Jan Gemrot—New Horizons
7. 5. 2018—26. 6. 2018
Wratislaw Palace
Tržiště 13, 118 00 Prague
In the 1990s, Zdeněk Beran’s studio of classical painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague gave rise to a generation of artists employing various types of realistic expression. The success of Beran’s students, including Hynek Martinec and Karel Balcar, proves that a return to traditional painting can constitute an inspiring step forward.
For his exhibition at the Pro arte Gallery Jan Gemrot (*1983) prepared a series of oil paintings dedicated to an examination of the malleable relationship between the conscious and the unconscious. A certain subtleness of expression provides the viewer with the opportunity to participate in the pictorial narrative; after all, an unfinished story induces a powerful emotional response. Gemrot’s works transgress and intentionally violate the boundaries of reality in order to formulate different means of perception, i.e. new horizons.
