Klára Čermáková is a visual artist / human being who blends natural & artificial, body & tech.

Lost in Österreich

about:

The project Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 culminated in a collaboration with Václav Kopecký and an Austrian waste management company focused on innovative environmental solutions, aiming for a Zero Waste future. Parts of the project, including the photoshoot, took place at a former Coca-Cola beverage factory.

place:
Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG, Graz, Austria
medium:
Mixed media / metal, felt, polyurethane foam, bags for stone pavers, tiles
year:
2024
photo:
Václav Kopecký
hashtags:

#EmpathyInRuins #AnthropoceneAesthetics #ContemplativeSpaces #RecycledRealities #EcologicalConsciousness #SublimeWreckage #GeologicalNow

Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0

about:

exhibition:
Mikulov Art Symposium
place:
Mikulov Castle in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic
medium:
Mixed media / polyurethane foam, willow wood
year:
2021
photo:
Martin Polák
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Front view]. There are several smaller art objects in two pieces of old museum furniture (called “coffins” for their unique shape).
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 1]. A detailed look at the art objects in one of the “coffins.”
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 2]. A detailed look at the art objects in one of the “coffins.”
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 3]. A detailed look at the art objects in one of the “coffins.”
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 4]. A detailed look at the art objects in one of the “coffins.”
exhibition:
Common Space
place:
Altes Spital, Viechtach, Germany
medium:
Mixed media / polyurethane foam, willow wood
year:
2022
photo:
Jakub Hojgr
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Common Space, Altes Spital, Viechtach, Germany) [Front view]. Several smaller art objects are displayed on organically shaped white shelves, initially serving as Pharmacy storage inside a small city hospital.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Common Space, Altes Spital, Viechtach, Germany) [Detail]. A detailed look at the art objects in the back of the space/shelves.
exhibition:
Farmstudio Open
place:
Bohemia Farmstudio, Vysoká (Kokořínsko), Czech Republic
medium:
Mixed media / polyurethane foam, willow wood
year:
2023
photo:
Pavel Matela
post:

Jakub Hojgr

  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Farmstudio Open, Bohemia Farmstudio, Vysoká, Czechia) [Front view]. Five middle-size sculptures/objects of organic shapes (polyurethane foam, willow wood) lie on smaller sandstone pedestals in harmonic composition inside the gallery (originally a medieval barn).
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Farmstudio Open, Bohemia Farmstudio, Vysoká, Czechia) [Detail no. 1]. A closer look at all of the sculptures/objects.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Farmstudio Open, Bohemia Farmstudio, Vysoká, Czechia) [Detail no. 2]. A detailed look at three of the sculptures/objects.

Hands (and Other Products of Labor)

about:

exhibition:
Diploma Projects 2020
place:
UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
medium:
Mixed media / metal, lab clamp, felt, foam, cork, rubber dam, deerskin, technical marker, threads, polyurethane foam, wood laminate floating floor
year:
2020
photo:
Oskar Helcel
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) by Klára Čermáková (Diploma Projects 2020, UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia) [view on first half]. Four sculptures (different parts of the human body), each hanging on a subtle metal construction.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) by Klára Čermáková (Diploma Projects 2020, UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia) [view on second half]. Behind the detail of one of the sculptures (an arm) on a metal base, you can see a large laboratory shelf on which a vast amount of smaller objects depicting different parts of the human body, bones, objects of daily use, or their free fusion.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) by Klára Čermáková (Diploma Projects 2020, UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia) [view on first half / Detail no. 1]. A detailed look at the sculpture of the hand.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) by Klára Čermáková (Diploma Projects 2020, UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia) [view on first half / Detail no. 2]. A detailed look at the sculpture of the arm.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) by Klára Čermáková (Diploma Projects 2020, UMPRUM — Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia) [Side view]. On the left side, you can see a large laboratory shelf on which many smaller objects depict parts of the human body, bones, objects of daily use, or their free fusion. On the right side is a sculpture of the torso (fragment of the human body) on a metal base.

Lungs

about:

place:
Residence in Budapest Gallery, Hungary
medium:
Mixed media / metal, foam, leather, cork, rubber dam, cotton threads
year:
2019
photo:
Unknown author
  • Photo of art objects called Lungs by Klára Čermáková (Residence in Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary) [top view]. A detailed look at one of the sculptures/Lung made from wire construction is wrapped/stitched using different kinds of materials, including leather, cork, cotton, and more.
  • Photo of art objects called Lungs by Klára Čermáková (Residence in Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary) [top view]. Two sculptures/lungs sit on naturally shaped leather pieces on the floor.

Living Tent

about:

exhibition:
Living tent
place:
Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czech Republic
medium:
Mixed media / lacquered metal, spruce wood, climbing harnesses, seat belts, parachute fabric, cotton fibers, leather, threads, duct tape
year:
2018
photo:
Polina Davydenko
  • Photo of an art installation called Living Tent by Klára Čermáková (Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czechia, 2018) [Back view]. The central object in the photo is a metal skeleton covered with fabric (a kind of tent or shelter) sewn together from many smaller pieces of fabric/material. This cover then freely continues/spreads to different sides of the room, up to some stitched paintings (hung on the walls) or ceiling.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [View on the back room 1]. A view into the back room shows a smaller metal skeleton covered in fabric loosely connecting to the stitched paintings hanging on the walls.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [View on the back room 2]. A view into the back room shows a smaller metal skeleton covered in fabric loosely connecting to the stitched paintings hanging on the walls.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 1]. A detailed view of one of the stitched paintings.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 2]. Another detailed view of one of the stitched paintings.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 3]. A detailed view of the central object of the exhibition (the tent) and one of the stitched paintings connected to it.
  • Photo of an art installation called Hands (and Other Products of Labor) 2.0 by Klára Čermáková (Mikulov Art Symposium, Mikulov, Czechia, 2021) [Detail no. 4]. A detailed view of a smaller sewn object located in one of the upper corners of the main room.
  • Photo of an art installation called Living Tent by Klára Čermáková (Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czechia, 2018) [Front view]. Front view of the central object of the exhibition (the tent) and the stitched paintings hanging on the walls connected to it.

Graft

about:

exhibition:
Living tent
place:
Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czech Republic
medium:
Embroidered, painted straps and ropes; 3,5 m × 5 m
year:
2018
photo:
Polina Davydenko
  • Photo of an art object called Graft by Klára Čermáková (Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czechia, 2018) [Front view]. A front view of the Graft, the kind of artificial tissue stitched mainly from seat belts and technical straps, hangs in the middle of the room and thus hides the rest of the exhibition.
  • Photo of an art object called Graft by Klára Čermáková (Galerie FaVu, Brno, Czechia, 2018) [Side view]. Side view of the object / the Graft.