Photographs from the series What We Should’ve Said but Didn’t

70% of the hammer price is allocated to support the non-profit foundation Spolu s odvahou, a member of the Bátor Tábor Family.

Ester Geislerová is an unmissable figure on the Czech cultural scene. She is an actress, creator of the project Sharing Therapy and, last but not least, a successful artist. Geislerová graduated from the studio New Media II at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and she also studied in the Studio of Intermedia Confrontation headed by Jiří David at the Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague. Her works intensively explore interpersonal communication, partner relationships, emotions, and the social position of women. She often enters into her works herself, reflecting on her own life and communicating her personal experiences. As an actress, she is comfortable with the art form of video installation, in which she uses acting as an artistic tool. The artist has offered to auction a set of ten photographs which were exhibited in her solo show at Kunsthalle Praha in 2024. The individual photographs are assembled side by side into three wholes, but they can be freely rearranged and can also work independently. The images are from a video installation in which actors performed various roles and contributed to the design of their own costumes and props. In the photographs we see the artist herself holding a coat, the sea with a mermaid, and a knight with a horse. They symbolize desires, emotions, and the need for intimacy.