Opening of the Exhibition: Klára Sedlo - VOYNICH’S FLOWERBED

The year 2025 marks a significant step in the career of Czech painter Klára Sedlo – she will present her work at a solo exhibition at the Prague House in Brussels. The opening will take place on January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM and will offer a combination of new and older works inspired by the mysterious Voynich manuscript. “This project has been with me for several years and I am very happy to be able to present it in such a prestigious environment,” says Klára Sedlo. She is returning to Brussels after several years – she exhibited here for the first time as part of a group exhibition of the AVU project, at that time still as the youngest participant. Since then, her career has taken a new direction.

Klára Sedlo, a graduate of the Prague AVU, is known not only for her distinctive work, but also for her active communication on social networks. She studied painting with Michael Rittstein and drawing with Jiří Petrbok. Her works with elements of magical realism often depict strange aspects of the world – from monsters to surreal scenes that reflect the author’s inner states.

An exhibition connecting history and the present

Visitors can look forward to 40 paintings, divided into two thematic areas. The first includes new works, among which stand out large floral still lifes inspired by the Voynich manuscript. The second area brings older works, including the very first painting from the cycle that started the author’s fascination with this mysterious book a few years ago. The Voynich manuscript, a mysterious medieval text also connected to Prague, has fascinated Sedlo for years. The mysterious writing and illustrations, which no one has been able to decipher, are transformed into realistic-magical images in her presentation. They combine Renaissance tradition with modern elements – for example, Dancing Plant captured in phased motion on imaginary film frames, or Entrance to the Underground, where the composition of plants resembles a computer game menu.

The exhibition is on view from January 23rd to February 13th, 2025. Reservations: praguehouse@praha.eu