Petr Herel

Petr Herel. 'I'll Be Your Mirror'. Three pen and ink drawings with perforation, unique book. (2004)

Petr Herel (19th May 1943 - 2nd April 2022) was born in Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Prague College of the Visual Arts between 1957 and 1961. Later he studied the Prague Academy of Applied Arts where he received a Master of Arts. In 1971 he was awarded a scholarship by the French Government of Parts. In 1973 he moved to Australia. Herel is known for making, the not so easily distinguished, artist's books – "... an art form which he has pioneered in this country [Australia].";[1] an art form where Herel "... embraces the figurative and the abstract, transcends fashion, yet occupies a place which is concentrated in the graphic mediums of drawing, printmaking, and the livre d'artiste."[2]

  1. ^ Sasha Grishin. 'New Directions in Contemporary Australian Printmaking.' Contemporary Australian Printmaking. Craftsman House. 1994. Pp 162.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Cross. Binding Art and Text. Art Monthly. VOL 31. No. 2. Summer 1993. Pp. 232.