HIDDEN podcast

HIDDEN gallery

The dynamic duo of gallerist Filip Kartousek and curator Kamil Princ brings you a deep but unconventional insight into contemporary fine art, whether of well-renowned authors or outstanding young talents from art academies. The personal interviews combine complex esthetic and philosophical topics with relaxed humor and non-conformist reveal of the secret sides of the author’s life and thoughts. Podcasts are held in Czech or English language.

  1. Jul 21

    HIDDEN Podcast: Klára Hartlová & Eva Fajčíková | Uncanny Paradise

    In this 63rd episode of the HIDDEN Podcast, we speak with painters Klára Hartlová and Eva Fajčíková about their joint exhibition Uncanny Paradise, presented by HIDDEN Gallery. Recorded inside the exhibition, the conversation with Filip Kartousek and guest host Kamil Princ explores the fragile boundary between beauty and unease, and how painting can reveal what lies beneath seemingly familiar worlds.The discussion begins with the concept of the uncanny itself – a place that appears comforting yet slowly becomes unsettling. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and mythology, the artists reflect on how paradise can transform into a psychological landscape shaped by memory, anxiety, projection, and hidden narratives. From Heidegger, Freud, and Jung to fairy tales, folklore, and Disney’s Bambi, the conversation traces unexpected connections between contemporary painting and the stories that continue to shape our imagination.Klára Hartlová speaks about how psychology and psychoanalytic training influence her artistic practice, why she deliberately leaves room for the viewer’s interpretation, and how dreams, free association, and the unconscious enter her paintings. Eva Fajčíková discusses poisonous plants, mythology, religion, medieval symbolism, vampires, forests, and her experiments with beeswax, moss, scents, and even insect pheromones, expanding painting beyond the purely visual.Together they also discuss artistic collaboration, destroying unsuccessful paintings, finding ideas through reading and dreams, naming artworks, balancing intuition with discipline, and how two distinct artistic languages merged into a single exhibition. One of the highlights of the conversation is an open discussion about interpreting artworks and the relationship between the artist’s intention and the viewer’s reading.👉 Exhibition info: https://hiddengallery.cz/exhibitions/eva-fajcikova-klara-hartlova📍 HIDDEN Gallery, PragueThis conversation is in Czech.

    HIDDEN Podcast: Klára Hartlová & Eva Fajčíková | Uncanny Paradise

  2. Jul 4

    HIDDEN Podcast: Ester Wala on Limit Situations, Asphalt & Her Debut Solo Show

    Painter Ester Wala joins us at HIDDEN at (A)Void Gallery for a conversation recorded inside On the Edge, her debut solo exhibition. We talk about painting bodies suspended between stability and collapse, working with industrial asphalt and porcelain, why her titles arrive only after the painting is finished, and her path from architecture and graphic design into painting at AVU. Curator Kamil Princ joins the conversation. This conversation is in Czech.

    HIDDEN Podcast: Ester Wala on Limit Situations, Asphalt & Her Debut Solo Show

  3. Jul 3

    HIDDEN Podcast: Markéta Špundová & Viktorie Macanová on Feminism, Tradition & Christianity.

    In the new episode of the HIDDEN Podcast, we sit down with Markéta Špundová and Viktorie Macánová, the artists behind the exhibition MOTOROVKA at HIDDEN UMPRUM. We talk about where the deliberately provocative title came from, playing on the contrast between the "rough" chainsaw and the "domestic" bábovka (a traditional Czech bundt cake), and what that has to do with how we still divide men's and women's work today.Viktorie describes the making of her photo editorial Women Are No Bábovkas, shot at her mom's cottage, including the styling, the casting, and how she turns the Czech rural stereotype (a man with a chainsaw, a woman at the stove) on its head. Markéta talks about her project The Ten Commandments of Masturbation, born out of her Christian upbringing, the shame around sexuality, and how it gradually grew into a longer-term interest in feminism within the church.We go through the two artists' shared history, seven years since they first met at UMPRUM, through the collaboration between the ceramics and photography studios, the exhibition Husí kůže (Goosebumps), the project Beránci (a reinterpretation of the Easter lamb tradition), and now Motorovka. We speak openly about how hard it is to make a living as an artist in Czechia, the reality of selling photography versus painting, and why both of them are currently looking for a "normal" job on the side.We also touch on topics rarely discussed openly in the art world: peeing in public in broad daylight (and why it's still a problem for women), tattoos as a late rebellion against religious upbringing, and Viktorie's thesis on authentic family portraiture as a counterpoint to commercial studio photography.

    HIDDEN Podcast: Markéta Špundová & Viktorie Macanová on Feminism, Tradition & Christianity.

