This joint exhibition of the Chinese artist He Jinweie (*1967) and the Czech painter Tomáš Císařovský (*1962) testifies to the viability of painting as an eloquent medium reflecting the status of society. The artists may be active in geographically and culturally remote places but their works share the underpinning element of intense deliberation on the political, historical and value-based changes happening in their respective countries. In their approach, individual hopes and fates are always related to historical memory, liberating themselves from the rule of symbols from the past regimes only to succumb to new stylisations and self-deceits. While Tomáš Císařovský is heading towards reconciliation, He Jinwei in his large paintings exaggerates the phantom-like face of the changes.
This project is indebted in many ways to the profound interest
in art of our ambassador in China, J.E. Libor Sečka, without whose
generous support and organizational assistance this exhibition
would not be possible.
The exhibition catalogue, which is available in the
museum shop, is also published in a version for mobile devices -
digital tablets and smart phones.
