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Dox: Andres Serrano “Infamous Beauty” + “Beyond Words” + Genesis Breyer P-Orridge “It Is a Painful Thing to Be Alone: We Are But One”

Prague, June 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024 (Andres Serrano), September 14,2023 – February 11, 2024 (Beyond Words), October 26, 2023 – March 3, 2024 (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge), https://www.dox.cz On my visit, Dox featured a mixed bag of exhibitions. The large space close to the entrance was devoted to an Andres Serrano solo show. All…

DOX: “Great Expectations” + Patrik Habl & Anna Beata Hablova “Such Other Presence” + Jaroslav Rona “Architectons and Machines”

Prague, 10 Nov 2021 – 24 Apr 2022 (Great Expectations), 27 Jan – 1 May 2022 (Hablovi), 17 Feb – 12 Jun 2022 (Rona), https://www.dox.cz On my prior visit to DOX, I enjoyed the “Russia, Timeless” exhibition. What a paradox, that my follow up visit took place right on the day when the horrible Russian…

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: “Airship Gulliver” + “Architecture of the VII Day” + “Material 307”

Prague, March 17 – May 22, 2017 (VII Day), February 10 – May 8, 2017 (307), http://www.dox.cz/en/ I stopped by in DOX more by coincidence than plan. The largest exhibition space was closed in preparation of the upcoming (and now already opened) Big Bang Data show. Nevertheless, there was still enough to see and enjoy.

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: Marek Schovanek “Propaganda”

Prague, October 30, 2015 – January 11, 2016, http://www.dox.cz The exhibition statement introduced Marek Schovanek as “the best unknown artist in the world”. The word “best” is of course very elusive and subjective, but maybe it was used to elucidate Schovanek’ attempts to cover a range so vast that the endeavor proved superhuman, and thus…

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: “Brave New World”

Prague, September 11, 2015 – January 25, 2016, http://www.dox.cz Artists: Barbora Balkova (CZ), Zarko Baseski (MKD), Denis Beaubois (AUS), William Betts (USA), Hans Jürgen-Burkard (GER), Bureau d’Etudes (FR), Michal Cimala (CZ), Paolo Cirio & Alessandro Ludovico (USA/IT), Sylvie Fleury (CHE), Farma v jeskyni / Farm in the Cave (CZ), Jason Florio (UK), Douglas Gordon (UK),…

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: Volker März “Laughing Windows”

Poupetova 1, Prague 7, http://www.dox.cz Volker März’ solo show consisted of hundreds of small sculptures. Each of them was linked with some kind of story or reference, crossing the realm of the everyday, the historical and the fantastic. He presented a positive, child-like view which often comes with more wisdom than empty intellectualism. Persons from…