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Group show of around 50 Central European artists examining depictions of the male body and modern masculinity, curated by Vratislav Maňák.
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One painting here is a pair of legs in white sports socks, by Juraj Toman. The curator, writer Vratislav Maňák, says it works twice: as a fragment of a male body, and, seen through his own gay eyes, as a fetish, since sports socks are a staple kink of gay culture.
You start among men whose faces are blurred away, move on to bodies so loaded with meaning they buckle, and end with monsters. That's the three-part arc of about 90 works by 50 artists from Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Germany. Maňák reckons art about men could fill the Great Strahov Stadium; he settled for three rooms.
It asks more than it answers. Proti šedi's reviewer said it shows that "the beauty we find in simplicity is often an illusion", while a friend found it "redundant and reductive". Maňák offers no script for manhood. It runs to 24 January, and a 360 CZK ticket covers every DOX show, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 19:00.
Look for
Juraj Toman's white socks
A painting of a man's legs in white sports socks, which the curator hangs as both a fragment of the male body and a gay-culture fetish.
The faceless men
In the first section, male figures whose faces are blurred away, so you can tell it's a man but not who he is meant to be.
Uldrych and Dúbravský's monsters
In the last section, Jan Uldrych and Andrej Dúbravský show men as grotesque creatures, barely recognisable as human, straining to be more masculine than man himself.
Good for
- Nerding Out
- Rainy Days
Skip if
You want a verdict on manhood: the curator calls it a subjective pick and offers no definition.
With kids
Children 7 to 15 pay 150 CZK, under-7s are free and a family ticket is 720 CZK. Older children can borrow an interactive game at the ticket desk that guides them through DOX's exhibitions.
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Image credits
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- ANDROSCourtesy of DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
- Květa Kovářová – For the Shape of the FigureCourtesy of Museum Kampa
- Czech Press Photo 2025Tomáš Binter / Czech Press Photo
- DOX Centre for Contemporary ArtJan Slavík, CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair PalaceŠJů / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0