Vladimír Boudník

He is best known for his active and structural graphic art, but also created mostly photographic and monotype works that, until recently, remained unknown.

He spent a brief period working in advertising before getting a job at an ironworks in Kladno, where he met Bohumil Hrabal.

The factory environment served as an inspiration for his "active graphics" made of industrial material and waste.

He was also one of the first Czech artist to begin working with the general public, organizing "happenings" and interacting with psychiatric patients.

His work had a large influence on many contemporary Czech artists, especially author Bohumil Hrabal, with whom he shared many years of friendship.

Memorial plaque to Vladimír Boudník on the house where he lived and died in Prague-Žižkov