We asked curator Sara Castelo Branco for a closer look to the works of our current Exhibition Dissident Bodies:
Part 5: Eliška Konečná
The work of Eliška Konečná explores the body as a fragile and shifting site, where boundaries between the internal and the external, the organic and the constructed, begin to dissolve. Through delicate material processes and subtle forms, her practice reflects on transformation, vulnerability, and the instability of bodily identity.
Konečná often works with materials that suggest softness, permeability, and change, evoking skin, membranes, or protective layers. These elements create forms that feel both intimate and distant, familiar yet difficult to fully grasp. Her works seem to exist in a state of suspension, as if they are continuously forming or dissolving, resisting fixed definition.
In the context of the exhibition, her work contributes to a broader reflection on how bodies can be reimagined beyond traditional categories. By emphasizing fragility, fluidity, and transformation, Konečná invites viewers to consider the body as an open system—one that is constantly negotiating its boundaries and redefining its form.
Eliška Konečná is a Czech artist who combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary art. After studying painting in Prague, she developed her distinctive technique during a stay in The Hague: embroidered and stuffed textile artworks with a relief-like, tactile surface.
Image: @ M. Moser
