The Telegraph has a new statue!
For our fifth birthday we gave ourselves a present in the form of a new statue outside the Telegraph building. You may remember the statue of the beast, Michael Gabriel, which has guarded the Telegraph until now. The new guardian, or mascot, will be a statue by artist Sabina Knetlova. The unveiling of the statue and its launch will take place in the presence of the artist.
Sabina Knetlová (*1996) is a graduate of the Sculpture Studio under the guidance of Assoc. Mgr. Jaroslav Koléšek, ArtD. at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava. Her work has a significant element of material, which is concrete. She creates her concrete sculptures by pressing concrete into plaster moulds. She often complements the raw surface of the sculptures with prefabricated materials, rubber tubing or natural material, creating new connections in the elements used. Sabina Knetlova's minimalist depiction of hand gestures, torsos and figures is typical. She has presented her work in many exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad, for example at the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava, the Czech Centre in Brussels, Karpuchina Gallery in Prague, and also in the collective exhibition Commanded Release at the Telegraph Gallery.
