My Memory is Nothing But Sorrow
The exhibition My Memory is Nothing But Sorrow creates a dialogue between the works of two artists from different generations: Anna Zemánková (1908-1986) and Dominik Adamec (born 1995).
In the series presented at Špalíček, Adamec indirectly responds to Zemánková’s legacy by exploring the fragility of life, drawing parallels between extinct species and the organic, surreal forms present in Zemánková’s works.
It was in the early 1960s that this humble Moravian woman began producing a body of work for which her background had not prepared her, responding strikingly to impulses from deep within. Thus, at a time when the demons of the night still contended with the seminal hues of dawn, she would, in her mind, pick strange flowers and bring them to life on paper. Anna Zemánková is now a well-established figure in Art Brut, to the point that she was honored at the Venice Biennale in 2013, before a significant collection of her works was acquired by the Centre Pompidou, followed by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2020. In 2024, her works will be presented at the Venice Biennale for the second time, under the curatorship of Adriano Pedrosa.