Vojtech Kovarik’s paintings tackle the figure of the mythical hero who legitimates painting since the Classical Age. He interrogates the other side of the heroes, their intimate torments, and depicts these men (according to most of the stories) regaining their humanity. Kovarik’s large canvases reflect his deep knowledge of art history: schematic figures evoke Pablo Picasso, expressive colors summon Henri Matisse while the work on volume lets us see Fernand Léger’s influence. But his approach to bodies is also deeply influenced by the Soviet sculptures of propaganda he was surrounded by during his childhood in Eastern Europe. By marrying those different types of storytelling, the mythological one, the political propaganda one, the contemporary imagery one, Vojtech Kovarik gives birth to a painting that bears the figurative tradition, yet opening a path for an open-ended future.

Galerie Derouillon

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Baltic Triennial

Vilnius

Valasske Mezirici

Basel

Art Basel

Miami

Nada

Paris

Milan

MASSIMODECARLO

São Paulo

Mendes Wood Dm

London

Sim Smith

Brussels

New York City

Helsinki

Kiasma Kansallisgalleria

Ica Miami

Beijing

X Museum

Musée D'Art Moderne De Paris

Mexico City

Museo Jumex

Los Angeles

Lacma

Turin

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

Blenheim Art Foundation

Hong Kong

 K11 MUSEA

Lafayette Anticipations

Riga

Zuzeum

Dallas

The Power Station

Prague

Museum Kampa

Vojtěch Kovařík

Ares

Portrait of Zephyrus

Alexander The Great and His Horse Bucephalus

Dionysus Descended Into The Underworld To Free His Mother

The Present and the Past