21. 6. – 19. 8. 2022
The KODL Contemporary Summer Art Salon presents leading artists of the contemporary scene for the fifth time. The unifying element is not only the emphasis on quality but especially on originality of expression, sovereignty, and unmistakability. You can visit the exhibition at the KODL Gallery from the 21st of June to the 19th of August.
When we first opened the Summer Art Salon at the KODL Gallery five years ago, our motivation was to bring the youngest generation of contemporary artists closer to Czech society. For the first couple of years, we focused mainly on the medium of paintings. Last year, however, our salon expanded to include photography, and this year we decided to dedicate the salon mainly to this medium. Photography is still a relatively under-appreciated medium in the Czech Republic, which is a great pity because we have many photographers whose images have conquered the world's most essential gallery halls. Many contemporary artists use photography in their creative process. The work of all the artists we have approached for this year's salon is closely linked to photography. There are internationally renowned professionals such as Antonín Kratochvíl, Ivan Pinkava, and Sebastião Salgado, artists who cannot work without photography. Then we have artists using videos, projections, or new technologies and optical devices in their work - Adam Kašpar and Jakub Nepraš, and Louise Frydman, who was attracted to the principle of photography while studying at the American International Center of Photography in New York, and since then has been working mainly with light and contrast, which is an integral part of the photographic process. In four years, the medium of photography will celebrate its bicentennial, and it is my great wish that it will achieve the same appreciation as other contemporary art forms.
Bc. Jakub Kodl, exhibition manager
Louise Frydman, Adam Kašpar, Antonín Kratochvíl, Jakub Nepraš, Ivan Pinkava, Sebastião Salgado
Guided tours:
July 13th, 5 pm (chief curator Jan Kudrna + Ivan Pinkava)
August 10th, 5 pm (chief curator Jan Kudrna)
Kodl Contemporary
Národní 7, Praha 1, 110 00
21. 6. 2021 – 12. 8. 2022
Opening hours Mon–Fri 10am–6 pm
Selling exhibition
Guided tours:
July 13th, 5 pm (chief curator Jan Kudrna + Ivan Pinkava)
August 10th, 5 pm (chief curator Jan Kudrna)
Kodl Contemporary
Národní 7, Praha 1, 110 00
21. 6. 2021 – 12. 8. 2022
Opening hours Mon–Fri 10am–6 pm
Selling exhibition
Louise FrydmanCoeur d’Automne IV
2022
mixed media (porcelain on coated wooden frame, mirror)
signed on the reverse
diameter: 95 cm
sold
Louise FrydmanVol de Nuit
2022
mixed media (porcelain on cotton paper, gold leaf)
signed lower right
70,5 × 50,5 × 3 cm
sold
Louise FrydmanAbysses (diptych)
mixed media (porcelain on coated wooden panels)
signed on the reverse
120 × 60 cm (total: 120 × 120 cm)
sold
Louise Frydman
Vol de Nuit II
2022
mixed media (porcelain on cotton paper, gold leaf)
signed lower right
47 × 32 × 2 cm
sold
Louise Frydman
Vol de Nuit III
2022
mixed media (porcelain on cotton paper, gold leaf)
signed lower right
47 × 32 × 2 cm
sold
Adam Kašpar
Porphyroid Rock and Green Slate by Huntava Rivulet
2018
oil on canvas
signed lower left
160 × 130 cm
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
Velvet Revolution – Village of Injustice
1989, Czechoslovakia
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
40 × 60 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
Jared Leto
1997, LA, California
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
40 × 53 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
Flooded
1990, Caspian Sea coast – Baku, Azerbaijan
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
40 × 60 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
David Bowie
1997, NYC
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
60 × 40 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
Gardener Copca Mica
1995, Romania
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
60 × 40 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Antonín Kratochvíl
Johnny Depp
2001, Prague
photograph (archival print on baryta paper)
signed lower right
60 × 40 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Jakub NeprašSamples
2020
sound and video installation (projector, glass, stainless steel)
75 × 50 × 77 cm, 2:11 min
No. 3/5, Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
Jakub Nepraš
Social Debris
2021
sound and video installation (projector, concrete, metal)
66 × 40 × 64 cm, 2:15 min
No. 4/5, Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
Ivan Pinkava Untitled
2020
photograph (D-print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl Paper)
signed on the reverse
111 × 82,5 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Ivan Pinkava
Collapse of Algorithm
2020
photograph (D-print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl Paper)
signed on the reverse
115,5 × 82 cm
framed, glazed, No. 2/10
sold
Ivan Pinkava
Untitled
2020
photograph (D-print on Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique Paper)
signed on the reverse
111,5 × 79 cm
framed, glazed, No. 2/10
sold
Ivan Pinkava
Untitled
2019
photograph (D-print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl Paper)
signed on the reverse
112,5 × 82,5 cm
framed, glazed, No. 1/10
sold
Ivan Pinkava
Moonshine
2018
photograph (D-print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta Paper)
signed on the reverse
110,5 × 84 cm
framed, glazed, No. 3/10
sold
Sebastião Salgado
Gold Mine of Serra Pelada
1986, Pará, Brazil
photograph (silver gelatin print)
signed, 60 × 50 cm
framed, glazed, numbered
Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
Sebastião Salgado
Gold Mine of Serra Pelada
1986, Pará, Brazil
photograph (silver gelatin print) signed, 130 × 90 cm
framed, glazed, numbered
Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
Sebastião Salgado
Gold Mine of Serra Pelada
1986, Pará, Brazil
photograph (silver gelatin print) signed, 40 × 30 cm
framed, glazed, numbered, Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
Sebastião Salgado
Gold Mine of Serra Pelada
1986, Pará, Brazil
photograph (silver gelatin print) signed, 130 × 180 cm
framed, glazed, numbered
Author’s Certificate of Authenticity included
sold
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