I’m on the phone with Honza. I’m driving, but I’ve managed to get my headphones on somehow. Honza’s at a wedding, so it’s not exactly the best time for him either. We’d like to talk more about the exhibition, but neither of us has the time. Never mind, we’ll make do with what we have. I’m calling from the car, Honza from the wedding. He cuts us off. I’m somewhere in the Austrian mountains. I’ll try again in half an hour.

I learn that Honza would love to create a masterpiece, he just doesn’t know exactly how yet. He has the resources and the knowledge, but he lacks time. With time, perspective and enthusiasm fade away. Gradually, the joy disappears too, and it becomes just a chore that needs to be finished by the deadline.

"I’d like to build a chapel, but I don’t have time for it."

There won’t be a chapel, but there will be an altar. We can manage that. We have to. Hidden within the altar is a sacristy, and within it something sacred. A message. Information. Knowledge. Reflection. Actually, we don’t know exactly what will be there. But I’m delighted by the idea that the gallery might have a sacristy and that we might be able to peek inside.

We’ll find time for it. Originally, the exhibition was supposed to be later, but I can’t do that—I have my own exhibition there. So it will be on Sunday, along with the sauna upstairs and Tereza’s tarot by the fire. Come on over.

Jan Schulz is a graduate of the Painting 3 studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology. He completed his studies with the Dean’s Award for his master’s thesis, Gotofuturism. This work reflects Jan’s technical skill, stylistic diversity that bridges historical styles with contemporary artistic approaches, and conceptual forays into pop culture from a critical perspective of Debord’s “society of the spectacle” and technopessimism. His decorative frame woodcarvings, typical of his latest works, stem from the idea of deconstructing the frame, inspired by Miroslav Petříček’s reflections on “framing reality.”

curator: Michal Mitro