The exhibition Beyond the Horizon presents the works of three contemporary artists in dialogue with the landscape theme of depicting the sky, in relation to the horizon between heaven and earth and the boundary between the visible and the implied. It focuses on a selection of paintings and photographs in which the horizon and clouds become central to the narrative. The sky and its endless changeability opens the door to free interpretations and serves as a vehicle for metaphysical knowledge. By observing it we can experience relaxation and detachment and open ourselves to the present moment. Like deciphering the koan, the illogical and unconventional riddle of the Zen masters, looking beyond the horizon can convey a liberation of the mind from established concepts and provide us with insight into the state before thinking.

The landscape horizon provides the exhibiting artists with generous material for grasping the symbolism of seeing the space above our heads, while at the same time providing a means for metaphorically expressing the inner states of the human condition. The role of the sky is crucial in landscape painting and landscape photography. Within the pictorial surface, it is the source of light, and the English landscape painter John Constable considered it the main organ of feeling. The exhibition Beyond the Horizon offers different image compositions and approaches to the imagery and morphology of the elements of the earth and sky, as well as different semantics of the horizon - the paintings and photographs here, like energetic imprints, mirror worldviews, beliefs and faith on a personal and collective level, consciously and unconsciously.

The cloud is an elemental and recognizable feature of Anna Němec Sypěnová's work to date, in which we find influences such as the lyricism of Josef Šíma, Lionel Feininger and Christian mysticism. Looking up to the sky offers transcendent knowledge and a break from the mundane. The author works with clouds of variant forms and shapes, in different light conditions and introspections. Her painting conveys an immediate experience of contemplation and meditation, while her conceptions of the sky are dominated by atmosphericism, a sense of impermanence and an appreciation of the preciousness of the unrepeatable moment.

The singular experience of the creative process of painting also accompanies painter Jan Pražan, who, while creating, immerses himself in a joyful, healing universal process in which his everyday self disappears. In this exhibition, he presents a wide range of paintings from his travels through the Czech and European landscapes, in which he wanders as a pilgrim from the realistic landscapes of John Constable's homeland, through the distinctive landscape paintings of his homeland around the Bobrava Nature Park, where external reality and the inner contents of the mind intermingle. In the mythological landscapes of baptism and views of the starry sky, the artist then transcends to depict transpersonal experiences of the interconnectedness and wholeness of the universe and consciousness.

The photographic style of Roman A. Muselík is minimalist, and the black and white photographs from the Timeless series add an atmosphere of quiet timeless energy to the pair of painters. These photographs capture unexpected configurations against a wide sky, grouped by suddenly appearing cloud formations and accented by reduced elements of human presence or natural elements. The presence of these elements adds an earthy connection and anchoring in time to the silent flow of the open space of the sky. The artist works with the visuality of graphic compositions, with shapes of surprising connections and with the tonality of the photograph, which evokes an atmosphere of nostalgia. The result is subtly humorous photographic confrontations that offer a visual experience of the magic of simplicity and the simple charm of being.