Fruits with a Taste of Potato Dumplings: Anna Zemánková

Curators: Natálie Drtinová, Pavel Liška

The vernissage will take place at 15:00 on 20 June 2026 at the Automatické mlýny.

Anna Zemánková’s (1908–1986) solo exhibition presents her work in a new light and departs from the traditional perception of the artist as a representative of art brut, or outsider art. The exhibition positions her work in the broader art historical context, linking it to works by contemporary artists and selected pieces from the Gočár Gallery collection.

The exhibition offers an overview of Anna Zemánková’s entire oeuvre, from her early large-format drawings on paper, through collages of painted cut-outs made of paper or satin, to later works combining painting, embroidery, beads and textile applications. It traces the evolution of her work from natural and organic motifs towards abstract, ornamental and geometric compositions. Zemánková’s inspirations came primarily from nature, Moravian folk costume, Baroque architecture and the visual culture of the 1960s and 1970s.

As part of the exhibition, a two-volume monograph will be published in Czech and English versions in collaboration with the ABCD association and Kant publishers. The publication features new scholarly texts by Czech and international authors and will become an important research tool and instrument for the international presentation of Zemánková’s work.