Artists

Martin Velíšek's Skiers are not sportsmen or Skiing in all its unimaginable forms
Artists

Martin Velíšek's Skiers are not sportsmen or Skiing in all its unimaginable forms

Martin Velíšek's Skiers, a set of drawings published in 1996 by Argo books, is not limited to just one winter discipline. In the individual drawings one recognizes cross-country skiers, ski jumpers and downhill racers. His skiers, nonetheless, find themselves in a variety of unlikely situations and burdened by limiting circumstances such as blindness, dumbness, or drunkenness, they aren't much prepared to encounter snow and mountains.  Yet they…

Anna Strasserová 8.3.2023