Zeb One (CZE)

ZEB ONE is one of the most prominent and fully respected personalities of the Czech graffiti community. Like many other authors of his generation, he established himself in galleries a long time ago, without completely leaving the public space. His painting speaks the language of purism and geometric abstraction, which still carries the basic forms of graffiti letters. He is not interested in any deeper symbolism in them, he focuses purely on the shapes and colours themselves, from which various compositional solutions arise, often evoking technical drawings. The author usually sticks to a combination of two up to four colours, or their shades, which fill in ruler-like measured surfaces. Strict rationality and self-control, where simultaneously there is room for experimentation, characterize the current creations of ZEB ONE, who has already had a number of individual and group exhibitions in galleries throughout Czechia.

The chosen location in Pilsen, which he coped with brilliantly, was a great challenge for the abstract artist, who otherwise prefers the shape of a clean, regular surface. The facade of the house, which opens onto the Radbuza River with its facade, is completely covered with windows. The intended image therefore had to be dismembered, while the resulting painting was able to incorporate the window niches in a completely natural way. At the same time, red and gray color accents respond to the color of the surrounding buildings. In geometric abstraction, inspiration from architecture, graphic design, technical drawings and the street itself – not only its regularity, but also details such as cracks in the pavement – can be seen. Here again, the artist works with letters, which he forms in different ways and which change only slightly in his long-term continuous work. The Pilsen painting is therefore another abstract treatment of the nickname of the author Zebone.

THE WORK IS NO LONGER VISIBLE DUE TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING ON WHICH IT WAS PAINTED.