黑料不打烊

The title of this new exhibition of works by painter Jan Poup臎 (born 1988) refers to the architectural element of the grotto, a decorative artificial cave, often found in Renaissance and Baroque gardens. The interplay of natural and cultural elements 鈥� and, by extension, the relationship between the natural and the human 鈥� is the principal idea behind the new works created especially for the Grotto exhibition at the Kvalit谩艡 Gallery.

During his time on the art scene, Jan Poup臎 has developed an original artistic language based on the exploration of structures and a search for the limits of perspective, optics, and geometry. As Jan Dot艡el wrote in a publication that accompanied last year鈥檚 Neuralscape exhibition at the Telegraph Gallery in Olomouc, Poup臎鈥檚 works 鈥渁re built on a foundation of observing natural phenomena, handcraft, and a sophisticated overcoming of the traditional limits of painting鈥�. We will now see the artist鈥檚 visual language in an entirely new form. The curatorial concept will allow the spectator to perceive visual art in a manner that mirrors the artist鈥檚 fascination with architecture and geometry in a looser, less analytical manner. Poup臎鈥檚 paintings, characterised by their linear perspective, are bent into forms reminiscent of wave motion.