The exhibition focuses primarily on the 1990s, but also includes works from the 1980s. It thus traces the transformations in Czech art at the turn of the decades through an extraordinary private collection and the relationships that gave rise to it. Karel Babíček’s collection was not created according to a predetermined plan or as an investment project, but rather through studio visits, conversations, friendships, and personal encounters.

Inventory is not a traditional retrospective of the 1990s, but rather an inventory of time, memory, relationships, and emotions. In addition to the works themselves, the exhibition also features archival materials, personal notes, and previously unpublished poetry by Karel Babíček.

Exhibiting Artists: Jan Bačkovský, Veronika Bromová, Václav Boštík, Tomáš Císařovský, Jiří David, Stano Filko, Krištof Kintera, Vladimír Kokolia, Petr Kvíčala, Petr Lysáček, Martin Mainer, František Matoušek, Vladimír Merta, Karel Nepraš, Michal Nesázal, Jan Pištěk, Otto Placht, Jiří Příhoda, Jaroslav Róna, František Skála, Jiří Sopko, Vít Soukup, Václav Stratil, Antonín Střížek, Adriena Šimotová, Kateřina Vincourová, Aleš Veselý, Margita Titlová Ylovsky, Josef Žáček

curators: Miroslav Jiřele, Magda Danel, Karel Babíček

We would like to thank the Prague City Gallery, the Central Bohemian Region Gallery, the Janez Collection, Etcetera Art, the Včelou a mlíkem Collection, and the Robert Runták Collection for lending works to the exhibition.