If we tried to imagine Pavel Baňka's creative life as a single image, its inherently transient nature would show very soon: a steady stream of faces, staged figurative actions, spaces artificially created by the artist himself, work verging on the abstract, and landscapes and interiors with a spiritual dimension. Such an imaginary picture would suggest a host of frameworks within which the work might be arranged, based on inner and external criteria — just as the motif of the frame itself keeps recurring throughout.

A biographical angle would show that ever since his beginnings as a self-taught maker he has retained a determination to search and to invent, keeping at bay any danger of stagnation while always putting new approaches to the test.

“Velvet-like textures and shades of grey, and subtle, faded colours, are his signature. His prints and faces are sensuous.”