PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Čapková, Eva
TI  - The Manifests of explosionalism by Vladimír Boudník
DP  - 2017 Mar 1
TA  - Bohemica Olomucensia
PG  - 100--122
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/bo.2017.008
IS  - 1803876X
AB  - Boudník's manifests of explosionalism are one of the first samizdats in Czechoslovakia after 1948, and also a rare example where a new - purely Czech - artistic movement has been established. His art theory was partially based on his wartime experience and one of his intentions was the creation of a new kind of art that would be able to change society and prevent future wars. He furthermore wanted to qualify the masses for art, enabling everybody to create art from his past experiences and enrich the art world with these works. Boudník's art theory based on personal freedom and the phantasy of the viewer could however only have a limited impact and success given the the surrounding conditions in the communist Czechoslovakia.