Pravdivé texty (1997-2023)

Petr Babák is mainly known in the Czech environment as a graphic designer, but he often likes to express himself in written form. The book Pravdivé texty (1997-2023), edited by Jaroslav Tvrdoň, presents a selection from Babák's large volume of texts on various topics. It is divided into four sections that reflect the stylistic and genre dispersion of Babák's writing - from analytical articles devoted to (not only) historical reflection on the field from the magazine Deleatur, to numerous glosses from the magazine Revolver Revue that introduce young artists and designers, to interviews and other, looser texts. The result is a printed book (CHALLENGE: Don't listen to the music, don't read it, don't see any of the films or exhibitions. So what?), which combines the written word with fewer images and which, as the title suggests, represents Babák's work over the past twenty-five years. Its aim is to take advantage of the genre diversity of the texts to put together an imaginary portrait of the artist and his work. The authorial part of the book is introduced by a text by the theoretician of visual art Tomáš Pospiszyl. Jaroslav Tvrdoň, the editor of the volume, has long been active in the editorial, publishing and art history environment, and is also an active author and editor of books.

Czech edition