Arts Entropa just a piece of the entropy of Czech guerrilla art
The commotion in recent weeks over David Černý’s Entropa exhibit in Brussels has made the sculpture one of the hallmarks of the Czech EU presidency. While its opponents deem its stereotypical depiction of the 27 member states a thing of antagonism, something between mockery and insult, its proponents have defended the work as a defining example of Czech humour and have asked what European representation means at all, if national humour is censurable. This week in Arts we’ll be taking a look at the wider context of Černý’s work, what could be called a “principle of mystification” that is traditional in Czech art and perhaps in the Czech psyche.
David Černý with Entropa, photo: www.eu2009.cz
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