Hugo Canoilas

• KodlContemporary, Prague (CZ)
• 16.06.–23.08.2026

The exhibition it’s giving real explores how images shape our perception of the world and how the conditions under which we consider them trustworthy and intelligible are changing. At a time when images are becoming increasingly detached from what they are supposed to represent, the question is no longer simply whether they are true or false, but also how we assign meaning to them. The artists in the exhibition examine shifting boundaries between reality and fiction, body and image, humans and their environment, presence and representation, revealing that meaning emerges not only within the artwork itself but also through our ways of looking and the cultural assumptions we bring with us. In this context, the work of Václav Boštík serves as a reminder that the uncertainty of the image is not exclusively a contemporary concern. Questions of perception, orientation, and the relationship between image and reality have long run through the history of art. Rather than asking whether images can be trusted, the exhibition considers how images shape our understanding of reality and influence the very categories through which we make sense of the world.