Jakub Kalousek: SUR-WAYS

“SUR_WAYS”

Photography - Adam Lau, Bruno Moschi, Jana Asenbrennerova, Carla Scrotti Text - Leona Shoustakis Editor - Marvin Zprznilskin Design - Ann Zipped

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Selected works by JAKUB K ALOUSEK

“SUR_WAYS” - Selected works by Jakub Kalousek

Standing in an unfamiliar bathroom, tired & naked & wet in a strange shower stall, reaching for the towel only to grab the empty towel rack & accidentally pull it from the moldy plaster wall so it falls to the tile floor with a clatter.

The broken half of cork that drops inside the bottle of wine. The sought-after objét de désire trapped behind the thick glass window of a closed shop in a foreign city you are flying out of that night.

The misplaced wallet. The loose hinge. The leaky faucet. Driving at night on a country road, suddenly noticing the gas gauge—how long has the needle been on empty?

In Jakub Kalousek’s sculpture, the accident has either not yet happened— or it has just happenaed but the irrevocable consequences have only partially (not entirely) become clear.

In the instant before total tragedy, comedy reigns supreme.

Leona Shoustakis, “Pair&Thesis” # 14, 2012

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“PALPATION OF MOIST RESILIENCY” Mixed media 9.25 x 7.25 X 4.8“ 1981

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“AUSCULATION” Mixed media 1981

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“LET’S CALL IT QUIT” Mixed media - letraset 1998

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“OIL ON FRYING PAN” Oil on frying pan 6.25 x 4.25 x 1.75” “ 1998

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“SLICED & SEEDY” ( detail ), Oil on wood 32 x 4 x 5.5” 1990 6.

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“FREE RANGE” Mixed media 12.25 x 6.25 x 4.75” 1995 8.

“BOW TOX” Mixed media 12.25 x 6.25 x 4.75” 1992 9.

“Y” 24 x 24 x 30” Mixed media 1998 10

“UNTITLED” Mixed media 18.5 x 5 x 4” 1999 11.

“UNTITLED” Mixed media 27.5 x 9 x 6” 1999 12.

“EUNOIA” Mixed media 27.5 x 15 x 6” 1998 13.

“EMPATHY” interactive installation, 1999 14.

“ROUGH ROAD” Interactive installation 1998 15.

“EGO EXPANSION” Mixed media, letraset 27.5 x 15 x 6” 2000 2.

“MYTHOS” Glass, Copper 27.5 x 15 x 6” 2000 3.

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“EFFLUVIUMS” Series C-Print, Glass, Brass, Nickel 41.5 x 24 x 12” 2002

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“THALWEG” Mixed media 14 x 15 x 5” 1995 20.

“SEMIOTICS” Mixed Media 55.5 x 15 x 20” 2000 21.

“DIS-ROBBED” Elm Bark, Bathroom Utensil, Letraset 30 x 4.25 x 5.25“ 2002 22.

“COMFORT LEVEL II” Mixed media 28’ x 5.5” x 7” 2000 23.

“UNTITLED” Mixed media, 6.25 x 4.25 x 2.25“ 2012 24.

“J - WALKING” Mixed media 8 x 18 x 7.25” 2012 25.

“STAUNCHED” Mixed media 6 x 11 x 4.25” 2012

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“SHOW STOPPER” Mixed media 18 x 18 x 18” 2013

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“NUTCRACKER” Interactive Installation ( detail ) 145 x 21 x 24” 2011 28.

“NUTCRACKER” Interactive Installation 145 x 21 x 24” 2011 29.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2014 / Cricket Engine / “Wa-I-sted” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA 2014 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003 2002

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Pøst Project / “Wa-i-sted” / Los Angeles / CA Cricket Engine / “Comfort Quitters” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA San Francisco Writers Grotto / “Ironic” / San Francisco / CA S.O.A.P. Gallery / “Con-Textual” / San Francisco / CA Hijinx Gallery / “Letter Collector” / San Francisco / CA S.O.A.P Gallery / San Francisco / CA Art House Gallery / San Francisco / CA Rozanoff Gallery / San Francisco / CA Millenium Gallery / “Five Years After” / Prague / Czech Republic San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA 69 Bi-Straw / “Maiden Lane” / San Francisco / CA San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA SomArts Gallery / “Behind The Scenes” / San Francisco / CA

2002 2002 2001 1998 1998 1997 1996 1996

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Tangent Contemporary / San Francisco / CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art—Artist Gallery / San Francisco / CA Jednorozec Gallery / Klatovy / Czech Republic GEMA Gallery / Prague / Czech Republic O.D.C. Theater Gallery / San Francisco / CA San Francisco Public Library / “Eco-Concerns” / San Francisco / CA Gallerie Bratri Capku / Prague / Czech Republic Sightings Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1995 1993 1991 1991 1990 1989 1989 1988 1987 1984 1983 1982 1981

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Shooting Gallery / San Francisco / CA National Technical Muzeum / Prague / Czech Republic 509 Gallery / San Francisco / CA Canessa Gallery / San Francisco / CA Kala Institute / Berkeley / CA Colwell Theater—Fort Mason / San Francisco / CA Galerie Mladych / Prague / Czech Republic Atholl McBean Gallery—SFAI Alumni Show / San Francisco / CA Union Gallery—University of North Texas / Denton / TX Diego Rivera Gallery / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco / CA Bay Area Printmakers / Melbourne / Australia CameraVision / Los Angeles / CA PhoneBooth Gallery / San Francisco State University / San Francisco / CA.

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INSTALLATION PROJECTS 2010 / SOAP Gallery / “Nutcracker” / San Francisco / CA 2002 2002 1996 1993 1991 1989 1988 1986

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21 Grant Gallery / “UNAVOID” / Oakland / CA SHIBUMI Gallery / San Francisco / CA Klenova International Symposium / “Mapping Spaces”/ Czech Republic National Technical Muzeum / “Rough Roads” / Prague / Czech Republic International Performance Arts Festival / “Kocialism” / Prague / Czech Republic “6.Zurschaustellung Produkte” / Rosenheim / German Republic The Lab / “Collaborations” / San Francisco / CA San Francisco Art Institute / “Alec” / San Francisco / CA

Photography - Adam Lau, Bruno Moschi, Jana Asenbrennerova, Carla Scrotti Text - Leona Shoustakis Editor - Marvin Zprznilskin Design - Ann Zipped

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