NOIRS

In the thematic exhibition NOIRS, sculptor Michal Škoda (*1962) enters into a creative dialogue with the unique interior of the Louny gallery designed by architect Emil Přikryl. By placing his sculptural works within this distinctive and masterfully conceived architectural environment, Škoda pays homage to it while simultaneously achieving a culmination of several of his own artistic and exhibition principles. The exhibition thus becomes not only a tribute to architecture as a space designed for human presence, but more specifically to this particular architecture as a site for art. Škoda employs black as a material substance. In his work, black possesses architectural purity—smooth, solid, and elemental. It functions as an instrument of focus, contemplation, and order. Black is not merely a color; it is a tool for thinking and introspection. The works invite the viewer to slow down and attune to subtle nuances. Here, black is not conceived as negation, but as a space rich with possibility.