The Franz Kafka Monument by sculptor Jaroslav Róna, unveiled in 2003, is a bronze sculpture 3.75 meters high and weighing 800 kilograms. The group consists of two figures – the lower massive figure represents only a headless and handless empty men's suit, which carries a smaller figure of Franz Kafka on its shoulders. The inspiration for this unusual solution was Kafka's early novella Description of a Struggle, in which the main character finds himself on the shoulders of his companion. The work thus expresses the motif of inner division and alienation, characteristic of Kafka's work, and at the same time symbolically recalls the complex spiritual and personal world of one of the most important writers of the 20th century.
Statue of Franz Kafka by Jaroslav Róna
JAROSLAV RÓNA
Jaroslav Róna (*1957, Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, and educator, co-founder of the art group Tvrdohlaví and a prominent figure of contemporary Czech fine art. He studied at the Prague UMPRUM under Stanislav Libenský and from 2005–2012 led the sculpture studio at AVU. He works in a wide range of media – from monumental sculptures through painting, drawing, and illustration to scenography – and his style is often described as postmodern, neo-symbolist, or magic-realist. He is the author of many public works, the most famous of which is the bronze statue of Franz Kafka in Prague, as well as, for example, the Mythical Ship in Bratislava, the equestrian statue of Jošt of Luxembourg in Brno, or the monumental Red Giraffe in Prague. In his work, he often uses allegory, myth, and fantastic imagination, and besides fine art, he is also involved in theater and film. About the statue of Franz Kafka, he says himself...
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