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Prague, the City of Eugenic Minds November 8 through December 14, 2014
Xenia Hoffmeisterová,
Eugenic Minds I, 2012-13.
Acrylic on canvas, 39.3 x 47.2 in.
Courtesy of the Artists.
Xenia Hoffmeisterová,
They came from the Skies, 2011.
Acrylic on canvas, 59 x 70.8 in.
Courtesy of the Artists.
Xenia Hoffmeisterová,
Covenant, 2001.
Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 55.1 in.
Courtesy of the Artists.
Xenia Hoffmeisterová,
Museum of Rabbits & Forefathers, 2012.
Acrylic on canvas, 59 x 70.8 in.
Courtesy of the Artists.
Exhibition Overview
The Eugenic Minds project, comprised of a documentary by Pavel Stingl, animations and paintings by Xenia Hoffmeisterová, and literary artwork by Patrik OuÅ™ednÃk, offers timeless meditation upon the abuse of the human pinnacles of science and education. It also addresses the question of academic careerism, which under totalitarian regimes reaches self-destructive proportions. This exhibition is the first presentation abroad by the Shoah Memorial Prague.