Stanislava Franců

  • ← →

    • Gallery

    Studies

    2017–2023 Painting 3, AVU
    2008–2014 Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Mathematic Modeling in Physics and Technology
    2022 Sculpture 2, AVU
    2021 AVU, Visiting Artist Studio scholarship, Anetta Mona Chisa
    2020 Taipei National University of the Arts scholarship, Taiwan

    About the work

    Somewhere Between Exhalation and Inhalation

    #drawing #dialogue #calm #openness #uncertainty

    What is your graduation work about?

    It is a series of drawings on canvas accompanied by textile objects. I wanted to create a quiet space to stop, relax, and take a deep breath. I do not use sketches or patterns in my work and have no pre-determined vision of what a particular picture or object will look like. I am interested in the creative process as such, in coincidence, in error. I am interested in having a dialogue with the material and letting myself be surprised by the result.

    What do you do besides your graduation work?

    Before my graduation work, I completed several scholarships focused on sculpture and co-working with materials. Thus, along with drawing and painting, I pursue working with plaster and, more recently, textile objects. In the beginning, I would transfer drawing into sewed fabric. I began to fill or pad various constructions with it. My aim is the possibility to touch the drawing, to be a part of it, and for the touch of the material to complement the visual experience.

    In what conditions would you like to work on your graduation work?

    The conditions around me largely determine the way my works originate. Working with the material is a dialogue for me. The external conditions are partly my input into this conversation: where my work begins and what I think about during the process. I can say that those conditions are the colors on my palette and define the final picture.

    What would you imagine to be an alternative culmination of your studies at AVU, in place of the defense of your graduation work?

    As a visual artist, I have always had trouble verbally explaining and defending my works. I like the idea from Gillian Ayres, the British abstract painter: people should not try to understand paintings but should solely look. Due to my interest in the process of making a work, in addition to the visual aspect of it, it might be interesting to organize a workshop where I could guide viewers through my working method so they could try it for themselves.