By the time of his first solo exhibition (1966) in Ústí nad Orlicí, Zbyšek Sion had presented himself as a painter of fantastical monsters and apocalyptic visions (The Fall of the Tower, 1966). Following the August 1968 occupation the titles of Sion’s painting cycles became an unambiguous testimony to his emotions (Treacherous Friend, 1968; Uninvited Guest, 1968; Situation – How to Make Behave with a Stick, 1969; Fugitive, 1969). Some figures were two-dimensional and made of numerous blotches of paint (Portrait of Young Lady D., 1968).
