The exhibition will showcase early works by Jiří Příhoda, in which the future principles of his artistic practice—as we know it today—began to take shape: monumental scale, a fascination with classical approaches, and mathematical or scientific precision, combined with extreme dedication to his work. All of this is underpinned in Příhoda’s work by an interest in the phenomenological aspects of art, in experience, space, and place. The exhibition will focus on a series of photographs dedicated to landscape interventions and events in the vicinity of the village of Lovětín and Roštejn Castle, which the artist has named Roštejn Sculpture Park.

The exhibition’s guest is Štěpán Kleník, whose role extends beyond artistic collaboration to include the development of a new interactive audio guide.

The audio guide, created as part of the Context Guide platform, operates on the principle of multiple voices and perspectives. It is neither a narrated version of the exhibition texts nor a single authoritative interpretation. At each stop, visitors can choose from which perspective they want to hear the story, switch between guides, and gradually create their own context for the exhibition. 

Jiří Příhoda (*1966) is a visual artist working at the intersection of sculpture, object art, and architecture. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Stanislav Kolíbal and Aleš Veselý. In 1997, he received the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, and a year later he collaborated with Brian Eno on the installation Music for Prague. Notable presentations of his work include a solo exhibition at Troja Castle in 2016, the project Void at the Rudolfinum Gallery in 2022, and international projects for the Busan Biennale in South Korea and for galleries in New York. He currently teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU) at Brno University of Technology (VUT), where he heads the Spatial Art studio. He lives and works alternately in New Mexico and the Czech Republic.

curator: Lucie Nováčková