Ivan Pinkava: Heroes

Ivan Pinkava's collection of portraits works present references to icons of the European pictorial tradition. Figures in carefully arranged scenes of gesture, expression and attributes multiply their personal identity in favour of wider significances constructed on perceptible links to myths, biblical stories, introspection of inner life, but also towards a cultural memory drawn from the history of visual art and literature.

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Ivan Pinkava: Heroes', which was held at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague from 27 May to 22 August 2004.