Three Axes

Radoslav Kratina differed from most representatives of constructive tendencies in Czech art in the 1960s and 1970s in his programmatic application of the principle of transformability. He did variable relief or spatial objects employing simple mechanical principles from small geometric elements that could be moved, tilted or turned without any pre-designed plan. His compositions of rationally arranged elementary forms, which can be transformed by a simple touch of the hand, produce endless variations and encourage the viewer to co-create the artwork.