Jan Poš
ABOUT
At the core of Jan Poš’s work lies a reflection on experiences that escape human empirical and cognitive capacities, which he explores through the phenomenon of myth. Myth began to actively shape his practice during his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and continues to serve as one of the key frameworks guiding his artistic activity. He perceives myth as something that resists measurement and quantification, engaging with reality through archetypal images and symbolic logics, thus actively moving away from a simple rational approach. This orientation proved fundamental to his work The Myth of Hyperreality (2025).
The symbiotic interplay between physical and virtual space and the deconstruction of their supposed boundaries is another key aspect of Poš’s practice. He does not perceive the physical and the virtual as binary (two separate) domains; rather, his work deliberately operates in moments of overlap, generating hybrid environments. His objects originate in the digital realm of 3D software, which he subsequently materializes in porcelain and other materials. The formal dimension of the resulting works plays a decisive role for him; accordingly, he often envelops the surfaces of his objects in steel coatings, as in the series Cyclopean Masonry (2024) and Fragments (2023). These not only reflect their surroundings while simultaneously absorbing them — thus blurring the line between the artwork and its environment — but also directly refer to virtual 3D modeling. In programs such as Blender, objects are by default hollow, defined primarily by contour, a kind of boundary. The silver aesthetic further amplifies the industrial, futuristic charge, lending the works the appearance of artifacts from a speculative future.
BIO
Jan Poš (1996) is a multimedia artist based in Prague. He playfully intertwines the mythological undercurrents of Western society with contemporary technologies, which have become central vehicles of expression in his artistic practice.
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