We have been encountering the name of Vít V. Pavlík on the European art scene for more than twenty years. Numerous exhibitions in the Czech Republic, North Macedonian Skopje, repeatedly in Italian Tuscany, Moldovan Chișinău, Romanian Bucharest, exhibitions in Poland, Slovakia, a whole long series of events in Germany and Austria, USA, Brussels…and these are far from all of Pavlík’s solo or collective exhibitions, with him participating in the preparation of some or preparing them himself. A native of Volary in the Šumava region, he studied art pedagogy at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and soon became known for his distinctive artistic concept, which combines sometimes even explosive use of color in dynamic forms across the entire format scale. In his emotionally powerful paintings, it is clearly primarily about searching for the lost harmony between man and nature, to which the author is so close. Pavlík does not limit himself in his work to classic brush painting on canvas, but over the years the range of substrates he uses has expanded not only to include stone slabs and cardboard, but also, for example, the surfaces of motor vehicles. And there he fully utilizes decades of his experience and develops a distinctive, very bold and unique haptic style in action painting: stencils, sprays, spatulas, fingers, brushes—the boundaries seem not to be fixed, and we shall see where he will move in the future. Vít V. Pavlík is also among the leading Czech so-called projection photographers. The nude female body with colored transparencies has no parallel in photographic literature. A long-time chairman of the Association of South Bohemian Artists, long-time director of the Volary Art School, curator, organizer, publicist, rhetorician, artistic experimenter and innovator—he has already achieved numerous domestic and international awards, but I am certain that his creative potential will not wane; on the contrary, the best wine comes last!
In Prague, May 1, 2024 Doc. Irena Mádlová alias Bohoušek Rettů