Vladimír Merta / Picturology

Vladimír Merta works in a number of different artistic fields, including painting, drawing, object art, and installations. In his art, he draws on the legacy of the historical and prehistorical past while naturally also taking in all the things happening around us today – technological progress, changing relationships among people, and changes in nature. The exhibition shows older as well as recent picture cycles. The images from the cycle titled Sacrum, which he painted in response to photographs of performances, are characterized by a sophisticated composition, done in a layered glaze technique used during the Baroque era. Another cycle, The Great Energy Scandal, was made recently and follows on his earlier The Great Financial Scandal from the 1990s. Extraterrestrial Origin – a series of pastels on large-format canvases – makes a soft and delicate impression.
Exhibition curator: Jiří Machalický