“Register,” rather than “Retrospective,” was the title of this extensive exhibition of work by Slovak neo-avant-garde artist Stano Filko (1937–2015), including his rarely exhibited painterly oeuvre as well as some never-before-exhibited large-scale installations. The word suggested an ongoing mapping and evaluation of the artist’s vast and often arcane output—a kind of stocktaking. This idea was underlined by Fait Gallery’s industrial space and the exhibition design by Studeny Architekti evoking a grid of warehouse aisles formed by plasterboard shelves, display units, and pedestals.

Filko’s