Explore Radim Langer: Arcanum – An Exhibition of Abstract Painting, Color, and Textual Art

This exhibition features the work of artist Radim Langer, exploring abstract painting through vibrant color relationships and textual elements. The exhibition delves into Langer's extensive and precise creative process, highlighting the inherent contradictions within his work.

Radim Langer's exhibition, 'Arcanum,' delves into his abstract paintings, characterized by a profound engagement with color and text. Langer approaches the reality of the image expansively, creating his own planetary system where his work, like Earth, orbits the Sun. This fundamental necessity anchors the freedom of his art, rejecting illusionism and instead abstracting matter into color relationships. His works possess a narrative quality and deep context, often appearing intuitive yet stemming from precise preparation and an often lengthy, complex process. Color is the cornerstone of his paintings, with a fascination for relationships between tones, the use of striking, luminous shades, and an exploration of color contrasts. Colors blend like molten glass, and he often works on pieces over extended periods, allowing colors to layer and overlap, transforming meanings. This is not ethereal color aiming for mere impression, but stable color grounded in substance, indirectly referencing the paradox of Thales falling too deeply into the contemplation of the heavens. The sky, in this context, is not a transcendent category but is lived on earth. Radim Langer (born 1985) studied at the School of Applied Arts in Brno and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He primarily paints and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, having previously worked as a curator and published theoretical articles. He is a linguist, polyglot, and poet, embodying a type of Renaissance artist who seeks no simplistic shortcut from the cosmos to craft.

The exhibition is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00. Opening hours for Monday and Tuesday are 'Closed'. Visitors can find the exhibition at the Archive of Fine Arts on the first floor within the 'Polička/Shelf' project.