Krištof Kintera

Krištof Kintera (born 20 September 1973 in Prague) is a Czech artist and sculptor.[1] He was nominated for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award three times.[2] He was one of the co-creators of the Entropa sculpture, which was displayed in Brussels as part of the Czech Republic's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2009.[3]

Kintera was awarded the Personality of the Year award for living artists in 2011 thanks to his monument to suicide under the Nusle Bridge,[4] and again in 2012, this time shared with fellow artist Pavel Mrkus.[5] In 2013 his 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument, which commemorates all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled in the Holešovice district of the city.[6]

Bike to Heaven
Red is coming

References
  1. "Major solo exhibition by the Czech artist Krištof Kintera opens at Kunsthal Rotterdam". artdaily.org. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. "Krištof Kintera věří na sílu nesmyslu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 11 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Krištof Kintera: "Entropa je pitomá, ale také krotká"". ihned.cz (in Czech). 15 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Kintera je výtvarnou Osobností 2011 - za pomník sebevrahům". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "Cena Osobnost roku našla dva příjemce". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "Kolo letí do nebe, cyklisté mají konečně svůj důstojný pomník". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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