Miroslav Klivar
Painter, graphic artist, poet. Born 1932 in Košice. His work lies at the intersection of poetry, body art / performance and video art. He has used the computer to produce the first plotter drawings since 1965 and bought his personal computer in 1968 to create independent graphics and design. Since 1969 he has conducted basic research and designed at the Institute of Industrial Design in Prague. He organised the second international exhibition of computer art, Computer and Art, in Czech Republic at the Film Club in Prague featuring George Nees, Frieder Nake and Kerry Strand, in 1968
His graphics are categorised by mainly geometric structures in a monochrome or complementary colour. He works with the principle of chance – lines, ellipses or other geometric forms are transformed, enlarged, turned and rotated. To this day, he works with computer graphics and design, with which he decorates ceramics and textiles.
His body art activities began in 1972 as a protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the army of the then still existing Soviet Union. He has also been involved with Mail art and Postal art in the late 70’s.
He is the president of the European Union of arts and a member of the Czech-German Cultural Alliance.
Publications
- "Počítače a umění", Ateliér, No 5, p 7, 1990.
- "Počítačové umění v architektuře", Ateliér, No 21, pp 1-2, 1989.
- "Počítačová a laserová grafika", Krajská pedagogický ústav Brno, 1988.
- "Počítačová grafika v súčasnej výtvarnej kultúre", Výtvarníctvo, fotografia, film, No 10, 1986.
- "Počítač v umění a v experimentální estetice", Estetika No 3, 1986.
- Čechová Zdeňka, Miroslav Klivar, Aplikace počítačové grafiky v textilním průmyslu ČSSR, ÜBOK Praha, 1981.
External links
http://www.sca-art.cz/artists/list/3433.htm http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4453
