On the occasion of Eva Jiricna’s eightieth birthday, in cooperation with AI DESIGN Studio, the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art has prepared an extensive exhibition exploring various aspects of her work from the 1960s until the present day.

The JIRICNA exhibition used multimedia installations to present the work of Eva Jiricna, who is a world – renowed contemporary architect and also one of few women to have succeeded in this until recently purely male profession.

The exhibition featured samples of original design documentation and architectural models for a number of Eva Jiricna´s important projects. The centerpiece of the exhibition was a monumental glass staircase created in 1994 for the interior of the Paris branch of the Joan and David retail network. After the store closed in 1998, the staircase was disassembled and was transported to the Czech Republic on the personal initiative of Jiri Kejval. After more than 20 years it has now been restored especially for the exhibition at the DOX centre.

Image by: Jan Slavík

Architecture design: AI • DESIGN

Graphic design: Najbrt studio

Curator: Leos Válka in cooperation with Petr Vágner