Reon Argondian invited me into his enchanted magical cave. Walking down the winding metal staircase into the cavern where the works of this man, the greatest of great artist are displayed.
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In late August 1968 at the urging of easterly winds leaving at the invitation of the pre-arranged practice in its ceramic industry in Bellaria (Rimini) Ceramica C. Morelli, where free time painting and exhibited his first paintings at large.
At that time, receive messages and direct contacts to his Prague friends who are already installed in Switzerland and calling young artists together. Switzerland - Lucerne 1968
Young Reon and St. Kitts
In his twenty years of a reward for courage injury fate of prohibited attributes graduation studies. Great luck brings him to the villa on the shores of Lake Lucerne, where he Kunstrestaurator Georges Eckert, a young artist who for his affection for painting receives in his studio.
PHOTO: The works of painter Reon Argondian inside his magical cavern in Prague.
In the spring of 1969, Reon isolates for their first intense period of painting, which will culminate in September his first media exhibition in Lucerne with a real enthusiasm and interest of collectors of purchase.
MONACO - GALERIE "MONTE CARLO"
At the end of the year 1969 arrives with his manager novopečeným invitation to fancy "Galerie de Monte Carlo" at the Palais du Scala.
There he gets linked to a higher society and with exceptional media acclaim him, among other things open door invitation to Brussels gallery.
ROQUEBRUNE VILLAGE (Cap Martin) 1970
For more purposeful creation settles on another year the castle a medieval castle Roquebrune, where amidst blossoming gardens to brighten up the new images more vivid. The main motive Legends Argondie remains.
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PHOTO: Inside Reon's magical cavern in Prague.
Forêt de QUENECAN - QUENECANSKÝ LES in Brittany 1971 - 1995
Too arid Cote d'Azur but Reon does not stay on the other and goes on a search for a juicy wander the landscape, which reminded him of his childhood. Journey takes him up into the heart of Brittany, where the estate kindred hraběde Jacques du Pontavice found your dream.
Count it leaves an old mill house in a spacious valley in Podskalí with its own pond and creek, near where the shore of the lake is dominated by the silhouette romantically dilapidated castle Rohan 11 century.
In this intoxicating live isolate where the nearest neighbors of a very large estate located up to 2 km away, digging Reon its anchor on the next quarter century.
MAGIC CAVE - MOULIN DU PHENIX 1988
His 40 birthday with Reon decides within its headquarters to build the skeleton of a large old barn its fourth Breton magic cave as yet his greatest architectural-sculptural oeuvre with significant decoration of ceramic sculptures.
The importance of this center events between Reonovými images, music of Alan Stivell Glenmora and other support meetings and other notable cultural figures in the middle of the Breton forests. Reon already been organized in the castle of Rohan their own festival, which started the tradition of music festivals in the unspoiled nature.
PALACE KAROLINUM - Prague 1993
The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 opened the unintended never return to his hometown. Reonovou celebration of this World velkoudálosti is life after two years of training in five exhibition halls Karolina Prague, when he unexpectedly increasing media interest visits to 40,000 visitors. This exceptional and incomparable response, however, has a major impact on Reonův fate.
MUSEUM "magic cave" - the royal road, PRAGUE
Although Reon did not intend to return to the motherland, then subject to a benign coercion of friends, supporters, fans and VoxPopuli to Prague built a permanent art gallery.
A few meters from Charles Bridge Tower Lesser Town area transforms retired Lesser Town Bakery (200m2) in the architecture of their other "magic cave". 30 tons sculptural work is constructed from spring 1995 until the opening in December 1996.
PHOTO: The works of the painter Reon Argondian are displayed in his magical cavern in Prague.
The five-year duration of the operation of this popular cultural institution is violent and oppressive completed in fall 2001 for the insurmountable contradictions with the landlady. The public takes it as a disgrace to the image of the local conditions, the issue is also discussed in parliament. Ministry of Culture and Mr. V. Klaus denied the possibility of any patronage.
PETŘÍN - REONOVA residence at Nebozízek since 1999 - PRESENT
After several years of intense creative period when Reon balances new painting insufficiently concentrated previous period undeserved and unnecessary burdens, opens in spring 2005 public Petrin his three-story house turned into a new "magic cave".
Spaces are filled with mostly new images (80 specimens). New gallery visits now ten thousand visitors a year. In recent years, Reon dedicated to creating images of larger sizes, which are often exhibited at Czech castles, or in Western Europe.
The Magic Cave
Reonův project magic cave has a long history that began in the seventies in Brittany.
Petrin magic cave was opened in 2005. The exhibition contains 80 paintings in a three-storey house, which Reon using numerous original sculptures and tons of gypsum cave converted into a museum of his dream country Argondie.
PHOTO: Reon's home and magical cave in Prague:
MORE INFORMATION
Visiting hours:
open daily from 10 to 22
Admission:
Adults 70, -, students 50, -
Children under 15 years accompanied - Free
Schools - 10.-/os. including accompaniment
Exposure:
Magic Cave - Reonovy paintings, sculptures
Reon Argondian is representative of an imaginary painting (l `art Visionaire)
transport:
tram 6, 9, 22 ST. Training area, a lift to the station Nebozízek
gallery is about 50 m from the cable car station for restaurants Nebozízek. Website: www.reon.cz
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