Six Artists in the Spotlight at Prague Art Week

With Prague Art Week now underway (until September 27) and more than 40 galleries, museums, and nonprofits taking part this year, here are six standout exhibitions across the Czech capital.

Michal Štochl - Head and Shoulders

Until November 4

C12 ART GALLERY

The artist, who is also a curator, examines ideas of success, self-improvement and ambition through the language of advertising and marketing in his collages.

See more on centralgallery.cz

Clément Bedel - Floor Is Lava

September 25 - October 24

Francouzský Institut

The French-born, Vienna-based artist takes a children's game, where players imagine the floor is made of molten lava, as a metaphor for this show of his paintings.

See more on ifp.cz

Tereza Kalousová - Sorority

Until October 24

Clauda

The Prague- and Amsterdam-based artist and architect presents enigmatic sculptures in wood, leather, and glossy hair that blur the boundaries between figuration and abstraction.

See more on clauda.cz

Natalia Kozarzewska - Spellbound

Until October 7

Hidden Bořivojova

The artist’s first solo exhibition outside Poland features paintings that draw on science fiction, horror, and folklore, transforming familiar motifs into strange, almost extraterrestrial presences.

See more on hiddengallery.cz

Tomáš Absolon - Fender Bender

September 25 - October 31

Station 6

Absolon is an abstract painter of colorful shapes, swerves, and “minor collisions”.

See more on stanice6.cz

Luboš Plný - MATERIA DELICATA

Until November 28

Galerie Smeçky

The artist, a former model at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, presents monumental assemblages, drawings, and collages that draw on sources as diverse as anatomical drawings and everyday rituals.

See more on galeriesmecky.cz