etching, edition of 60, image 29 1/4" x 15 1/4", white paper 35 1/8" x 23 1/2", signed by the artist
etching, multiple plates, edition of 80, signed by the artist
etching, edition of 60, image 29 1/4"x15 1/4" (multiple plates), white paper 35 1/4"x 23 1/2", signed by the artist
aquatint etching, edition of 60, image 17 1/2" x 13 1/8", white paper 28" x 19 1/2", signed by the artist, date not stated
(Čtverece a trojúhelník) aquatint etching, edition of 60,image 17 3/8" x 13 1/8", white paper 27 1/2" x 19 1/2", signed by the artist, no date stated
„I create my compositions as if arranging motifs in time. I can´t imagine I would sit down outdoors and draw the landscape directly. But, of course, you retain some images from your encounters with nature, which you later combine and turn into something more abstract. I need time to be able to perceive nature and see forms, I mean artistic forms. One day I wish I could express myself in such a way as to include changes in time; that would be my greatest wish.
I need a long time for preparation. I usually work with multiple plates, so I think about how everything will work together. I enjoy thinking in variants. Printmaking has a great advantage: it allows variants, which is not the case with drawing. You can play with prints, try options, including colors.“
Marketa Kralova
Curator Alena Laufrova:
Marketa Kralova uses etching, drypoint and aquatint in her works. She often creates several variants of a selected theme, presenting them in one print. Other times she lines up several prints with the same motif and combines imprints from multiple plates and plays with colors. She works in series. It is nature that is her main source of inspiration; she abstracts from nature and creates structured surfaces in subtle color compositions. Králová captures the endless variability of nature by overprinting and ovelapping multiple, sometimes shaped plates, with etched structures and subtle coloring.