The Boundaries of the Seen - collective exhibition
9.5. – 11.7.2025
Artists: Tereza Samková, Libor Novotný, Sabina Knetlová
Curator: František Kowlowski
The exhibition Boundaries of the Seen brings fresh energy from the young Ostrava art scene to Trenčín. Sculptures, paintings, and spatial installations come together at FOR MAAT Gallery to open questions about what we are — or are not — able to perceive. Visitors are invited into a quiet dialogue with material, space, and their own inner world. This is contemporary art that reflects on where the visible ends — and where what we feel begins.
Boundaries of the Seen connects three contemporary artists — Sabina Knetlová, Libor Novotný, and Tereza Samková — prominent representatives of the emerging Ostrava visual scene. Their work explores the relationship between space, materiality, and human existence. The exhibition unfolds as a conversation between three approaches — painting, installation, and sculpture — encouraging viewers to reflect on the limits of what is visible, tangible, or only sensed.
The project examines the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, stability and transformation, physical and spiritual space. It expands perspectives on possible dual relationships within the broad field of architecture and space, including residues: personal identities shaped by emotional experiences in today’s globalized world, human corporeality, and impermanence. Through symbolic forms, the artists’ works speak to the clarification of residual “cracks” — subtle ruptures that remain beneath the surface.
This exhibition is part of the project With Roots in Trenčín, which brings important themes to the city through the lens of contemporary visual art.
Photoreport: Martin Žovinec
