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Krištof Kintera's 'No One Has Nothing' at Sara Zanin Gallery

exhibition · 2026-05-04

Krištof Kintera's solo exhibition 'No One Has Nothing' at Sara Zanin Gallery in Rome presents a site-specific intervention alongside historical works. The Czech artist (born 1973 in Prague) uses waste and found materials in installations and drawings to explore survival strategies in a disintegrating world. The show reconstructs a studio-like space with sound, cables, tools, and a hand-painted sign at the entrance, immersing visitors in his creative process. Later rooms shift to a dreamlike atmosphere featuring surreal images such as melted dirty snow, a towering column of pillows, and a flying carpet with empty socks. The exhibition oscillates between defiant resistance (signs, flags, barriers) and melancholic inevitability, transforming debris into visual poetry.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled 'No One Has Nothing'
  • Artist Krištof Kintera born 1973 in Prague
  • Venue: Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
  • Includes site-specific intervention and historical works
  • Materials: waste and found objects
  • Features a hand-painted sign at entrance
  • Reconstructed studio space with sound, cables, tools
  • Dreamlike later rooms with melted snow, pillow column, flying carpet with socks
  • Themes of resistance and inevitability
  • Curated by Valentina Tanni

Entities

Artists

  • Krištof Kintera
  • Valentina Tanni

Institutions

  • Sara Zanin Gallery
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Prague
  • Czech Republic

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