"Therefore, with his painting, Kristek intentionally awakens the viewer’s fantasy, instead of presenting something ready-made. From the example of the Penzing cemetery chapel, we can see that modern painting fulfils its function even in the sacral field."
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'Raum für Phantasie im Sakralen', Augsburger Allgemeine, 27 September 1974, p. 19. Referring to Kristek’s altar painting Composition between Suffering and Hope. Translated in Lubo Kristek – Genius Loci Cobwebbed, Sonia Fischer, Hartfrid Neunzert, Barbora Putova; RICA, Brno, 2019, p. 55.
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