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Selected works by JAKUB KALOUSEK “SUR_WAYS” BORON Photography - Adam Lau, Bruno Moschi, Jana Asenbrennerova, Carla Scrotti Text - Leona Shoustakis Editor - Marvin Zprznilskin Design - Ann Zipped

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Jakub Kalousek: SUR-WAYS , survey of Jakub Kalousek's sculpture work.

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Page 1: Jakub Kalousek: SUR-WAYS

Selected works by JAKUB KALOUSEK

“SUR_WAYS”

BORON

Photography - Adam Lau, Bruno Moschi, Jana Asenbrennerova, Carla ScrottiText - Leona Shoustakis

Editor - Marvin ZprznilskinDesign - Ann Zipped

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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 fl oor 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 fl ying 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

BORON

“SUR_WAYS” - Selected works by Jakub Kalousek

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“PALPATION OF MOIST RESILIENCY” Mixed media9.25 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 - letraset1998

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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 wood32 x 4 x 5.5”1990

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

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“BOW TOX”Mixed media

12.25 x 6.25 x 4.75”1992

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“Y”24 x 24 x 30”Mixed media1998

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“UNTITLED”Mixed media18.5 x 5 x 4”

1999

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“UNTITLED”Mixed media27.5 x 9 x 6”1999

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“EUNOIA”Mixed media

27.5 x 15 x 6”1998

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“EMPATHY”interactive installation,1999

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“ROUGH ROAD”Interactive installation

1998

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“EGO EXPANSION”Mixed media, letraset27.5 x 15 x 6”2000

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“MYTHOS”Glass, Copper27.5 x 15 x 6”

2000

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“EFFLUVIUMS” SeriesC-Print, Glass, Brass, Nickel

41.5 x 24 x 12”2002

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“THALWEG”Mixed media14 x 15 x 5”1995

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“SEMIOTICS”Mixed Media

55.5 x 15 x 20”2000

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“DIS-ROBBED” Elm Bark, Bathroom Utensil, Letraset30 x 4.25 x 5.25“2002

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“COMFORT LEVEL II”Mixed media

28’ x 5.5” x 7”2000

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“UNTITLED”Mixed media,6.25 x 4.25 x 2.25“

2012

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“J - WALKING”Mixed media

8 x 18 x 7.25”2012

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“STAUNCHED”Mixed media6 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

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“NUTCRACKER”Interactive Installation

145 x 21 x 24”2011

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014 / Cricket Engine / “Wa-I-sted” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA

2014 / Pøst Project / “Wa-i-sted” / Los Angeles / CA

2012 / Cricket Engine / “Comfort Quitters” ( with Scott MacLeod ) / Oakland / CA

2011 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / “Ironic” / San Francisco / CA

2011 / S.O.A.P. Gallery / “Con-Textual” / San Francisco / CA

2011 / Hijinx Gallery / “Letter Collector” / San Francisco / CA

2010 / S.O.A.P Gallery / San Francisco / CA

2009 / Art House Gallery / San Francisco / CA

2008 / Rozanoff Gallery / San Francisco / CA

2007 / Millenium Gallery / “Five Years After” / Prague / Czech Republic

2006 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA

2004 / 69 Bi-Straw / “Maiden Lane” / San Francisco / CA

2003 / San Francisco Writers Grotto / San Francisco / CA

2002 / SomArts Gallery / “Behind The Scenes” / San Francisco / CA

2002 / Tangent Contemporary / San Francisco / CA

2002 / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art—Artist Gallery / San Francisco / CA

2001 / Jednorozec Gallery / Klatovy / Czech Republic

1998 / GEMA Gallery / Prague / Czech Republic

1998 / O.D.C. Theater Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1997 / San Francisco Public Library / “Eco-Concerns” / San Francisco / CA

1996 / Gallerie Bratri Capku / Prague / Czech Republic

1996 / Sightings Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1995 / Shooting Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1993 / National Technical Muzeum / Prague / Czech Republic

1991 / 509 Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1991 / Canessa Gallery / San Francisco / CA

1990 / Kala Institute / Berkeley / CA

1989 / Colwell Theater—Fort Mason / San Francisco / CA

1989 / Galerie Mladych / Prague / Czech Republic

1988 / Atholl McBean Gallery—SFAI Alumni Show / San Francisco / CA

1987 / Union Gallery—University of North Texas / Denton / TX

1984 / Diego Rivera Gallery / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco / CA

1983 / Bay Area Printmakers / Melbourne / Australia

1982 / CameraVision / Los Angeles / CA

1981 / PhoneBooth Gallery / San Francisco State University / San Francisco / CA.

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INSTALLATION PROJECTS

2010 / SOAP Gallery / “Nutcracker” / San Francisco / CA2002 / 21 Grant Gallery / “UNAVOID” / Oakland / CA2002 / SHIBUMI Gallery / San Francisco / CA1996 / Klenova International Symposium / “Mapping Spaces”/ Czech Republic1993 / National Technical Muzeum / “Rough Roads” / Prague / Czech Republic1991 / International Performance Arts Festival / “Kocialism” / Prague / Czech Republic1989 / “6.Zurschaustellung Produkte” / Rosenheim / German Republic1988 / The Lab / “Collaborations” / San Francisco / CA1986 / San Francisco Art Institute / “Alec” / San Francisco / CA

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BORON

Photography - Adam Lau, Bruno Moschi, Jana Asenbrennerova, Carla ScrottiText - Leona Shoustakis

Editor - Marvin ZprznilskinDesign - Ann Zipped