Magdalena Jetelová

[5] In 1988 Jetelová was a visiting professor at the Akademie der Bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in München, Germany.

[9] Jetelová reproduces and often distorts simple everyday items in large wooden objects in order to explore ideas of regimentation of public space.

It was originally intended to last a short time before being set on fire, instead the artwork remained on its hilltop position for 29 years and was visited by millions of visitors from all over the world.

The work served as a visual metaphor for the Western tradition of taking important parts of our, and others, history and placing them inside of museums.

Made of resin, fiberglass, steel, and gold leafing set upon a concrete base, it represents life and its eternal cycle.

Simplified down to one common shape and one color, the egg begins to become a symbol of nature and Earth, a larger entity which sustains all life.

A quote from her website regarding a recent exhibition, Pacific Ring of Fire (2019–20) at Walter Storms Galerie in Munich, Germany states, "The latest project of Czech artist Magdalena Jetelová (born 1946) ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’, as in her 1992 ‘Iceland Project’, revisits the theme of the natural, geological borders.

In Patagonia, Jetelová uses mathematical calculations to mark the plate boundary with a laser beam, as clear elevations are not visible due to the eternal ice.

From 1987–2000 Jetelová exhibited work in Vienna, New York, Antwerp, Chicago, Paris, Dublin, Berlin, Manchester, America, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Florence, London, Barcelona, Lisbon, Melbourne, and Munich, among other locations.

Rohkunstbau 2018: Attention - Mind The Gap (2018), Lieberose Castle, Brandenburg, Germany, and Magdalena Jetelová - Touch Of Time (2017), National Gallery Prague.