Phila Primus: Nearness, Elsewhere

The exhibition Nearness, Elsewhere emerges from a line released from drawing that gradually assumes the role of structure. Layered forms assemble and reconnect without a fixed center, guided by their own internal logic. The whole takes shape as a continuous arrangement in which perception moves between the bodily and the image-based.

In Phila Primus's works, the body appears in outline, cross-section, layer, and empty space. The human figure alternates with organic forms reminiscent of maps, inner landscapes, or records of movement — traces of physical and mental experience in which the consciousness of the body becomes a point of departure for further exploration. Transparency, layering, and subtle colour accents shift the image between lightness and construction. Line here does not describe a finished form, but guides its transformation — separating, connecting, and disappearing again.

Phila Primus (1991) is a multimedia artist and poet of Czech-German-American background. Her practice brings together painting, photography, and found materials — layered patterns on transparent foils combined with glass, paper, light, and sound. She has exhibited at galleries including Caesar, A (VOID), and HYB4, where she has held a studio since June 2026, and has participated in the festivals 4+4 Days in Motion and Re-Connect Art. This September, KANT publishing house will release a monograph featuring work from 2013 to the present.