Street artist, engineer, architect, pilot, rebel, and provocateur are all words used to describe Czech artist David Černý, but the terms most akin to his nature are innovator and disruptor. Černý is widely recognized for his monumental sculptures in public spaces, which speak directly to everyday people and protest authority through satire and derision. All his works have a personal connection to the history of his country—the Czech Republic—and Europe broadly in the post-World War II era. Whether he is paying homage, assaulting politics, or creating whimsical metaphors of contemporary society, he aims to connect directly with viewers, making works that are impossible to ignore, regardless of his target.

This exhibition was organized by the Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), an institution of the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Mexico, and made possible by HOHMANN, Inc.