Centrum současného umění EPO1

Welcome to the EPO1

Centre for Contemporary Art

Energy is what connects and transforms the former Trutnov power plant in Poříčí 1 into a unique contemporary art centre EPO1.

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Patrik Hábl

Eyes Between Mountains

Visual and spiritual confrontation between the monumentality of painting and the intimacy of the female gaze.

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Eva Damborská

The Fragility and Strength of Fibre

In her threads Damborská reflects sensitivity, experience and the invisible power of the feminine principle.

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Jiří Surůvka

The Power Plant Boilerman

Surůvka reflects the world through a distorted mirror, which reflects reality all the more accurately. His work combines irony, the grotesque and humanism.

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We Got a Poacher in Our Territory

The exhibition presents figures from the underworld in fine art

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Art in space

Power for Space

Meet art in more places in the Czech Republic

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Current exhibitions

Eyes Between Mountains

Patrik Hábl accentuates the female face as a universal sign, the face of a pilgrim, a revelation, a bearer of memory, emotions and silence.

The Fragility and Strength of Fibre

Eva Damborská's exhibition presents a cross-section of her lifelong work, whose subtle objects and installations combine delicacy, craft precision and deep female experience.

The Power Plant Boilerman

Jiří Surůvka is a living legend, the enfant terrible of Czech art, whose work oscillates between Dadaist playfulness, sharp irony and uncompromising criticism of society.

We Got a Poacher in Our Territory

The exhibition depicts thieves and dealers as well as ferrymen and gods. The wide range of works and the variety of their conceptions confirm that the underworld is not just one motif among many, but a constant source of inspiration.

Fresh
Power

EPO1 Contemporary Art Centre invites you to the exhibition Fresh Power –⁠ motives and tendencies of the youngest generation of domestic sculpture.

Exterior exposure

Power for
Space

One of the activities of the EPO1 gallery is the installation of sculptures in public space where they can be encountered by both casual passers-by and art lovers who are purposefully seeking to experience them.

History
of the EPO I power plant

The permanent exhibition in EPO1 is devoted to the history of the EPO I power plant and the production of electricity in the Trutnov region.

Exterior exposure

Murals

Matěj Olmer, Michal Škapa and Petr Königsmark show themselves in their clearly recognizable positions in the EPO1 area. Quite naturally, they bring contemporary art to the exterior, outside the gallery walls, where they present visitors with their original and individual vision framed by the distinctive, bold brickwork of the former First Republic power plant.

Exterior exposure

Murals

Project ArtPoint

There is a reconstructed chapel of St. Joseph in the village of Slavětín, about 15 minutes from the EPO1 gallery. The dilapidated building was bought by the Kasper family, redesigned beyond recognition and now linked to the EPO1 gallery with regard to its interior and exterior design and furnishings.