Otto Placht

Otto Placht (born 1962) is a Czech artist known for his paintings. Placht spends a great deal of time in Pucallpa, Peru, the same town as artist Pablo Amaringo. He has a very long list of exhibitions at established galleries world wide.

Art

Placht paints on mesquite wood which has been previously colored using the pigment from bark, vines and fruit from the neighboring plants.

Placht is featured in a documentary "Painter of the Jungle", filmed using 16mm color film. It documents Placht's life in Peru: his family life in the Indian village; the tradition of creating Indian ceramics; the ritual of preparing and drinking "iahuaska"; his attempt of finding his place and creating the art therapy center in Peru. The film also presents aerial sequences of the forest from a Russian helicopter that, is still being used by the Peruvian army today. In the film, you will witness Placht's unique way of expression, and also hear his medley of opinions about the esoteric plan of the Amazon, about ecology and his own European tradition.

gollark: Chasms are specifically canyon-type things.
gollark: Chasm? Do you mean schism or something?
gollark: Many things.
gollark: I kind of wonder, sometimes, what's on the *rest* of that tmpim page.
gollark: What?


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