Curator: Lenka Lindaurová
Telling stories from unknown or distant lands ended with globalization. It - on the other hand - brought a higher level of understanding. Nevertheless, even in our current reality there are cultural differences, but we can overcome them with visual art. The Czech story in the form of an exhibition presentation wants to show something typical for the Czech Republic, but at the same time it shows a multicultural society where artists from other countries also live and create.
The exhibition answers the question of what the small and distant country is like: interesting and varied. The selection of works represents very diverse stories portrayed in the media of painting, objects and installations by authors of several generations. Five male and female artists bring stories from the center of Europe, while also representing the best of the Czech art scene.
The center of the presentation is a monumental object by Jan Kadlec.
Jiří Matějů and Jan Kaláb, a generation younger, represent the abstract coloristic position of painting at the exhibition. The sculptor Tereza Štětinová also remains in poetic abstraction in her sculptures and is inspired by natural beauty. Artists Markéta Vaňková and Moemi Yamamoto work with stories of the subconscious in their paintings, Natalie Perkof returns to classic painting themes of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which shaped later modernity, through fabric still lifes. Richard Loskot and Pavel Mrkus, who completed a residency in Taiwan this year, work with new technologies that make it possible to create illusory stories. In her metaphorical paintings, Milena Dopitová explores the communication possibilities of today's generation dependent on social networks.
The narrative nature of the works caters to the viewer, but their stories can be read on many levels. The exhibition is a tempting invitation and a window into the country, which is currently opening its Czech center in Taipei.