The End of Pyramids - Karpuchina Gallery by Dominik Adamec 10.4.2025 - 30.5.2025Curator: Michal Jalůvka

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Dominik Adamec’s project The End of Pyramids consists of twenty-eight conceptual ideas, each a distinctive work in its own right, forming a complex artistic synthesis of carefully layered references. Some take the form of ceramic funerary urns of various sizes, shapes, and colors. Each carries its own semantic message, engaging with language, dualities, or representation, and at first glance, their intricate craftsmanship and vibrant colors are striking. Others appear as small drawings that have been transformed into temporary tattoos. The initial premise for the whole series was today’s detached approach to death. In modern times, death has been pushed to the margins of our awareness—rendered unimaginable, too distant to grasp. As a result, encounters with it become all the more unsettling. On the other hand, embracing mortality—the ability to "live with death"—may, in a way, bring us a sense of inner peace and balance. Moreover, Dominik’s urn-sculptures often explore different aspects of human relationships—how we act toward ourselves, our surroundings, and other beings. They hold the potential not only to remind us of our own mortality but also to prompt self-reflection in life. Each urn contains a multitude of complex details and cultural references, forming often unexpected connections. These connections have the power to provoke questions and disrupt the stereotypical perception of death—one that is shaped by how we speak of it and, therefore, how we think about it.

– Michal Jalůvka