This exhibition of the work of the Czech artist Karel Malich served as a complement to the Eastern European art fair in Hamburg. Malich lived for many years in complete isolation, but since the fall of the Communist regime, his work has gained increasing importance in both the Czech scene and international arena. He was basically unaffected by the political and social turmoil before 1989. With an astonishing consistency his work pursued a path following the classical abstraction of Modernism. Even when he was involved in conflicts, he strove to develop an art that transcended societal tensions