Exhibition: Václav Kopecký's Whole World Catalog & Milan Mazúr's Eva
We invite you to the opening of two new exhibitions at the Fotograf Zone Gallery: Whole World Catalogue by Václav Kopecký and Eva by Milan Mazúr.
Václav Kopecký’s exhibition delves into the ambition of the photographic medium, which manifests in the contrast between a hand-toned enlargement and a proudly gleaming digital photograph. It juxtaposes timeless palms with flawless products that underscore the priorities of the present day.
Milan Mazúr's film Eva presents a contemplative, fragmentary work whose central motif is the film of the same name devoted to the theme of social help and human empathy. Through subtle image sequences and layered sound recordings, the story unfolds of a woman who, after her own experience with imprisonment and emigration, dedicated her life to supporting others.
Curator: Markéta Kinterová and Svetlana Malina
FOTOGAF ZONE GALLERY
Opening hours: Mon–Thu, 1 pm–7 pm
On 19. 1. 2026, the screening of the film Eva in the gallery is available only until 17:00. Subsequently, the premiere of the short film Membrane about Lucie Sceranková will be held in the basement from 18:00 and 18:45.
More information can be found here: Artyčok
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Václav Kopecký graduated with a master’s degree from the Photography Studio of Hynek Alt and Aleksandra Vajd at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and earned his bachelor’s degree from the Photography Studio of Pavel Baňka at the Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. In 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. From 2020 to 2024, he co-led the Applied Photography Studio with Jiří Thýn at the Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, and since 2024 he has been co-leading the Fine Art Studio IV (Lens Based Art) with Jiří Thýn at UMPRUM. He lives and works in Prague.
Milan Mazúr is a visual artist who focuses on working with the moving image. His practice primarily encompasses experimental film, generative video, and non-linear video essays. His projects frequently engage with the motif of memory—using visual and sonic artifacts that reference the past, fragments of archival records, or processes of forgetting and image decay. He views memory as a temporal layer where traces of the past intertwine with the present. He is interested in how memories are projected into the image and how technological procedures transform the original narrative. He graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (Jiří David Studio) and earned his Ph.D. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under the supervision of Tomáš Svoboda.
Fotograf Contemporary focuses on renowned names of the contemporary photography scene, presenting their works at selected exhibitions and offering them for sale. It also serves as an online platform with a diverse selection of works for sale by some of the most interesting photographers working in our country today.
The exhibition was financially supported by a grant from GESTOR.
Open Group – Repeat After Me 2022
The project Repeat After Me 2022 by the creative collective Open Group works with sound as the primary carrier of wartime experience. Instead of images of destruction, it focuses on the acoustic trace of conflict—on the sounds of weapons, explosions, sirens, and silence, which inscribe themselves into the bodies and memories of people living through war or forced exile. The ability to recognize these sounds is not a matter of artistic or sociological experiment; however experimental its aesthetics may be, it signals an effort to survive.
Too close to remember
The exhibition explores the theme of synaesthesis – i.e. a reaction of the body and mind and an experience that melds the sensory modalities of diverse entities existing in the digital, posthuman and technological environments. The project develops the discourse on various approaches to perception, especially in reference to the crisis of authenticity of human sensory perception that finds itself under pressure from contemporary power structures, surveillance and production.
Chaeyeon Kang – 28 days
We warmly invite you to the opening of Chaeyeon Kang – 28 days, an exhibition project installed in the gallery window of Fotograf Zone. The exhibition presents the winning project of the Fotograf Zone Gallery Open Call 2026.