2000 This exhibition provides an overview of O.H. Hajek’s works as a sculptor and painter over the past 50 years. He first became known as one of the most important sculptors in German art of the 1950s („Informel“). Since the ‘60s Hajek, who comes from Bohemia, has developed an oeuvre rooted in the tradition of constructivism. The underlying subject of his work is the motto „Art creates Community.“ Hajek developed a sign language that strives to be generally comprehensible while questioning human existence. His works deal with space and architecture, they are „Signs along the Way“ or „City Signs“, they shape the cityscape and public spaces. Hajek’s all-encompassing idea of art made him an influential teacher and politico-culturally active artist. His commitment as chairman of the German Association of Artists was largely responsible for the foundation of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle. With about 50 sculptures, some of them large, 25 paintings, drawings and large photographs of architectural works, this exhibition reveals the wide-ranging nature of the oeuvre of O.H. Hajek. Press kit German version:

produced and copyright by kunst- und ausstellungshalle der bundesrepublik deutschland