April 8th - May 7th, 2022
In his figurative paintings, Tomáš Tichý (1984) has been observing the changes that human sensitivity has gone through under the circumstances of the post-media era (characterised by the junction of various types of media) and the digital era. His work reacts to the flood of photo images and motion pictures that become, whether on a conscious or a sub-conscious level, an integral part of our lives, transforming the surface of reality and sculpting a new dimension of our perception that automatically involves elements of manipulation and equalisation. Tomáš Tichý studies how the world of new media interacts with certain visual genres such as fashion, sports, politics, and consumerism, and with the trend of creating attractive, easy-to-remember visual setups (artificial paradises) and idols (celebrities). He compares and examines the relationship between the traditional painting that hangs on a wall and certain new impulses that transform the linguistic framework of painting and set it into motio
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Opening: 7.4.2022 od 18:00 do 22:00
The Chemistry Gallery Ovenecká 17
Praha 7 - Letná
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