Location. the Solution is a small private gallery run by an artist Mark Divo, and offers 20 square metres of floorspace of The White Cube in the middle of the shop. It is used to show works by local and international contemporary artists once or twice a month.
Curator. Dr. Egg
Artist. Ali Tareen a young artist of British origin currently living and working in Prague.
Exhibition. A series of caricature drawings that depict contemporary Czech politicians whose ‘adventures’ and misdeeds are being magnified. The idea of the exhibition is something that the curator had long wanted to implement and some pieces may be seen more as a collaboration of the artist and curator.
Personal Opinion. As much as I have appreciated the humor of the works, the exhibition however is a one-time statement, a sophisticated provocation or a set of caricatures that left the newspaper space and entered the space of canvas. As with much of the politically engaged art it is hard to draw the line between the artistic call of the creator and a reaction to the current political events, I have a feeling if it was not for the curator, Ali would have stopped at just one piece of joke. On the other hand raising the problem of sexism and arrogance in Czech politics is an important step that needs to be done in order to bring attention to such issues.
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