White shirt, cotton, and Superman. Leoš Suchan is exhibiting in Prague.

Title Image: Leoš Suchan, Desert and Superman, oil on board, 30 × 40 cm, 2026.

On a small board titled Desert and Superman, a comic book hero figure is combined with a dessert. Two quite different worlds stand next to each other, both fitting into a painting measuring just 30 × 40 centimeters. In Small Cotton, it seems the painter has gone even closer: the only open fruit nearly fills the entire canvas.

Elsewhere, it pays to observe exactly what blends in at first glance. In the painting Pillow II, the light fabric emerges from the light background thanks to the folds and shadows under the pom-poms. Suchan finds himself in a different position in the figurative Time Traveler. The canvas measuring 155 × 135 centimeters is one of the largest of the presented works.

Chair in London, Sink in Barcelona

Suchan studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague from 2011 to 2016 under Zdeněk Beran and Michael Rittstein. Small scenes from everyday life have also caught attention abroad. His Chair was featured in the 2018 exhibition of the Columbia Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries in London. Three years later, the organizers of the Figurativas exhibition selected the painting Sink for the MEAM museum in Barcelona.

More Still Lifes from the Exhibition

All paintings are by Leoš Suchan. Reproductions provided by Galerie La Femme.

On a Visit to Bílková Street

The exhibition Leoš Suchan – From Life runs from November 3 to 29, 2026 at Galerie La Femme, Bílková 131/2, Prague 1 – Josefov. The gallery is open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM.

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