Gallery sues for protection of controversial Ztohoven project

The Dvořák Sec Contemporary Gallery in Prague has filed a suit with the Municipal Court for the protection of a controversial project by the guerrilla art group Ztohoven. Last week, police impounded an exhibit by the group that displayed falsified citizen identification cards. The gallery said on Thursday that it would make every effort to allow the project to be respected as a topical work of art that reflects the period in which it was made. The project, called “Citizen K” (a play on the word “ID card” in Czech) was ostensibly intended to show expose the ease with which personal information can be misused. The members used the falsified IDs to travel, vote and even marry over the course of six months.