Radek Pilař
Radek Pilař (23 April 1931, Písek, Czechoslovakia - 7 February 1993, Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, illustrator, video artist, filmmaker and director. In addition to pioneering Czech video art alongside Petr Skala, Pilař is well-known for creating many popular Czech children’s characters and illustrations.
Radek Pilař graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1950-1956, Prof. Vlastimil Rada). From 1963 he created film experiments influenced by pop art. In 1983 he acquired a video camera and VCR, and started producing first video experiments. In 1985 he founded the Animation Department at Prague's Film Academy (FAMU) in collaboration with B Pojar, J Jaroš and J Kubíček. In 1987 he initiated the Video Section of the Union of Czechoslovak Artists, later called the Association of Video and Inter-Media Art, that he directed until his death. From 1988 he organised several video art exhibitions, such as Den videa (1989).
- Works (selection)
- Flare Up, 1991, 4 min. [1]
- Yes No Yes, 1992, 10 min.
- See also
- Links
- Profile on abArt, incl. biography
- Wikipedia-CS
