Barbora Kachlíková: Time Is A Mirror

21. 2. 2025 - 21. 3. 2025

Life in the Finnish village of Ratula fundamentally influenced the perception of the world, the

artistic process and themes of the artist, whose paintings are inspired by the raw beauty of

Finnish nature and the traces of human activity in it. Peat mining, rusted surfaces of boilers or

cracked wooden barns resisting the pouring rain, remnants of the forest industry and everyday

life. The paintings from the Solitude series (2022-2023) are an emotional statement reflecting

the fragility and strength of humanity. The exhibition thus documents the stories hidden in

nature as well as the statements of dilapidated objects defying time.

For Barbora Kachlíková painting is a form of meditation in a changing landscape, where a

person is never completely alone nor among people. However, solitude as a central theme

does not represent isolation but brings the possibility of perceiving that which is not spoken.

The stillness of the forest, the distant sounds of machinery, shades of white and grey above

the horizon in a region, where there is only three hours of daylight for half of the year. An

unspoken dialogue with the surroundings teaches the painter herself to be silent as words are

not needed. She becomes an observer of the silence and the repetitive cycles of work in the

field and in the forest. A look into the depths of one inner self and a reflection of loneliness

in a foreign country.

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