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RUDOLF BURDA
UNIQUE CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT ART SCULPTURES AND OBJECTS
* 1973
Rudolf Burda studied at the School of Applied Arts in Turnov (Czech Republic), majoring in artistic blacksmithing. From 1992 to 1993, Rudolf absolved an internship in California, USA. After his return, the Rudolf Burda Studio was established in the Czech Republic.
Nowadays, Rudolf primarily works with glass and designs stainless steel sculptures. His works are represented in various art collections in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Holland, Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Middle East. From 2012, Rudolf participated in various exhibitions and art fairs in the Netherlands, UAE, Kingdom of Bahrain, Singapore, China, and USA.
In 2016, Rolls-Royce bought a whole collection of RR & RB, and the chairman of Leica Company contacted Rudolf and ordered a 5-meters-high commission for brand new Leica’s World in Wetzlar, Germany.
At the end of 2018, Rudolf Burda will participate in the most prestigious art fairs for artists: The Jiangsu Art Fair and the Scope Miami Art Basel Miami, Art Bab 2018 - Kingdom Of Bahrain, which would be followed by a personal large exhibition as the first Czech artist in the capital of Oman, Muscat.
“The greatest inspiration for me is the universe that is fulfilling my life’s credo of being the energy of the big bang, which has neither beginning nor ending. In my work, I’m following a minimalistic legacy and I am searching for the ideal and pure form. My aim is to contribute to the preservation of a 1000 year old tradition of hand-blown glass together with developing and perfecting it.”
Describing the objects of Rudolf Burda is almost counterproductive. They attract all conceivable attention and are characterized by the famous statement that the artist describes in another form what we cannot express in words.
The interpretation of the work of some artists – and Rudolf Burda is one of them – defies the traditional art-historical vocabulary. If we want to use it according to established rules, we create an insufficient description or a poetic eulogy.
I found that the language of physics – specifically quantum theory – is much more suitable for identifying Burda’s artifacts. I was inspired by John Polkinghorne, a theorist who called himself a critical realist and dedicated himself to popularizing quantum physics.
Looking at the radiant, multi-layered glass eyes of Rudolf Burda, the parallel with the principle of superposition comes to mind. The spheres seem to combine several states of matter that we do not know in the real world. Similarly, polished stainless steel objects generate several optical illusions, whose “reality” is not a simple universe but an entire multiverse. In the environment of Burda’s objects, the viewer is confronted with a series of metaphysical questions related to the effort to understand what is actually happening to us as observers, in what elusive story of pure beauty on the edge of endurance we find ourselves. On the other hand, a certain austerity, minimalism, and the author’s discipline define intelligibility, which holds the key to the mentioned reality, a place in the world.
We perceive it in its Newtonian simplicity, but behind it, we sense a quantum world of Heisenbergian uncertainty. Rudolf Burda’s indescribable artifacts are found at this peculiar junction. They interact economically, not loquaciously, and thus become more attractive (like the randomness of tropical dawn).
- Lenka Lindaurová
Critic and Curator
March 2023
“Burda’s art objects reveal hidden layering of clear and colored glass and remind the viewer that a ubiquitous, Universal Ocean of cosmic forces that surrounds everything.”
Since the beginning of the 20th century, art has adopted a series of new expressive mediums. However, glass and crystal remain some of the most widely used materials in the context of applied arts from the beginning of recorded time. In recent past, the most eminent artists who comprised their works with application of glass were from Central Europe and mostly Bohemia.
Rudolf Burda is connected to this remarkable tradition both by his production design and free artistic creation. This develops the concept of dynamics and unity in the relationship with fundamental existential statements. Glass and crystal are materials that somehow reconstruct the creation of natural crystals. During their execution, minerals were undergoing a process known as crystallization. At a certain temperature the ore is still in a liquid state, and by cooling it solidifies to polyhedral shape. The inner composition is characterized by the perfect order of its molecules.
