Summer at AJG in Hluboká

Curator: Gabriela Garlatyová

For the first time in the Czech Republic, the South Bohemian Gallery presents a solo exhibition of one of the most significant sculptors of the Central European region. Maria Bartuszová’s work contemplated the essence of nature and humanity, and her themes remain strikingly relevant today. She focuses on ecology, motherhood, and care – for both people and the environment. Her biomorphic sculptures evoke forms such as drops, cells, eggs, stones, trees, or water. They are silent, yet powerful. The exhibition follows major solo presentations of her work at institutions such as Tate Modern in London, the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg, and the Venice Biennale.

Curator: Máša Pivovarová

Step into a world where faces are not concrete portraits, but subconscious images of our time. Nearly a hundred hypnotic, ghostly, or even demonic masks drawn from the depths of the artist’s psyche invite you to pause – and perhaps unsettle you. These faces are silent, yet they speak to everyone who dares to look. The exhibition is a testament to a society where faces have become masks – and to our need to rediscover depth within them. 

Curator: Adam Hnojil

Four cycles, four acts, four journeys into a world of tension, dream, and the unexpected. This selection of Polách’s paintings from 2019–2025 feels like scenes from stories you’ve long forgotten – or just begun to dream. In each canvas, analytical approach meets intuition, calm encounters restlessness, and reality merges with fiction. Four Act is a visual experience that slows time and compels us to see differently. The central theme of the artist’s work is the very process of perception.