A sculpture of the lower parts of two men’s bodies stuns and shocks visitors of the Futura Gallery in Prague’s Smíchov district. David Černý installed a ladder so that the curious could climb to an opening in the figure’s rear end and watch a video of Czech President Václav Klaus and Czech artist, musician, and former dissident Milan Knížák... eating slop while listening to “We are the Champions.” Černý had been one of Knížák’s most severe critics when the performance artist and art theorist served as the general director of the National Gallery in Prague. Černý claimed that Knížák had no interest in current artistic trends. With this work, Černý brutally and viciously demeans Czech politics’ highest-ranking official and Czech art’s highest-ranking official.
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