Nový věk

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“Nový věk” (New Age) by Vincenc Makovský, 1958 (1970s copy)
Vinohradská, Vinohrady
Prague, September 2024

“The ‘Nový věk’ (New Age) sculpture was created by sculptor Vincenc Makovský for the Czechoslovak pavilion at the 1958 International Exhibition Expo in Brussels. The original name of the sculpture was ‘Atomový věk’ (Atomic Age). The sculpture received the Grand Prize of the World Exhibition in Brussels. The original sculpture has been placed in front of the main entrance to the Brno Fair and Exhibition Center since 1959, where it has been a protected monument since 1964. A copy of the sculpture is located in Prague. The sculpture shows a man and a woman, between whom is a stylized sun, which is an allegory of the coming atomic age. The man in a cloak, holding scrolls with plans in his hands, represents an allegory of Science , the barefoot woman with a wreath of foliage in an antique-style dress with fruit in her left hand and a sheaf of grain in her right hand represents Agriculture. The sculpture is placed on a reinforced concrete, vertically articulated pedestal with stone cladding. Between the female and male figures is a star-crystal, whose rays diverging to the sides depict a powerful explosion of nascent matter. It is the sun, whose new form of tearing matter Makovsky created as an interpretation of the contemporary view of the universe.” (New Age Sculpture Group, Wikipedia)