Menu V
Suchan Leoš
Menu V, 2024
80 x 100 cm
oil on canvas
The painting is inspired by Dutch Baroque still lifes, but at the same time the theme is shifted to the present. The fast food theme creates a contrast with the painting technique, which in this case is slow and lengthy. Similarly, the colourful environment in which the still life is placed is very subdued, in contrast to the colourful design principles of fast food packaging. It is therefore about the clash of past and present, and the tensions they can create between each other. L. S.
About the artist
born in 1989, Tabor, Czech Republic
Education:
2011 - 2016 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Rep., Painting Studio of prof. Zdenek Beran and prof. Michael Rittstein
2010 - 2011 Brno University of Technology, Czech Rep., Faculty of Fine Arts, Studio of Painting of prof. MgA. Petr Kvicala
2009 - 2010 University of Ostrava, Czech Rep., Faculty of Fine Arts, Studio of Painting of doc. MgA. Frantisek Kowolowski
Selected Solo Exhibtions:
2021 Material world, Galerie Ščigol, Praha
2020 Shopping, Galerie Vltavín, Praha
2019 Postprodukce, Galerie Jan Čejka, Praha
2019 Protiklady, Galerie Navrátil, Praha
2019 Proti proudu, Galerie Gambit, Praha
2018 Baroque Cafe, Dudes&Barbies Gallery, Prague
2018 Taste in Painting, Zbraslav Gallery, Prague
2017 Fake', Dolmen Gallery, Prague
2016 Paintings, Squared, Na Milade Gallery, Prague
2016 Second Wave, Litera Gallery, Prague
2015 New Wave, Litera Gallery, Prague
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021 Figurativas 21, Muzeum MEAM, Barcelona (ES)
2021 Trienále portrétu, Liptovská galéria P. M. Bohúňa, Liptovský Mikuláš (SK)
2020 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Londýn (UK)
2020 XX. Sympozium současného výtvarného umění Jenewein, Kutná Hora
2019 Ateliér malířství III AVU, Galerie Vltavín, Praha
2019 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Londýn (UK)
2018 Old News', Arcimboldo Gallery, Prague, CZ
2018 Reality Show, Arcimboldo Gallery, Prague, CZ
2018 Internation art symposium, Lehnice, SK
2018 YICCA 17/18, Hernandez Art Gallery, Milan, IT
2018 The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2017 Reflexion Durch Weitergang, Alina Art Gallery, Chemnitz, DE
2017 Atribut, JCejka Gallery, Prague, CZ
2017 Art Prague, Kafka House, Prague, CZ
