Arts Milan Knizak opens solo exhibition at Manes Gallery
Last week one of the Czech Republic’s most important artists, Milan Knizak - sculptor, painter, poet, head of the National Gallery and outspoken pedagogue - opened a new solo show (Recent Work) at Prague’s Manes Exhibition Hall. Dominant themes include Knizak’s take on the crucifixion as well as the Madonna with child, painted with a fresh, even punk sensibility and signature irreverence. Paintings include slogans, which some reviewers have called “urgent”, others “stinging”: slogans such as “I hate progress” or “I hate nature”, some in English, some in Czech. The famous artist makes clear he has lost none of the enfant terrible spark that defined much of his earlier career; now, as before, Milan Knizak aims to provoke.
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