Group Show 'Timeline' at KodlContemporary Grapples with Climate Catastrophe

The exhibition 'Timeline' at KodlContemporary in Prague runs from April 9 to June 7, 2026, featuring 14 contemporary artists alongside illustrations by František Kupka. Kupka's works were commissioned for Élisée Reclus's 1905 encyclopedia 'L'Homme et la Terre,' which aimed to explain human history through nature. Contemporary pieces complicate Kupka's vision with a critical 21st-century perspective on the Anthropocene. Highlights include Bianca Argimón's apocalyptic drawing 'Hubris' (2026), depicting a grotesque allegory of violence and environmental destruction; Patricia Domínguez's watercolor 'Línea de Tiempo Vegetal' (2022-23), showing a line of leaves as dominoes to symbolize incremental ecological impact; Jura Shust's video 'Außerkörperliche Erfahrung: Wandering Spirit' (2026), featuring a hazmat-suited figure in a Christmas-tree plantation; and Patrick Van Caeckenbergh's wearable anatomical diagram 'Le Masque (Le monde à l'envers)' (2015-20). The show opens with Kupka's whimsical drawing 'The Rhythm of History – Wave,' depicting four figures in a cosmic wave. The exhibition addresses the overwhelming scale of climate change and humanity's destructive systems.