Na zdraví, David Cerný!

If you ask wikipedia, David Cerny is a Jewish-Czech sculptor whose work tends to be controversial. He's done jail time for painting a tank [that was some kind of monument to the soviets] PINK. However, if you ask me, David Cerny is a guy I first heard of at the Prague episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. He told Tony that the thing he missed the most about Czech Republic when he was away was beer and girls and the places he took girls to sleep with them. He also wears a jacket similar to Julian Casablancas' military jacket during the Room On Fire tour, eats pork, and has made peeing statues.


Now, this has to be one of my favorite Cerny's:

A direct parody (mockery?) of the infamous Physical Imposibility Of Death in The Mind of Someone Living by the infamous Damien Hirst (just like the one above, but a shark instead of Hussein, you might have seen it at the the first floor at the MET...) Cerny called this one "Shark" how fitting.

 

 LOVE THIS SHIT.

Also, if you visit his web page: http://www.davidcerny.cz you'll see that he is a fun guy, just make sure your speakers are on, and don't miss out on the video section, it's brilliant. I do love pink, yes, you know it, but I also when when vandalism can transform an ordinary object into a piece of "art" (yes, I do realize this is very subjective) I just really love the idea of recycling ordinary items and making them iconic, like Warhol did or like Marc Jacobs does sometimes with things like kid's backpacks... Needless to say, if David Cerny designed a backpack I would run and buy it right now.

 

ALSO:

I haven't been able to see Metalmorphosis live yet, it is his first installation in the US, it consists of a gigantic stainless steel moving sculpture, that (at times) has the shape of a human head. It stands 25 feet tall and it's made out of seven layers that rotate randomly, switching up the sculpture's shape. It has motors installed to create motion, which is controlled by Cerny himself on the internet. Another amazing fusion between art and engineering.

I mean seriously, god BLESS Eastern Europe.