This harmonic structure is the reason why the natural compound derives electromagnetic force. It has the ability to interact in a positive manner. Burda is trying to preserve these qualities in his work. Additionally, he is attempting to penetrate the secrets of the material containing an enchanted space. At the final stage the artist is letting us experience the magical view of the infinite. Burda’s art objects reveal hidden layering of clear and color contrasts, insights and reflections of light objects, enable a viewer to visualize the energy field of the vital structure of his pieces. In his creations Rudolf Burda preserves the memory of glass and crystal transmutation. He carries out the conditions for galactic change, corresponding to the high tides and flow of life energy, connecting the macrocosm and microcosm. It helps to address conflict energetic antagonism by returning to the Arché — primordial unity of material and energy, the physical and metaphysical symbiosis.
- Miroslava Hajek
Art Historian, Critic and Curator of Bruno Munari
"Taking a firm rooting in the canon of art history, Rudolf Burda’s works are at once arresting and seductive."
Burda’s continued explorations into the medium of glass within contemporary art and design see him pushing the envelope of what is possible. Burda’s work seeks to find the perfect form and as such, a profound and universal beauty intrinsically recognized by all its viewers.
- William Davie
Gagosian Gallery, Aesthetica Magazine, Kolekto Magazine, This Is Tomorrow, Hunger Magazine, Tremors Magazine
SELECTED MEDIA PRESS
- CZ INTERVIEW - RUDOLF BURDA - SHAPES / 2024
- CZ ARTICLE - NOVINKY.CZ / 2024
- CZ ARTICLE - SEZNAM.CZ / THE PATH OF LIFE STATUE FOR SMETANOVA LITOMYSL / SMETANA 200 / 2024
- CZ ARTICLE - FORBES 2023
- CZ PDF - FORBES 2023
- CZ ARTICLE - COLUMN/NEBESSLOUP PPF
- EN ARTICLE - CZECH LEADERS INTERVIEW
- EN EXHIBITION - ART MADRID
- EN EXHIBITION - ARTINLA
- CZ PDF - EXCLUSIVE TOURS
- CZ DOCUMENTARY - CZ TELEVISION GEJZIR / RUDOLF BURDA
- CZ INTERVIEW - REFLEX / RUDOLF BURDA
- CZ PODCAST INTERVIEW - MILOS CERMAK / RUDOLF BURDA
- CZ PDF - CZECH & SLOVAK LEADERS
Andreas Kaufmann (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Managing Director of Leica Camera AG)
VIDEOS
NORD ART 2019
ART BAB 2018
BIG ROTATION FOR LEICA CONSTRUCTION
BIG ROTATION FOR LEICA 2018
EXHIBITIONS
1995
Steel and Glass — Museum of Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
2011
GLASS — Hotel Aplaus, Smetanova Litomyšl, Czech Republic
Futurista / 3dh — Glass Objects — Czech Republic
2012
Boudoir Club Society Prague under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic — Prague, Czech Republic
Gate Gallery “GLASS OBJECTS” / Naked Geometry of F. Drtikol — Gate Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
12th Festival of Art and Glass — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
RUDOLF BURDA — ABYSSUS — Sun Gallery, Spa Resort Sanssouci, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
ART FAIR UTRECHT — Van Loon Galleries — Utrecht, Netherlands
2013
Moser Art Gallery “CZECH GLASS MASTERS” — Moser Art Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague 13th Festival of Art And Glass — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
YELLOW ABYSSUS NO.1 — J&T Bank, Prague, Czech Republic
2014
RUDOLF BURDA GLASS — Pop Up Gallery Art Salon S, Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic
INDEX DUBAI — Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2015
MUSEUM OF GLASS AND JEWELLERY — Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
INDEX DUBAI — Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ŠKODA AUTO UNIVERSITY — Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Chateau Hostačov — Hostačov, Czech Republic
GLASSPLUS À LA BORGES — DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2016
RR&RB Exhibition at Rolls-Royce Showroom — Rolls-Royce Showroom, Prague, Czech Republic
Permanent Exhibition at Mánes — Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
LP&RB Le Palais Art Hotel — Le Palais Art Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
JIANGSU ART FAIR — Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Art Miami SCOPE; CONTEXT Art Miami — Miami, Florida, USA
2017
LA ART SHOW 2017 — Los Angeles, California, USA
Personal Exhibition at Stal Gallery — Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman
AFF — Singapore
SCOPE New York — New York City, New York, USA
ART BASEL — Basel, Switzerland
World Trade Organization — WTO — Geneva, Switzerland
LAYERS, JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY — Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Miami CONTEXT — Miami, Florida, USA
MIRROR SPACE, Stal Gallery — Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman
2018
BOS FINE ART — UNTITLED TZT — The Hague, Netherlands
HEITSCH GALLERY — HIGHLIGHTS — Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
BRATISLAVA CASTLE — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery — Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia
VOLOSHYN GALLERY — DIALOG — BURDA & DEYAK — Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
