Uncertain Future
5 June – 9 September
- Artists
- Johan Pertl, Patrik Kriššák
- Curator
- Michaela Mellová
- Location
- Vodičkova 37
The exhibition Uncertain Future aims to bring together two distinct yet complementary approaches to the question of the future. Through painting, Patrik Kriššák, and through a glass object, Johan Pertl, open up a visual dialogue about civilisation, nature and time.The title of the exhibition deliberately contrasts with the delicate and stylised appearance of Kriššák’s paintings. His work addresses contemporary ecological concerns, but rather than offering a warning, it proposes a different perspective — one of hope. He has long explored the motif of underwater nature, particularly coral structures, which he sees as symbols of interconnectedness, renewal and life. His paintings depict fictional landscapes and forms reminiscent of an atlas of shells and organisms situated beyond any specific point in time — perhaps from the future, perhaps from ancient times. For the artist, his inspiration drawn from the sea and its life becomes a means of visually contemplating a world in which climate change signifies not only extinction, but also the possibility of transformation. Johan Pertl brings a different trajectory of thought. His glass objects evoke the relics of a vanished civilisation – melted forms shaped by a spontaneous aesthetic. They appear as archaeological findings from the future, as fossils of civilisational memory. In the tension between the fluidity of form and the chaos of the nature surrounding them, a sense of calm after extinction emerges – a quiet world in which traces of human presence endure in both material and form. Here, glass functions not only as a medium, but also as evidence – a bearer of memory and a record of what has disappeared.
While Kriššák’s approach oscillates between harmony, beauty and fragility, Pertl’s work evokes a dystopian vision in which only an imprint remains. Both artists, however, move within a shared space of speculative landscapes and fragments – creating an atlas of forms that reflects the tension between the natural and the human, between what has been and what is yet to come.
Uncertain Future is therefore not merely an exhibition about uncertainty, but above all about the search for balance between what is human and what is natural, what passes away and what endures. It is about two artists whose approaches intersect in times of change – quietly, in layers, and yet with striking presence.
Through painting, Patrik Kriššák, and through a glass object, Johan Pertl, open up a visual dialogue about civilisation, nature and time.
Uncertain Future is an exhibition about uncertainty, but above all about the search for balance between what is human and what is natural, what passes away and what endures. It is about two artists whose approaches intersect in times of change – quietly, in layers, and yet with striking presence.
Featured Works
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Johan Pertl Side Table, from the series FLOW
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Artefacts
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Master & Master Barrel
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