User:NewDepot/Magdalena Jetelová

Magdalena Jetelová (born 1946) is a Czech/German installation artist and land artist. Her early work was significantly influenced by the Prague Spring, often dealing with themes of power and dominance in public spaces. Throughout the 1980s, She lived in worked in the Tichá Šárka district, working on pieces exploring social distress and spatial conflict, such as Marking by Red Smoke, Prague. Other works include the sculptures Table and Chair - Jetelová reproduces and often distorts simple everyday items in large wooden objects in order to explore ideas of regimentation of public space. Since 1986, she has experimented with outdoor light and laser projection. An exhibit of hers for the Museum Kampa gained attention for floating down the Vltava river due to a flood and ending up near Mělník.

Her iconic sculpture "Place" was installed at the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail in 1986. It was originally intended to last a short time before being set on fire. Instead, the artwork has remained on its hilltop position for 29 years and has been visited by millions of visitors from all over the world. It was decommissioned and dismantled in 2015.