yesterday at a press conference in Brussels, representatives of the Czech authorities and the artist David Cerny (David Cerny) made a formal apology for the installation Entropa, caused controversy among politicians and great resonance with the public .

«Entropa it's just art, no more and no less - said in an interview to journalists Czech Vice Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra (Alexandr Vondra). - That does not mean that the leadership of both the Czech Republic takes the EU or any of the its members. I understand that some may feel offended, and would like to apologize ».

Draft Entropa was to be a central element of the cultural program prepared by the Czech Republic as chairman of the European Union, which runs parallel with the political and economic events. It must have been to take part 27 artists from different countries of the EU , but instead, the Czech David Černý, together with a small group colleagues prepared the installation itself, arguing that lack of time and money. His work the author, and Alexander Vondra, called «the subject of art», and then said: «We apologize to individual States». Cerny also apologized to the government of his country and promised a return to 10 million kroons (482 700 dollars) which he received in preparing the draft of the Czech authorities. But still not quite clear where he was going to commit these funds. Cerny has admitted that he had been unable to obtain sponsorship amount that he wanted to collect on a private basis, and stated that he himself was a result of this project without any money.

Most of the differences led to the installation piece, dedicated to Bulgaria. The country was represented by the artist as a toilet, which caused dissatisfaction Bulgarian authorities demanded an explanation from the Ambassador of the Czech Republic. My apologies Bulgaria yesterday made Vice-Premier Alexander Vondra, and the author himself, David Cerny. The Czech Government has already announced that it is ready to remove the «Bulgarian» part of the composition. The fate of the whole project Entropa decided during the recent discussions between representatives of EU countries, where it was decided to leave the installation, as well as in the case of the dismantling could be followed accusations of censoring art. Thus, the sculptural composition Cerny is likely to remain open to the public before the end of June.

material produced Catherine Onuchin

Sources: bloomberg.com , timesonline.co.uk , artinvestment.ru