Jiří Slíva (born in 1947 in Pilsen) is a cartoonist, graphic artist, musician, poet, sociologist and futurologist who has become a phenomenon on the Czech and European art scene thanks to his humorous drawings, illustrations and graphic art. His work has been featured in more than 180 books, several of them devoted solely to his work. Jiří Slíva has won numerous awards and is featured in many public and private collections. He has worked as a freelance artist since 1979.
Upcoming exhibitions
Studio Najbrt Basics
exhibition hall
11/09/2019 to 03/11/2019
Aleš Najbrt is one of the best known and most successful Czech graphic designers to emerge since the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Over the last thirty years he has developed a distinctive style that has won him prizes in the Czech Republic and other countries, and he set up a graphic studio that now has almost twenty employees. He also remains active in other fields.
Honour and Glory. Four Centuries of Art Collecting in the Czech Lands
exhibition hall Masné krámy
25/10/2019 to 23/02/2020
Výstava připomene jména barokních šlechtických sběratelů, často vázaných k západním Čechám (Černínové, Lažanští, Šternberkové, Lobkovicové), dále milovníky umění z měšťanských kruhů 19. století a rovněž slavné sběratele spojené především s moderním uměním, jakými byli Vincenc Kramář, Emanuel Hloupý, František Čeřovský či Václav Butta.
Neoclassicism: Technique and Beauty. Pietro Nobile (1776–1854)
exhibition hall Masné krámy
20/11/2019 to 09/02/2020
This is the first exhibition devoted to this architect, who became the head of the Architecture School at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.