Shout out to Milos

I came across this article on Prague and it quotes our guide Milos and his love and knowledge of art, especially cubist art. I thought I'd put this up before the blog is printed and bound.

Milos Curik is a pre-Revolution dissident and former postal worker who now is a location-spotter for movies and one of the country’s finest tour guides, with his own company, Arts & Music Travel. Milos adores cubist art, fiercely proud that Prague is the only city in the world that has cubist buildings in addition to artwork. Chattering away, he takes me directly to Old Town’s Museum Ceskeho Kubismu (Museum of Czech Cubism), housed in an earth-toned building designed in 1912-1913 by Josef Gocar—“a supreme example of how a modern building can be incorporated in a historic core,” Milos says.

I had seen the building before, but never noted its portal and capitals in fabulous cubist style. Inside, Milos runs from one masterful work to the next, pointing out his favourite ceramics and furniture, paintings and sculptures, including Otto Gutfreund’s celebrated “Anxiety” the first cubist sculpture.

“And now I’m going to show you something truly special,” Milos says. We weave through ancient cobblestone streets, stopping in a small square, Jungmannovo namesti, off Wenceslas Square. In front of us stands a funky cubist lamp post, the only one in the world. “What’s fascinating about Prague,” Milos says, “is that it’s truly a city of history; you can find many different architectural styles right next to each other.” Sure enough, next to the cubist lamp post stands a Gothic church, a functionalist building, and a secession building – a theme that reverberates throughout all of Prague.

Now I have to back and figure out if we saw these things!