Kramář's villa will be adorned with glass objects by Václav Cigler

Prague - Several glass objects will be installed in front of the residence of the prime ministers at Kramář's Villa starting next week. They were created by glass sculptor Václav Cigler and architect Michal Motyčka. The large glass and steel objects will also be inside the palace, with some remaining in place long-term. The opening will be attended by Prime Minister Jan Fischer on Tuesday, September 15.
    Václav Cigler is among the most renowned Czech sculptors. Together with Motyčka and others, he participated, among other projects, in the current form of the Prague Sovovy Mlýny, from which a museum and gallery of visual arts known as Museum Kampa has emerged. Cigler had an exhibition there over the summer to mark his 80th birthday. However, the objects exhibited at Kampa will not be at Kramář's Villa.
    "We were approached by a curator from the Government Office, who is responsible for cultural and artistic activities, to create an object for this space," Motyčka told ČTK. The Lost Vertical and two other objects will be installed outside, while three will be placed inside the villa. The outdoor installations will remain long-term, as will one of the indoor installations.
    Václav Cigler contemplates the relationship between man and nature in his works. He is interested in the effects of light in the landscape, the light effects of water surfaces and rivers, and the visual transformations experienced while traversing the landscape. In his projects, he considers their organization, creating ditches filled with water, following geometric or organic curves, or walkways intersecting water surfaces. He uses light as a means to create light walls, forming rhythmic light sculptures that illuminate and fade away.