The Soft After

5 May 2026 6:00 PM – 31 May 2026 6:00 PM

Studio Prám | Čerpadlová 536/4 | Praha 9 www.pramstudio.cz

Artists: Ema Bartošová, Kateřina Bartůňková, Adriana Bogdanová, Yaryna Derevianko, Eliška Dostálková, Karolína Figar Vorlíková, Radka Hubatová, Jurrie Charvátů, Ľubomíra Chylová Sekerášová, Jan Kováčik, Zuzana Markéta Macková, Edi Pája Maršálek, Bronislava Orlická & Zuzana Ševčíková, Klára Podrabská, Michal Rejzek, Pavlína Rozsypálková, Natálie Ryzá, Kateřina Šípová, Patricie Švadlenková, Terezie Tomková, Anna Zubatá, Barbora Marka Žentelová, Štěpán Žůrek
Curators: Veronika Čechová.Tereza Jindrová, Nikola Ludlová
Production: Zlata Borůvková, Ondřej Houšťava,
Communication\: Petra Švecová

The exhibition The Soft After / Křehkost, co přetrvá focuses on well-being and the mental health of so-called Generation Z (born roughly between the mid-1990s and 2010). In their work, young artists address concrete manifestations of traumatic experiences, psychological strain, and toxic situations within families, educational settings, and the broader “illnesses” of contemporary society.

The exhibited works take the form of reflections and commentaries in different registers; in some cases, they also function as records of experience and/or as means of working through difficult personal situations. Without romanticising these conditions, the exhibition offers a generational statement that speaks to the capacity of young people to transform such experiences into new ways of understanding themselves and their relationship to the world around them.

The title evokes the vulnerability with which we enter the world—the fragile balance of a person in formation, whose soft core, initially open to everything that comes, gradually becomes covered by a protective shell, layers that absorb impact. Yet this fragility is also what makes us who we are. It is therefore the responsibility of institutions, authorities, and society as a whole to create safe and supportive environments for all. In this sense, the exhibition embraces the idea that “there is strength in fragility,” and seeks to support the courage and openness of the artists who share it with us.

The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Culture, the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic, and the City of Prague.