The artist Vojt\u00each Luksch currently lives and works in a tiny village Czech Republic. A graduate of masters in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts Brno, Vojt\u00each is somewhat elusive on his Instagram account. The largely faceless artist posts incredible paintings of videogames translated onto embroidered canvases, creating a brilliant 3D texture that compliments the heavy pixel art of iconic violent games such as Doom and Wolfenstein. Inspired by landscape painting, Vojt\u00each began painting a series of works surrounding the liminal, early digital landscapes from the Grand Theft Auto series, which he surprisingly found recalled 19th century modernist paintings. \u201cThis inter-connectedness and references represent a certain form of reborn romanticism, referring through elements of escapism and nostalgia to the landscapes of virtual space\u201d says Vojt\u00each.<\/p>\n
Vojt\u00each evolved this style as he moved towards what he calls \u201cembroidered pictures\u201d, using the idyllic aesthetic of cross stitch \u2013 a contemplative textile process \u2013 then \u201ccompletely disrupting the peaceful environment\u201d with shocking images, the kind that outraged parents in the 90s heyday of violent media skepticism. \u201cFor me, the result image is some kind of nostalgic screenshot that blends the childhood I spent in a games with some grandma-core vibes,\u201d says Vojt\u00each. His work expounds on the idea of a generational clash \u2013 the youthful, vulgar imagery of shotguns, monsters, an electrocuted Jesus and pitchfork bludgeonings, with the calmness of regimented, inoffensive embroidered canvases. \u201cIt\u2019s necessary for me to use existing embroidery that has a story, was created somewhere in the past, faded, sometimes discolored, unwanted,\u201d adds Vojt\u00each.<\/p>\n
Recently, Vojt\u00each has found correspondence between his home and his emerging art style, using leftover materials he finds \u2013 such as wooden and metal frames \u2013 to build interesting new canvases. \u201cIt reflects my DIY ordinary life in the village. Living in a house that used to be an old farm, I find various materials that I use to bring my favourite game icons into the physical world,\u201d says Vojt\u00each. There\u2019s something surprisingly tender in these paintings, even though they may represent sinister scenes that recall the eeriness of late night gaming. Exploring strange digital worlds with only a lighter and a low health bar \u2013 Vojt\u00each\u2019s translation of the digital fiction into analog fact is what kid\u2019s dreams are made of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artist Vojt\u00each Luksch currently lives and works in a tiny village Czech Republic. A graduate of masters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-324299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114985611033267065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}