The first institutional solo exhibition by Vladimír Houdek, born in Prague in 1984, will be presented under the title Levitations at the Overbeck-Gesellschaft in Lübeck.

The title Levitations metaphorically captures the oscillation between abstraction and representationalism, conveying a sense of suspension in both physical and parapsychological terms. Houdek’s paintings, drawings, collages, and films are rooted in geometric principles, with compositions that play on illusion and deception, achieved through a plasticity that creates a sense of depth. While his work draws on contemporary geometric forms, it also reflects echoes of historical movements such as constructivism, reinterpreting their ideas within new contexts of meaning and perception.

Source text: Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Lübeck