Václav Boštík
This exhibition of Václav Boštík (1913 - 2005) is the artist´s first large-scale retrospective, grounded on
an extensive study of his work and posthumous papers. Boštík is the pre-eminent representative of Czech
painting in the second half of the 20th century. From the second half of the 1930s, his output went through
a series of major transformations. Initially concerned with realistic painting, he soon switched to an
abstract idiom which he conceived as a cosmogonic process and a way of conveying his relation with the
universe. The uniting element of Boštík´s work was light, to which he assigned an increasingly dematerialized
format, imbued by the artist´s Christian world outlook.
Exhibition curator: Karel Srp
Municipal Library, 2nd floor 15/10, 2010 – 9/1, 2011
Miroslav Polách / The Artist´s Leg
Another artist involved in the exhibition project Start-up, Miroslav Polách has come to be known as one of
the most distinct artist of the young generation, working systematically for several years already on a new,
truly relevant approach to the phenomenon of painting. For his show in The Golden Ring, he has created
a series of paintings entitled The Artist´s Leg. These large-scale radiant paintings represent
a contemplative probe into the artist´s creative act taking its course within the studio walls.
Notwithstanding the manifest evidence of the serious effort involved in their making, these works contain
an ever-present ingredient of hyperbole and irony.
Exhibition curator: Olga Malá
The Golden Ring 21/10 - 21/11, 2010
Královský sňatek /Royal Marriage/
The Stone Bell 4/11, 2010 – 6/2, 2011
Miroslav Tichý
The Old Town Hall, 2nd floor 15/12, 2010 – 20/3, 2011
