Evanescent, surreal paintings by a central figure of Czech postmodernism, Tomáš CísarovskýKnown for his eerie use of color, Czech painter Tomáš Císarovský (born 1962) integrates contemporary themes and styles into the history of Western painting, blending historically codified images with contemporary approaches. Tradition Is a Part of the Present gathers 30 years of Císarovský’s brightly colored, whimsical paintings. | Tomáš Císarovský: Tradition Is a Part of the Present by Tomas Cisarovsky, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters