A collector of various objects, a guide to the underground, a world traveller, but mainly a painter... Karel Hunčovský, who comes from northern Bohemia, where he lives, has been painting in oil, watercolour or dry pastel for his own pleasure for more than twenty years.

And perhaps his other great passion, travelling, led him to the glassworks of Jiří Pačink, where he was inspired not only by what is created on glass pipes, but above all by those who are behind the birth of fragile beauty... This has resulted in a unique series of paintings in which, alongside Jiří Pačinek, portraits of glassmakers, cutters and other members of the Pačinek glassworks appear, depicted in their daily situations, holding glass in various forms in their hands. And literally! The glass fragments become an original "living" part of the painted picture, forming together with the depicted person one unique and real whole...

Moreover, the collection of fifteen paintings can be admired in the magical space of the Crystal Temple, just a few steps away from the Kunratice glassworks where the situations depicted in the paintings took place.

Karel Hunčovský painted with a brush and Jiří Pačinek with a glass whistle...

The opening of the exhibition will take place on SATURDAY 5 APRIL 2025 at 3 pm with the participation of both artists.