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to challenge point of view and frame of reference, "thinking in different ways of how to break the object." He is never seeking to replicate an image or idea; rather, Kaláb wants to invoke a sense of nostalgia while dancing on the edges of what remains unexplored. It is this inspirational and unconventional viewpoint that has generated Kaláb's oeuvre of paintings, animated NFT's, sculptures, and light installations to date. It is also this viewpoint that propelled Jan Kaláb into the public eye with his "Art in Public" exhibition in 2014. is project, an idea generated while Kaláb spent time as a visiting artist in NYC, was all thanks to what Jan Kaláb considers the best piece of advice he has received. "You have to figure out how to get the attention[...]you have to find your way," is how Kaláb details the encouragement given by a more well-known artist. is sparked the novel idea in Kaláb–although not his first– to take his artwork out into the t h i n k i n g i n d i ff e r e n t w a ys of h o w to b r e ak t h e o b j e c t . y o u h a v e t o f i n d y o u r w a y . VUE ON | ART 64 VUENJ.COM

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