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Anna Zemánková is a well-established figure in art brut, so much so that in 2003 she was honoured at the 55th Venice Biennale prior to a significant part of her works joining the collections of the Centre Pompidou. In the early 1960s, this modest Moravian began to produce a body of work for which her humble background had not prepared her with, and which responded in a striking way to injunctions from the innermost depths. When her nightly demons clashed with the shimmering colours of the dawn, she would imagine herself picking strange flowers which would in turn later jut out from her paper.
« I grow flowers that don’t grow anywhere else » she used to say.

anna zemankova - © christian berst — art brut
Date 1908 — 1986
Country Czech Republic

Anna Zemánková was born in 1908 in Olomouc, Moravia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. While still a child she showed a great fondness for drawing; her father, however, had no sympathy for her predisposition and she became a dental technician.

In 1933, she married an army officer and stopped working to devote herself to her family. The couple had three sons, the older of whom died at the age of four, and later, a daughter. A loving mother, she spent all her time taking care of her family. After World War Two, the family moved to Prague. In 1950 she began to suffer from depression, and because of diabetes, had to have both legs amputated.

She was over 50 when – perhaps in a return to her childhood dreams – she began painting daily, working every day from four to seven in the morning to sketch spontaneous drawings inspired by plants. It was in these early hours that she felt she could capture magnetic forces. When she set about drawing, she had no idea of the final shape the work would take, saying, “It all works by itself … there is no need to think.”

Her strikingly detailed works with a compelling rhythm of spirals, arabesques and geometric shapes make Zemánková a major figure in art brut. They are to be found in the most prestigious art brut collections and Zemánková is to be duly honoured at the international pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2013.

Artworks
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untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1980
9.06 x 12.6 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1975
34.65 x 24.41 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1975
21.65 x 29.92 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1975
17.32 x 24.41 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1970
3.94 x 2.76 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1980
9.45 x 12.6 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1965
23.23 x 33.07 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1975
17.72 x 24.41 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 1965
23.23 x 33.07 in
Catalog
Anna Zemánková hortus deliciarum #2
Anna Zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2 - © christian berst — art brut

Texts : Terezie Zemánková and Manuel Anceau
Foreword : Christian Berst
Catalog published to mark the exhibition Anna Zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2, from June, 17 to July 18, 2021.

