Dystopian Realism at Cursor Gallery

Artists: DIS, Max Göran, Jakub Choma, Sarah Lüttchen, Agnieszka Polska, Jonáš Strouhal, Dušan Zahoranský

Exhibition title: Dystopian Realism

Curated by: Václav Janoščík

Venue: Cursor Gallery, Prague, The Czech Republic

Date: July 15 – September 6, 2020

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Cursor Gallery, Prague

Following the investigative search for a shared world, the series of four exhibitions for the full year program of the Cursor Gallery, continues with a second episode about the future, possibilities and dystopias, which have seemingly narrowed the comforting distance of tens or hundreds of years, and are getting closer and closer to the present. One of the most repeated sentences of contemporary philosophy is: “It is easier to imagine the end of the world today than the end of capitalism.” But is our imagination truly that limited? Customarily, it has always been art that continuously expanded the horizon of imagination, possibilities and the future. This is not about another wave of apocalyptic threats and experiences; this is about overcoming the spirals of work and entertainment, activity and apathy; this is about questioning the old language, looking for new points of orientation and reconciliation with the time of catastrophes and political crises, with a life without answers, but many challenges on the fluctuating horizon.

Dystopian Realism, 2020, exhibition view, Cursor Gallery, Prague ©Filip Beránek/CSU Praha

Dušan Zahoranský: Libor(2019) ©Filip Beránek/CSU Praha

Sarah Lüttchen: Dream Machine(2016) ©Filip Beránek/CSU Praha

Dystopian Realism, 2020, exhibition view, Cursor Gallery, Prague ©Filip Beránek/CSU Praha

Jonáš Strouhal: An Overclocked Device May Be Unreliable or Fail Completely(2018), Sarah Lüttchen: Janus (The Getaway Car) (2018) and Sarah Lüttchen: Baby (2019) ©Filip Beránek/CSU Praha