Tomáš Černý: Jiří Anderle in Pavlíkov - CD

Jiří Anderle in Pavlíkov
Recorded in March 2016 in Pavlíkov, selection compiled by Tomáš Černý
Láska za lásku (Love for Love) is a series of audio pictures that began broadcasting on the then-station Prague on the first of May 1997. It would have been hard to predict that more and more sketches, etchings, drypoints, watercolours, and oils, all meticulously produced acoustically with the help of Žanda the parrot, would be created over two decades. Jiří Anderle proved himself not only as an artist whose works hang in New York alongside Picasso or Leonardo da Vinci, but also as a storyteller, which is one of the highest categories of radio mastery. The Central Bohemian town of Pavlíkov became a truly mythical place of the master's childhood, an endless source of scenes and situations. Many wondered if Žanda the parrot really existed. “What is Pavlíkov really like?” Tomáš Černý asked himself. An idea was born: after hundreds of broadcasted shows, to go and record at least one directly there. And so they went.
Conversations with Tomáš Černý about childhood memories, painting, important encounters, and plans for the rest of his life. Recorded in March 2016 in Anderle's native Pavlíkov and in the gallery bearing his name.

“Time rushes madly on, communism collapses, and the euphoria of life in freedom arrives. I create more series, prepare exhibitions, and by another happy coincidence, I meet Vlado Příkazský. In 1997, he convinces me to start telling my stories. Ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply honoured that you listen to my shows. Thank you!” Jiří Anderle

Track List

Jiří Anderle in Pavlíkov
Introduction, meeting in Pavlíkov / A visit to the painter's family home / The neighbourhood in Pavlíkov and the atmosphere of the place back then / A memory of “stolen” goose eggs / The bench that belonged to Mr. Pánek / Beneš the carpenter, a memory of the procession burying democracy / By the pond, football behind the plank fence, the old willow tree / By the pond, the little boat and geese on the pond / By the pond, skipping stones, drowned neighbours / House no. 42, the former barbershop of Miroslav Král, the painter's stepfather / House no. 42, Jiří Anderle's path to painting / The Anderle Gallery, memories of his mother / The Anderle Gallery, youth and knowledge from books and music / The Anderle Gallery, preparing the Prague exhibition for his eightieth birthday, artistic techniques / The Anderle Gallery, the luck of having good people in his life / The Anderle Gallery, favourite painters and artists / The Anderle Gallery, the painting of an ageing girl and a certain minister's wife / The Anderle Gallery, what it's like to have a painting in New York next to Leonardo, Picasso, Gogh and others / The Anderle Gallery, the story of the iconic painting of a pear tree in four seasons / The painting of Král the blacksmith and a memory of the peculiar treatment of his injury / Conclusion, enough themes for another lifetime of painting