by Ellie W.

Today we went to the Kampa Museum, which is a contemporary art museum right on the Vltava River. The first exhibit was by the Czech artist Tomas Rajlich. His work was very simple. Although the art was plain, it was really beautiful. There were lots of lines and dots, and the closer you got to the art, the more detail you could see. Then we walked upstairs to an exhibition by Adolf Born. One of his quotes on the wall read, “For in art is one more step towards creating one’s own magical world.” The first pieces presented were cartoons showing places he’d been, illustrated in a simple black pen. Turning the corner, however, we were met with wild abstract art with monsters and vivid colors. Those were really interesting, and we saw his last painting called “Uninvited Guests to the Last Supper.” This one was done in more subtle colors, and we read that many art critics believe that he knew he was going to die the next day and that the piece wrapped up his collection in a really strong way. We also looked at his animation exhibit which showed his animation work through the years. In the 1960s when he started the animation was dark and about sad topics, however, during the 1990s it was much happier, prompting members of my group to wonder if that change of style had anything to do with the ending of communism. Lastly, there were really lovely views of the city from the top which we all really liked. This museum was fascinating and we enjoyed it to the max.