Exhibitions
My inner harmonies
untitled gallery - Zborovska 64, Prague. From March 23 to April 26, 2023.
Culturas Paralelas:
works from the treger saint silvestre collection, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, Portugal. From February 17 to April 22, 2023.
Au-delà.
Rituals for a new world, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris. From February 15 to May 7, 2023.
brut
treasures. From December 8 to January 22, 2022.
fragilités :
with Luboš Plný and Anna Zemánková, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague. From October 20, 2022 to January 8, 2023.
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The earth has music for those who listen :
with works by Anna Zemánková, Sapling Gallery Limited, Londres. From September 14 to October 15, 2022.
artgenève
2022, Palexpo, Geneva. From March 3 to 6, 2022.
Anna Zemánková,
Curator: Lukas Hofmann, FUTURA, Prague. From December 7, 2021 to January 16, 2022.
Anna Zemánková :
hortus deliciarum #2, at the gallery. From June 17 to July 18, 2021.
Become native again
curator : Julie Crenn, Centre d'art contemporain, Lacoux. From May 29 to October 31, 2021.
Fiac
#47, cancelled. From October 21 to 25, 2020.
ladies brut
Galerie Gugging. From September 17 to November 8, 2020.
Ojo electrico
Casa Encendida, Madrid. September 24, 2019.
Flora & Fauna brut
Gugging Gallery. From May 15 to August 30, 2019.
Extravaganza
Treger Saint-Silvestre Collection, Centro de Arte Oliva, Portugal. From April 13 to September 15, 2019.
drawing now 2019
Carreau du Temple. From March 27 to 30, 2019.
beyond
on the edge of the visible and the invisible, at the gallery. From March 7 to April 13, 2019.
Flying High
Women Artists of Art Brut, Kunstforum, Vienne. From February 15 to June 23, 2019.
Leben in art brut
coll. Hannah Rieger, Bildraum, Vienna. From July 14 to August 16, 2018.
drawing now 2018
Carreau du Temple. From March 22 to 25, 2018.
The Museum of everything
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania. From June 17, 2017 to April 2, 2018.
Anna Zemánková
retrospective , la Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne. From June 9 to November 26, 2017.
Drawing Now 2017
Le Carreau du Temple, Paris. From March 23 to 26, 2017.
Art Brut
A Story of Individual Mythologies, Treger Saint Silvestre Collection, Portugal. From January 1 to February 26, 2017.
The Museum Of Everything
Kunsthal, Rotterdam. From March 5 to May 22, 2016.
PreTENse
at the Gallery. From September 12 to October 10, 2015.
I Saw the Earth Like a Broken Egg
at the Gallery in New York City. From July 22 to September 6, 2015.
Art brut live
DOX centre for contemporary art, Praha. From March 27 to August 17, 2015.
The Wall
Antoine de Galbert Collection , la Maison rouge, Paris. From June 14 to September 21, 2014.
Art brut: breaking the boundaries
curator Christian Berst, Oliva Creative Factory, Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal. From June 1 to September 11, 2014.
anna zemankova
hortus deliciarum, at the gallery. From May 31 to July 20, 2013.
il palazzo enciclopedico, Venice Bienale #55
curator Massimiliano Gioni, Arsenale. From May 29 to July 28, 2013.
Anatomia Metamorphosis
Muzeum Montanelli, Praha. From June 15 to September 30, 2011.
beyond the boundaries season 2010
discoveries and recent acquisitions, at the gallery. From September 16 to October 16, 2010.
Inner Worlds Outside
Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid ; Whitechapel gallery, London ; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. From January 18 to December 30, 2006.
e-scapes: power of place
Cavin-Morris gallery, New York. From September 30 to November 30, 1999.
Art Spirite, Mediumnique, Visionnaire
Messages D’Outre-Monde, La Halle Saint Pierre, Paris. From September 13, 1999 to February 27, 2000.
exhibition view of *anna zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2*, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2021 - © christian berst — art brut
view of the exhibition *fragilities*, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, 2022 - © © Galerie Rudolfinum, photo : Martin Polàk, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *anna zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2*, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2021 - © christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *Anna Zemánková*, curator: Lukas Hofmann, FUTURA, Prague, 2021-2022 - © © Jan Kolský, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *the beyond : on the edge of the visible and the invisible*, christian berst art brut, paris, 2019. - © christian berst art brut, photo: elena groud, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *flying high, künstlerinnen der art brut*, curators: ingried brugger, hannah rieger, veronika rudorfer, kunstforum, vienna, austria, 2019. - © kunstforum, photo: nilo klotz, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *ungewohnte nähe*, anne de villepoix gallery, paris, 2017. - © anne de villepoix gallery, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *anna zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2*, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2021 - © christian berst — art brut
Press review
À Lafayette Anticipations, l’œuvre d’art devient rituel mystique et transe collective
Matthieu Jacquet, Numéro. February 17, 2023.
La galerie Art brut Praha expose « ce que le cerveau humain est capable de faire »
Anaïs Raimbault, Radio Prague International. October 29, 2022.
rêver l’obscur
Bénédicte Philippe, Télérama Sortir. February 23, 2022.
Diaporama sur l’exposition Anna Zemankova
Joël Riff, Chronique Curiosité. September 7, 2021.
Anna Zemánková : hortus deliciarum #2
Katia Barillot, Le Marais Mood - Instagram. July 20, 2021.
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Anna Zemánková - Hortus Deliciarum #2
La Rédaction, Télérama. July 4, 2021.
Exposition. Le jardin des délices
Pauline Sommelet, Point De Vue. June 30, 2021.
Galerie Christian Berst. Anna Zemánková, Hortus Delicarum #2
La Rédaction, ELLE Décoration. June 24, 2021.
La flore poétique d’Anna Zemánková
Philippe Godin, La Diagonale De L’art. June 22, 2021.
FLOWER POWER - Hortus Deliciarum #2 Anna Zemànkovà Galerie Christian Berst
Claire Margat, Lacritique.org. June 21, 2021.
Hortus Deliciarum #2
La Rédaction, Parisart. June 19, 2021.
Agenda des vernissages de la semaine du 17 juin
La Rédaction, Toute La Culture.. June 17, 2021.
Anna Zemánková - Hortus Deliciarum #2
La Rédaction, Arts Magazine. June 14, 2021.
les réprouvées de l’art brut déferlent à vienne
Clémentine Mercier, Libération Next. March 12, 2019.
quand l’art brut redessine l’art contemporain
Isabelle Danto, Revue Esprit. September 15, 2018.
anna zemánková ou la vie impossible.
Philippe Godin, La Diagonale De L’art. June 15, 2017.
Exhibiting art brut
Christian Berst Propos Recueillis Par Claire Margat, Artpress 2. August 23, 2013.
Les fleurs délices d’Anna Zemankova
Dominique Poiret, Libération. July 17, 2013.
Anna Zemankova Hortus deliciarum
Philippe Godin, ParisArt. June 28, 2013.
Anna Zemankova
La Gazette De Drouot. June 21, 2013.
Anna Zemankova
Bénédicte Phillipe, Télérama Sortir. June 19, 2013.
Anna Zemankova galerie christian berst
Philippe Dagen, Le Monde. June 10, 2013.
La flore d'Anna
Philippe Lespinasse, Siné Mensuel. June 3, 2013.
anna zemánková, l’artiste qui « inventait des fleurs qui ne poussent nulle part »
Anna Kubišta, Radio Praha. May 31, 2013.
La folie de l'art brut
Roxana Azimi, Le Monde. May 14, 2013.
Le “mort-vivant” Anna Zemankova
Stéphane Corréard, Arts Magazine. May 6, 2013.
mea culpa + mea felicita
Philippe Ducat, Oh Cet Echo. November 14, 2012.
Une rentrée hors-les-normes
Télérama Sortir. September 29, 2010.
Collections
LaM, musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut de Lille Métropole
France
Musée national d’art moderne (Pompidou)
France
collection de l’Art brut
Switzerland
Carmen and Daniel Klein collection
Switzerland
Antoine Frérot collection
France
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abcd / Bruno Decharme collection
France
Treger Saint Silvestre collection
Portugal
Antoine de Galbert collection
France
Piet Meyer collection
Switzerland
Emmanuelle and Guy Delcourt collection
France
Arnulf Rainer collection
Austria
Intuit, The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
United States
Dr. Guislain Museum
Belgium
Anthony Petullo Collection
United States
Dammann collection
Switzerland
Olomouc Museum of Art
Czech Republic
Videos
Anna Zemankova hortus deliciarum 2
rêver l’obscur, Julie Crenn
artgenève 2022
Anna Zemankova

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