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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 the 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
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
Andreas Kaufmann (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Managing Director of Leica Camera AG)
SELECTED MEDIA PRESS
- 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
VIDEOS
NORD ART 2019
ART BAB 2018
BIG ROTATION FOR LEICA CONSTRUCTION
BIG ROTATION FOR LEICA 2018
COOPERATING GALLERIES
Kunsthalle Prague
Global Art Source
DSC Gallery
Christopher Martin Gallery
Kodl Contemporary
Museum Kampa
Stal Gallery: Home
Voloshyn Gallery
Taksu Gallery
Melissa Morgan Fineart
Art Lines
Art Lounge Portugal
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
BROVDI ART Art & Culture Foundation
Cermak — Eisenkraft Collection
Gallery de Kasuga, Tokyo, Japan
HUAN TAI HU ART CITY & MUSEUM, China
King of Saudi Arabia Collection
Kingdom of Bahrain — HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Kodl Contemporary Collection, Prague, Czech Republic
LEICA, Wetzlar, Germany
MUSEUM OF GLASS IN JABLONEC NAD NISOU, Czech Republic
Malaysia — Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj
Martin Burda Collection | Prague, Czech Republic
Milan Černohous Collection, Czech Republic
Milan Maděryč Collection
Netherlands — E. Mulders Collection
Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART, Prague, Czech Republic
Pudil Family Foundation Art Collection
RB&RR Rolls Royce Collection
Robert Runták Collection
Roman Abramovich Collection
Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa — The first president and the current honorary president of the Bahrain Art Society
Suncheon MOMA, Korea
TRISH DUGGAN COLLECTION / Glass Museum St. Petersburgh Miami USA
THE ZAIN AZAHARI COLLECTION , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
… and other private collections in Canberra, Kyiv, London, Los Angeles, Manama, New York, Paris, Prague, etc.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
„9“ RUDOLF BURDA & TUGENDHAT, Brno, Czech Republic
RUDOLF BURDA „∞“ Smetanova Litomyšl, 2023
2022
Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur / Singapore, 2022
COLUMN / NEBESSLOUP, Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART, Prague, Czech Republic
SPACE SHIP, private collection, Prague, Czech Republic
2021
Letní výtvarný salon, Kodl Contemporary, Praha
2020
LA Art Show — Fine Art, Palm Desert, USA
Art in LA Affair BEVERLY HILLS, ACCA Gallery, USA
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Kasuga Gallery — Tokyo, Japan
TAKSU Galleries — Singapore / Kuala Lumpur
BLACK POWER & WHITE POWER, Stainless Steel Sculpture I, II, (2,3 m), Prague, Czechia
CIRCLE OF LIFE, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Carrara marble + black stone, (dia: 2 m), Central Hospital of Mladá Boleslav, Czechia
2019
DOPE — Taksu Gallery | Singapore
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Art BAB 2019 — Bruno Massa Gallery, Kingdom of Bahrain
Art Prague 2019 — PragArtworks, Czech Republic
NordArt 2019 — MULTIVERSUM, Büdelsdorf, Germany
KLAF 2019 — architecture festival, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
ART EXPO Malaysia 2019, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
KASUGA GALLERY, TOKYO, Japan
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami
2018
Bos Fine Art — UNTITLED TZT The Hague
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery | Munich
Bratislava castle, Slovakia, Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
Voloshyn Gallery — DIALOG — Burda & Deyak
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery | Munich
Art Bab 2018 — Bruno Massa Gallery | Kingdom Of Bahrain
Art Paris Art Fair — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
AFF Art Fair HONG KONG
Kyiv Art Week — Voloshyn Gallery
LEICA — BIG ROTATION, sculpture for Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany
Art Expo Malaysia — Mookji Art | Kuala Lumpur
SOFA — Peimbert Gallery | Chicago
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Heitsch Gallery
2017
LA ART SHOW 2017
MIRROR SPACE – Personal Exhibition at Stal Gallery in Muscat, Oman
AFF, Singapore
SCOPE New York
ART BASEL
World Trade Organization — WTO, Geneva
LAYERS, JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami — Markowicz Fine Arts
2016
RR & RB exhibition at Rolls-Royce Showroom in Prague
JIANGSU ART FAIR, Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China
Art Miami SCOPE; Context Art Miami, 2016
2015
Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep.
Index Dubai, UAE
Glassplus à la Borges, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2014
Index Dubai, UAE
2013
Moser Art Gallery “Czech Glass Masters”
Prague 13th Festival of Art And Glass, Karlovy Vary
Yellow Abyssus No.1, J&T Bank
2012
Boudoir Club Society Prague under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Gate Gallery “Glass Objects” / Naked Geometry of F. Drtikol
12th Festival of Art and Glass, Karlovy Vary Czech Rep
Rudolf Burda — Abyssus, Sun Gallery — Spa Resort Sanssouci
Art Fair Utrecht, The Netherlands — Van Loon Galleries
1995
Steel and Glass — Museum of Mlada Boleslav, Czech Rep.
