Karolína Netolická (*1993) graduated from the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the drawing studio of Jiří Petrbok. She deals with the relationship between human and the natural world, sociological theories and individual desires, the overt and the hidden. She is attracted by the light of the stars and the dark matter of the cosmos. There is an increasingly sculptural consideration of matter and space in her approach.

Walking through nocturnal places is an incubator of imagination. A faceless white cat paws through the cool autumn leaves. The motif has burned itself into memory, settling like a retinal photograph. The small beast becomes a proxy symbol of eternal nomadism. She is free, she belongs to no one. It doesn't belong in a house where it's not treated well. You can attract it, but it still won't stay.

Modernity has gotten to the point where we see life as change. A constant movement that can't be stopped in any way. Man is characterized by searching, volatility, unfixedness. We are becoming nomads of the digital age, we can live anywhere and realize ourselves online. On the move, that's how we still feel. Every place stakes its claim – we quickly forget the imprint of some territories, while we discover other regions with interest. Whether we linger or move on, we build our own mobile museum of disappointment. The only way to jump out of the tug of expectation is at night, in the time of dreaming. We can take solace in the fact that the cat is not on the road, but on the beat.

curator: Martina Vítková