- The exhibition lasts from October 31, 2025, to February 20, 2026
- Curator: David Korecký
Art as a Laboratory and Memory
The exhibition Broken Flowers is a dialogue between classical photography and experimental objects that are created not primarily through the camera lens. The exhibited works – from the torsos of palms from the displaced paradise by the Dead Sea in the series A Short Story about an Island, to laser-shot slides – are metaphors of collapse and creativity. In the work The Center's River, photography from the Great Wall of China is combined with microscopic traces of laser, evoking the molecules of the future.
The exhibition also represents a dialogue between representation and the creation of the image. Adamovský's work not only offers visual experiences but also poses questions and opens space for deeper reflection on the contemporary world.
Three Breaks, Three Worlds
“The selection of works by Michal Adamovský for the Artia environment thematizes a break, a boundary that separates different worlds, yet is destined to be transcended with all its consequences,” presents the exhibition curator David Korecký.
Break of Space: The installation of a broken wall divides the Artia space into two contrasting parts – a dark cave under the starry sky and a bright world of epiphytes that opens horizons. The exhibition panels bend, disrupt lines, and create a visual metaphor for crossing borders.
Break of Technique: On one side hang large-format photographs from the series A Short Story about an Island, taken with direct photography – raw, documentary, with a detective aesthetic of paparazzi. On the other side are artificial objects from the series Multicontact, created with lasers, glass, and codes – referencing neural networks and human ingenuity.
Break of Thought: In Adamovský's works, a social and intellectual duality is evident. As a photographer, he has long explored the phenomenon of shooting – with light and weapons – while also addressing legal issues of artistic appropriation. His works balance between an ethical examination of the crime scene and a scientific experiment.
Michal Adamovský
Michal Adamovský (*1982) is a graduate of the doctoral program at FAMU, where he focused on the issues of artistic appropriation, collisions, and synergies arising from the appropriation of foreign photographic works. He thus connected two areas of his activity: photography and copyright in art, building on his master's studies in photography in the studio of Viktor Kolář and Štěpánka Šimlová, and legal studies at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
In 2019, he collaborated with the international research laser center ELI – Beamlines, and a year later with the Moser glassworks, where he continued material experiments with photographic negatives and positives. He participated in creative residencies at the Atelier de Visu in Marseille (2012, under the guidance of Antoine de Agathy, Magnum Photos), Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem (2011), and at the Technical University in Graz (2011, in collaboration with architect Martin Kaftan).
He has exhibited at the Klatovy/Klenová Gallery, Whitepoint Gallery in New Jersey, at the 4 + 4 Days in Motion festival, in the Bibliothèque Départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, the National Technical Library, Chung-Ang Art University Seoul, and in the Langhans Gallery. His works are represented in collections such as the Klatovy/Klenová Gallery, the Foundation for Contemporary Art Prague, and PPF Art.
Artium by KKCG: Line of Innovation
Artium by KKCG is an unconventional, freely accessible art space that connects different worlds, opens new horizons, and mutually links often isolated cultural areas in unforgettable meetings. In collaboration with leading curators for the general public, it prepares a multidisciplinary artistic program conceptually anchored on four dramaturgical pillars: visual arts, music, performative arts, and education.
It is located in the headquarters of the investment and innovation group KKCG, founded by entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Karel Komárek. Artium was built and is financially supported long-term by him and his wife Štěpánka. Thanks to this, unique artistic projects have been emerging here for over three years, accessible to the general public.
In 2025, the programming series focuses on Innovations. These change not only how art is created but also how we experience it and how it can inspire us. Innovations give artists greater freedom of expression and allow them to discover new ways of communicating with the audience.
Following the site-specific installation by Václav Kočí and the joint exhibition of two essential colorists, Martin Moflár and Filip Švehla, the third and final exhibition of the line of Innovation presents the experimental photographic work of Michal Adamovský.
As part of the music program, Artium has hosted evening concerts of the international music festival Dvořákova Praha for the fourth time, and on November 26, it will welcome Oscar winners Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard, who will perform their benefit pre-Christmas concert here. The proceeds from the concert will support talented musicians within the Pianos for Schools project.
