The town of Planá is located northeast of Tachov, in a landscape situated on the border of the historical Cheb, Tachov and Tepel regions. In the town we can find stone sculptural objects of various styles. While the Baroque sculptures are made of Permocarbonite sandstone and Tepel trachyte, modern works of art are made of hard granite. In particular, you can admire the objects made of Flossenbür granite, which were created during the sculpture symposia in 2013 and 2016.
Planá
“Bear with a Ball” is a two-part sculpture representing a sitting bear and a stone ball. The roughly worked surface resembles bear fur. Only one ear is polished, so the color and structure of the rock are clearly visible.
“Chapel for the Hurrying Pedestrian” consists of five rectangular granite slabs. The front sides of the slabs are painted in colors. In the granite, you can see vaguely defined inclusions of foreign rocks, so-called xenoliths.
“Bell and Bell Tower” is a work consisting of two objects. The bell has a rough surface with smooth handles. On the adjacent block there is a seat with a female figure (bell tower). The bell tower has a small bell as a headdress.
“Snowman” stands on a roughly rectangular, irregularly bordered slab of the same stone. The snowman’s surface is chiseled. He wears a smooth hat on his head, which is partially polished.“Homage to Marcel Duchamp” is a large granite slab machined into the form of a wall paneled with wood. The grain of the wood is worked into its surface in detail; realistically placed nail heads further enhance the impression of a plank wall. The back side is roughly machined.
Photo 3: “Bear with a Ball” (Tilo Ettl, 2013)
Photo 2: “Chapel for the Hurrying Pedestrian” (Václav Fiala, 2013)
Photo 3: “Homage to Marcel Duchamp” – a naturalistic rendering of the structure of wood in hard rock