PRAGUE ONE DAY AFTER BOMBING

The wall of Letenské sady featured images of famous Prague towers: Old Town Tower, Žižkov Television Tower, Powder Tower, Šítkov Water Tower and Towers of the Týn Church. Dominant features of Prague, which is also referred to as "The City Of a Hundred Spires", are easily recognized by locals as well as visitors. However, the black and white images leave a disturbing impression. Instead of appealing tourist motifs, these are scenes from a war-destroyed city. Oto Hudec's exhibition entitled "Prague Day After the Bombing" highlights the mass export of arms from the Czech Republic into unstable and undemocratic regimes. The exhibition was organized by ARTWALL in cooperation with Amnesty International Czech Republic, which has been drawing attention to the problem of uncontrolled arms exports.

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