Untitled (ALWAYS NOW) 4B Václav Kopecký

About the work

Untitled (ALWAYS NOW) 4B

Photography has the ability to flatten a given slice of time onto paper or into a range of black and white tones, and can be viewed as a bubble floating somewhere in front of us that we can percieve from many different angles. These slices of perspective can have different backgrounds, different geometric shapes and arrangements, and different color associations, which the author keeps strictly within the integrity of the design, including the frame. The central motif of the series is the circle, which serves as a gateway to other worlds much like our eyes. The circle is also a shape that can be understood as a metaphor for a certain representation of time or also timelessness that the chosen motifs can evoke.

Bio

Václav Kopecký studied photography under Pavel Baňka at the Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and under Hynek Alt and Aleksandra Vajd at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM). In 2019, he received his Ph.D. in Fine Arts from UMPRUM. From 2020 to 2024, together with Jiří Thýn, he co-led the Applied Photography Studio at FUD UJEP. Since 2024, he has been based at the Fine Arts Studio IV (Photography) at UMPRUM, which he co-leads with Jiří Thýn. He lives and works in Prague. In 2025, he published Light Blue Filter at UMPRUM, a publication stemming from his long-term pedagogical and research interest in the principles of the photographic medium.