POINT 0

The inaugural exhibition of the KodlContemporary gallery will symbolically conclude its transformation from a seasonal project into an independent gallery this autumn.

Vernissage: September 11, 2025 | 6:00 PM Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10 AM-6 PM, Sat-Sun 12 PM-8 PM The inaugural exhibition of the KodlContemporary gallery will symbolically conclude its transformation from a seasonal project into an independent gallery with a permanent exhibition program. Curator Jan Kudrna will present a selection of artists with whom the gallery has collaborated in the past, conceptualizing the exhibition as a conscious transition – the "last Salon" – and at the same time the beginning of a new exhibition era. The architect of the exhibition will be Mark Ther, whose spatial intervention will allow individual works to engage in an open dialogue across media and generations. "Point zero represents any arbitrary moment on an infinite timeline – it just needs to be named. To choose it and define it as the starting point. It is, of course, hardly possible to perceive an artwork without context and art-historical connections. On the other hand, every exhibition that presents a scene with a similar breadth, variability, and dispersion as the zero exhibition of the KodlContemporary gallery tells a certain story, the essence of which does not lie in finding a fixed visual or philosophical line. It is not so much about the genesis of the selection of artists, which clearly stems from several previous exhibitions to which the exhibition alludes. There is no unifying and fixed theme. There is no need to process a brief or answer question(s). However, it is possible to pause. It is even possible, as is rarely the case today, to "choose that moment." Point. The meaning is hidden in the emphasis on individual works. Each one of them. Each stands alone, separately, communicating in its individual language at that specific moment and in that particular space. Just as there is no universal recipe for beauty, there is no depressing or, conversely, optimistic image or sculpture. It is often even difficult to definitively say whether there is an unequivocally good or bad artist. What matters is always the result. The work. An unequivocal result of concentrated effort."