“An Exhibition About an Exhibition” commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adriena Šimotová and the 40th anniversary of her first solo exhibition at an official Czechoslovak institution after 1968. In 1986, Jiří Valoch organized the exhibition at the House of the Lords of Kunštát in Brno.

This “ideal” reconstruction of the exhibition features works that were exhibited at the time and are now available from Czech and Slovak collections, as well as works administered by the Adriena Šimotová and Jiří John Foundation. Alongside the works, the exhibition features archival documentation and photographs from the original opening by Hana Hamplová and Bohdan Holomíček.

The exhibition also provides context for the artist’s work from the 1980s, when she discovered the medium of paper, its perforation, and tactile engagement with it. It also serves as a general exploration of the cultural and social situation during the late Normalization period.