WHEN ONLY SOLITUDE

June 26 – September 5, 2026 / LUXFER OPEN SPACE, Česká Skalice, Czech Republic

Curated with Elana Katz for House for the End of the World (HEW)

Martin Kwade curated for Galerie KWADRAT

Press Release

HEW & KWADRAT are pleased to announce its first collaboration with Czech contemporary art platform LUXFER OPEN SPACE. In this joint exhibition, HEW artists will occupy and develop site-specific and experimental works in LUXFER’s upper floors, while Galerie KWADRAT presents a group exhibition in the building’s ground floor.

WHEN ONLY SOLITUDE has been conceived specifically for the remote site of LUXFER OPEN SPACE, situated in the countryside of the Czech Republic.

Its isolation and distance from urban life relate to the topic of solitude and this non-urban context also serves as a reflection on contemporary exhibition practices, subtly challenging the „urbanization of art“.

Through location, diverse artistic media and HEW’s classic „one artist/one room“ layout, solitude is extended from an abstract feeling into a spatial experience, revealing its dual nature: both a heavy state and a quiet force resisting the noise of the world.

Solitude is no longer a symptom to be cured, but a new way of being.

HEW floor: curated by Elana Katz and Qin Yan
KWADRAT floor: curated by Martin Kwade

Poster image: HEW Berlin, Edition One. Elana Katz lying on the site-specific artwork by Daniel M.E. Schaal. Photo: © Dario Srbić 2021

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