KodlContemporary

12 September – 28 October 2025
Praha,

Opening: Sep 11, 2025 | 6 pm

Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-8pm

The inaugural exhibition of the KodlContemporary gallery will symbolically complete its transformation from a seasonal project into an independent gallery with a permanent exhibition program. Curator Jan Kudrna will present a selection of artists with whom the gallery has collaborated in the past, and he conceives the exhibition as a conscious transition – the “last Salon” – and at the same time the beginning of a new exhibition era. The architect of the exhibition will be Mark Ther, whose spatial intervention will allow individual works to enter into an open dialogue across media and generations.

“Point Zero represents any arbitrary moment on an infinite timeline – all one has to do is to name it. Choose it and determine one’s starting point. Of course, it is nearly impossible to interpret a work of art out of context, without knowing how it relates to the history of art. And yet, every exhibition, especially if it is of a similar breadth, diversity, and range as KodlContemporary’s “zeroth” exhibition, tells a certain story whose main aim is not to identify a fixed visual or philosophical continuity. The reasoning behind the particular selection of artists is not so important, though it is clearly based on several earlier exhibitions. There is no fixed, unifying theme, no specific task to fulfil or question(s) to answer. But there is the chance to pause, even to (such a rarity today) “choose the moment.” A point in time. The meaning lies hidden in the focus on the various works, on each and every one of them. Each communicates in the given moment and in this particular setting on its own, separately, using its own individual language. There is no universal recipe for beauty, no depressing or, conversely, optimistic painting or sculpture. In many cases, it is actually difficult to definitively say whether there exists such a thing as an unequivocally good or bad artist. The decisive factor is always the product. The work of art. The unambiguous result of concentrated effort.”

Jan Kudrna

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