This exhibition is the first to outline the development of modern and contemporary Central European art between 1949 and 1999 in scientific-historical context. In the wake of the political division following World war II, artists, finding themselves exposed to conflicting political ideologies, perceived a need to redefine their position. This resulted in the production of fascinating art, in the process transcending such commonplace categories as Western and Eastern art.

The exhibition seeks to address the developments and structures inherent in a form of art caught between division and political change, while at the same time deliberately aiming to correct what continues to be a lopsided general view.