GUIDED TOUR WITH JAKUB JANOVSKY

Thursday 17th October at 6 pm / admission voluntary

We cordially invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Pillow and Ladder with its author Jakub Janovský, which will take place on Thursday 17 October at 6 pm. What do a scented car tree and the levitating laces of children’s sneakers have in common? How and where were the drawings created? And where does the inspiration for the motifs come from? This and much more will be revealed during the guided tour, discussion and personal session with the artist at the Fotografic Gallery.

Jakub Janovsky’s personal experience and collective memories of childhood in Czechoslovakia and then in the Czech Republic during the 1990s are continuously reflected in his large-scale paintings, subtle enamels and collages, solid concrete sculptures or simple drawings. Formally speaking, it is the drawings that serve as the foundation of his work, as they always stand at the beginning of each work as a sketch. In this exhibition, however, these drawings subversively take center stage, with their significance in some cases further emphasised through materialisation into minimalist sculptures.

Jakub Janovský (*1984) is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Drawing Studio of Prof. Jitka Svobodová). He has been exhibiting regularly since 2007 in major galleries across the Czech Republic and abroad. His works are included in numerous prestigious collections, including that of the National Gallery in Prague. www.jakubjanovsky.com