ALL EXHIBITIONS
1995
Steel and Glass — Museum of Mladá Boleslav, Czech Rep.
2011
GLASS — Hotel Aplaus — Smetanova Litomyšl, Czech Rep.
Futurista / 3dh — Glass Objects
2012
Boudoir Club Society Prague under the auspices
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Gate Gallery “Glass Objects” / Naked Geometry of F. Drtikol
12th Festival of Art and Glass, Karlovy Vary Czech Rep,
Rudolf Burda — Abyssus, Sun Gallery — Spa Resort Sanssouci
Art `Fair Utrecht, The Netherlands — Van Loon Galleries
2013
Moser Art Gallery “Czech Glass Masters”
Prague 13th Festival of Art And Glass, Karlovy Vary
Yellow Abyssus No.1, J&T Bank
2014
Rudolf Burda Glass, Pop Up Gallery Art Salon S,
Dancing House, Prague, Czech Rep.
index dubai, UAE
2015
Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep.
index dubai, UAE
ŠKoda aUto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Rep.
Chateau Hostačov, Czech Rep.
Glassplus à la Borges, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2016
RR&RB exhibition at Rolls-Royce Showroom in Prague, Czech Rep.;
Permanent Exhibition at Manes, Prague, Czech Rep.;
LP&RB Le Palais Art Hotel Prague, Czech Rep.
JIANGSU ART FAIR, Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China
Art Miami SCOPE; Context Art Miami, 2016
2017
LA ART SHOW 2017; Personal Exhibition at Stal Gallery in Muscat, Oman, 2017;
AFF, Singapore, 2017
SCOPE New York, 2017
ART BASEL, 2017
World Trade Organization — WTO, Geneva, 2017
LAYERS, JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München, 2017
Art Miami Context, 2017
2018
Bos Fine Art — UNTITLED TZT The Hague
Heitsch Gallery — HIGHLIGHTS
Bratislava castle, SK — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
Voloshyn Gallery — DIALOG — Burda & Deyak
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery
Art Bab 2018 — Kingdom Of Bahrain
Art Paris Art Fair — Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery
AFF Art Fair HONG KONG
Kyiv Art Week, Voloshyn Gallery
LEICA — BIG ROTATION, sculpture for Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany
SKULPTURALE — JÖRG HEITSCH GALLERY, München
2019
DOPE — Taksu Gallery | Singapore
HIGHLIGHTS — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Karlsruhe — Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Art BAB 2019 — Bruno Massa Gallery, Kingdom of Bahrain
Art Prague 2019 — PragArtworks, Czech Republic
NordArt 2019 — MULTIVERSUM, Büdelsdorf, Germany
KLAF 2019 — architecture festival, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
ART EXPO Malaysia 2019, TAKSU Gallery | Kuala Lumpur
KASUGA GALLERY, TOKYO, Japan
CONTEXT Art Basel Miami
2020
LA Art Show — Fine Art, Palm Desert, USA
Art in LA Affair BEVERLY HILLS, ACCA Gallery, USA
Art Madrid — Art Lounge Gallery, Portugal
Kasuga Gallery — Tokyo, Japan
TAKSU Galleries — Singapore / Kuala Lumpur
BLACK POWER & WHITE POWER, Stainless Steel Sculpture I, II, (2,3 m), Prague, Czechia
CIRCLE OF LIFE, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Carrara marble + black stone, (dia: 2 m), Central Hospital of Mladá Boleslav, Czechia
2021
Letní výtvarný salon, Kodl Contemporary, Praha
2022
Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur / Singapur, 2022
COLUMN / NEBESSLOUP, Petr Kellner Collection / PPF ART, Prague, Czech Republic
SPACE SHIP, private collection, Prague, Czech Republic
2023
„9“ RUDOLF BURDA & TUGENDHAT, Brno, Czech Republic
RUDOLF BURDA „∞“ Smetanova Litomyšl, 2023
2023
Kunsthalle, Prague, Czech Republic
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Changzhou, China
Vught, Netherlands
New Delhi, India
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Haag, Netherlands
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Prague, Czechia
Munich, Germany
Leica, Wetzlar, Germany
Paris, France
Kyiv, Ukraine
Bahrain, Bahrain
Muscat, Oman
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong, China
Singapore
New York, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Madrid, Spain
Basel, Switzerland
Miami, Florida, United States
Litomyšl , Czechia
Split, Croatia
Moscow, Russia
Canberra, Australia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Houston, Texas, United States
Bogota, Columbia
Noumea, New Caledonia
Mexico City, Mexico
Rome, Italy
Manama, Bahrain
Changzhou, China
Vught, Netherlands
New Delhi, India
London, Great Britain
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Utrecht, Netherlands
Haag, Netherlands
Velaa Private Island, Maldives
Aspen, Colorado, United States
Seoul, South Korea
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