  4. Jun 15

    HIDDEN Podcast – Emma Prosová: Urushi Techniques, Vietnam, Japan & Contemporary Painting

    In this episode of Hidden Podcast, we speak with artist Ema Prosová about her journey through Vietnam and Japan, and the experiences that have shaped her artistic practice. Ema shares stories from learning traditional lacquer techniques in Vietnam, working with natural materials, and discovering the demanding craftsmanship behind a process that has been passed down for generations. We discuss the physical challenges of working with lacquer, cultural differences, artistic education, travel, and the role of curiosity in building an artistic practice. The conversation moves between Prague, Tokyo and Vietnam, touching on contemporary painting, material experimentation, life abroad, collecting shells by the ocean, and the unexpected experiences that continue to influence Emma’s work today.

    HIDDEN Podcast – Emma Prosová: Urushi Techniques, Vietnam, Japan & Contemporary Painting

  5. Jun 9

    HIDDEN Podcast – Klára Korbelová – Painting from Personal Experience

    In this episode of the HIDDEN Podcast, we speak with painter Klára Korbelová about memory, childhood, solitude, and the personal experiences that shape her work. Recorded during her exhibition Nebe–peklo–ráj, the conversation moves between painting and everyday life, revealing the autobiographical foundations of her practice. Korbelová discusses recurring motifs that appear throughout her paintings, including childhood objects, self-portraits, diary-like fragments, and symbolic imagery rooted in personal experience. Together, we explore how memories transform into paintings, how humour and vulnerability coexist in her work, and how seemingly ordinary moments can acquire lasting emotional significance. The conversation also touches on her experiences outside the studio, her relationship to nature and isolation, and the role of observation in building a visual language that is both intimate and open-ended. Rather than illustrating fixed narratives, Korbelová’s paintings invite viewers into a world where personal memories become shared emotional spaces.

    HIDDEN Podcast – Klára Korbelová – Painting from Personal Experience

  6. Apr 6

    HIDDEN Podcast – Martin Gerboc – On the Body, Grotesque, and Painting

    Martin Gerboc is an artist whose work operates on the edge of the grotesque, the physical, and the symbolic. In this episode, we talk about painting as a confrontatio, with the body, identity, and the darker layers of human experience. We discuss the role of instinct in his process, the tension between control and chaos, and why certain images need to remain uncomfortable. The conversation also connects to the recent exhibition with Anna Krištofíková, where both artists explore identity as something unstable, not hidden behind a mask, but intensified by it. Rather than concealing, the image exposes the deeper contradictions of the self. This episode moves beyond interpretation and focuses on what painting does — not just what it shows. https://hiddengallery.cz/exhibitions/anna-kristofikova-martin-gerboc

    HIDDEN Podcast – Martin Gerboc – On the Body, Grotesque, and Painting

  7. Mar 28

    HIDDEN Podcast: Sára Konečná on Her First Solo Show “Heat”

    Recorded directly at the exhibition, this episode follows Sára Konečná’s first solo show Heat, selected as Exhibition of the Week by Respekt. The paintings were created within a single month of intense studio work, shaping a body of work that moves between physical sensation and inner psychological states.We talk through her use of color: blue as bodily coldness, orange as a fever pushed to its limit, and brown as an undefined space outside of time. The conversation also traces her references to Mannerism, from the elongated figures of Bronzino to the tension of El Greco, alongside her gradual shift away from perfectionism toward a more intuitive, imperfect approach.The episode closes with Kamil Princ’s philosophical reading of the works: blue as ghosts of the dead, orange as hell, and a quiet reminder of our own mortality.

    HIDDEN Podcast: Sára Konečná on Her First Solo Show “Heat”

  8. Feb 20

    HIDDEN Podcast — Tereza Mátlová on Painting Between Seasons, Emotion, and Identity

    Czech painter Tereza Mátlová discusses her exhibition Between Winter and Summer at HIDDEN Bořivojova. In this conversation recorded inside the gallery, she reflects on her intuitive approach to color, the tension between figuration and abstraction, emotional states as a driving force of painting, and the long temporal process through which her works evolve. The discussion also touches on memory, identity, mythology, and the personal experiences that shape her visual language.

    HIDDEN Podcast — Tereza Mátlová on Painting Between Seasons, Emotion, and Identity
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The dynamic duo of gallerist Filip Kartousek and curator Kamil Princ brings you a deep but unconventional insight into contemporary fine art, whether of well-renowned authors or outstanding young talents from art academies. The personal interviews combine complex esthetic and philosophical topics with relaxed humor and non-conformist reveal of the secret sides of the author’s life and thoughts. Podcasts are held in Czech or English language.

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  • Creator
    HIDDEN gallery
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Clean
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