Leading contemporary artists and inmates from seven Czech prisons are jointly exhibiting their works in a gallery for the first time, thanks to the project Prison: No Limits for Art. Among the thirty-or-so participating artists are laureates of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, as well as a number of other prize-winning artists who exhibit domestically and abroad. The collaborative pairs, each composed of an artist and an inmate, include names likeMichal Pěchouček,Jiří Franta,David Böhm,Pavel Sterec,Filip Cenek,Eva Koťátková,Pasta OnerandJaromír 99.They have created works of art that arise from contemporary artistic trends.
At the basis of this project is a continual effort to present
fine art to socially excluded groups. The exhibition will present
collaborative efforts of almost thirty pairs, made up of the
artists on the contemporary Czech art scene working together with
those interested from the ranks of the imprisoned. After
corresponding the pairs started their work based on contemporary
artistic trends.
The aim of the exhibition is to pose questions concerning the
social role of art, which should be greatly helped by a richly
structured accompanying programme.
