David Cerny

Contemporary SculptorMrs. Fox

Short Bio• Born December 15, 1967

in Prague• Breakout - 1991:

– painted a Soviet tank war memorial in central Prague pink – National Cultural Monument

**Cerny’s Aesthetic Objective (Artist’s Goal) : To provoke, antagonize, “buck” the system, he is very antiestablishmentarianism

Installation Art

• Temporary or permanent three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space

• Outdoor work is sometimes referred to as Land Art

“Provocation is the amplified…uh…amplified reason why the art exists. What’s supposed to be called ‘art’ and not design has to have something behind it. - Cerny

Worldwide Visual

•Commissioned for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England

•Title: London Booster

•Made from a 1957 Routemaster Bus

Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, Damien Hirst, 1991

Shark, David Cerny, 2006

Metalmorphosis, David Cerny, Mechanized Steel, Installation Sculpture(Whitehall Technology Park, 3700 Arco Corporate Drive, Charlotte, NC)

London Booster, David Cerny, Motorized Red Double Decker Bus, Installation Sculpture

Purple Finger, David Cerny, Plastic, Installation Sculpture

Shark, David Cerny, Polyresin & Silicone, Installation Art