ART KARLSRUHE — HEITSCH GALLERY — Karlsruhe, Germany
ART BAB 2018 — Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
ART PARIS ART FAIR — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery — Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
AFF Art Fair — Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
KYIV ART WEEK, Voloshyn Gallery — Kyiv, Ukraine
LEICA — BIG ROTATION — Leica Headquarters, Wetzlar, Germany
SKULPTURALE — JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY — Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
ART EXPO Malaysia — Mookji Art — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SOFA — Peimbert Gallery — Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA
A — Solo Exhibition — Arete Invest, Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery — Prague, Czech Republic
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Heitsch Gallery — Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2019
DOPE — TAKSU Gallery — TAKSU Gallery, Singapore
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery — Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery — Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center, Karlsruhe, Germany
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery — Madrid, Spain
Art BAB 2019 — Bruno Massa Gallery — Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Art Prague 2019 — Prag Artworks — Prague, Czech Republic
NordArt 2019 — MULTIVERSUM — Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
KLAF 2019 — Architecture Festival, TAKSU Gallery — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ART EXPO Malaysia 2019, TAKSU Gallery — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KASUGA GALLERY — Tokyo, Japan
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2020
LA Art Show — Fine Art — Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Art in LA Affair BEVERLY HILLS, ACCA Gallery — Beverly Hills, California, USA
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery — Madrid, Spain
Kasuga Gallery — Tokyo, Japan
TAKSU Galleries — Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BLACK POWER & WHITE POWER, Stainless Steel Sculptures I & II — Prague, Czech Republic
CIRCLE OF LIFE, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Carrara Marble + Black Stone — Central Hospital of Mladá Boleslav, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
2021
Letní výtvarný salon, Kodl Contemporary — Prague, Czech Republic
2022
TAKSU Gallery — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore
COLUMN / NEBESSLOUP, Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART — Prague, Czech Republic
SPACE SHIP, Private Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
2023
“9” RUDOLF BURDA & TUGENDHAT — Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic
RUDOLF BURDA “∞” — Smetanova Litomyšl, Litomyšl, Czech Republic
2024
VELAA — Velaa Private Island, Maldives
COLLECTIONS
Brovdi Art, Art & Culture Foundation — Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Cermak Eisenkraft Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
Huan Taihu Lake Art Museum — Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
King of Saudi Arabia Collection — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Bahrain — HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa — Manama, Bahrain
LEICA — Wetzlar, Germany
Museum of Glass and Jewellery — Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Malaysia — Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj Collection — Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Martin Burda Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
E. Mulders Collection — Netherlands
RB&RR Rolls Royce Collection — Goodwood, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Roman Abramovich Collection — London, United Kingdom
Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Collection — Manama, Bahrain
Suncheon MOMA — Suncheon, South Korea
Trish Duggan Collections / Imagine Museum — St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
The Zain Collection — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Gallery de Kasuga — Tokyo, Japan
Milan Černohous Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
Milan Maděryč Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART — Prague, Czech Republic
Kodl Contemporary Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
Otakar Šuffner Collection — Prague, Czech Republic
VELAA — Velaa Private Island, Maldives
GALLERIES
Global Art Source — Zurich, Switzerland
DSC Gallery — Prague, Czech Republic
Christopher Martin Gallery — Aspen, Colorado, USA and Dallas, Texas, USA
Kodl Contemporary — Prague, Czech Republic
Museum Kampa — Prague, Czech Republic
Stal Gallery — Muscat, Oman
Voloshyn Gallery — Kyiv, Ukraine
Taksu Gallery — Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Melissa Morgan Fine Art — Palm Desert, California, USA
Art Lines — Krakow, Poland
Art Lounge Portugal — Lisbon, Portugal
Kunsthalle Prague — Prague, Czech Republic
VELAA — Velaa Private Island, Maldives
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