The Film to the Exhibition: Anna Hulačová

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10/30/2026

2 min reading time

A woman with shoulder-length hair holds a wooden object and wears a patterned shirt in front of a bright wall.

Hybrid creatures, faceless science-fiction figures, and reliefs crafted from delicate honeycombs, soft limewood, and curved concrete: Anna Hulačová’s sculptures combine influences from Surrealism, Socialist Realism, and Czech folk art. In her SCHIRN interview, the artist talks about the ideas and experiences behind her work.

Created in collaboration with her bee colonies, Anna Hulačová’s sculptures merge concrete and honeycomb, the organic and the technological, nature and machine. The result is a body of work that weaves together mythology, communist history, and personal experience — including her upbringing on a farmyard.

„I try to create deliberate contrasts in each piece. For example, natural or organic versus the industrial; modern versus ancient; new versus old world; and social moods, like utopian versus distopian. For me, it is a kind of struggle and at the same time a subconscious effort to balance everything in my work.“

Anna Hulačová

Sculpture with stylized flowers in warm tones growing out of a gray, abstract shape.

Anna Hulačová. Abundantia, exhibition view “Bouquet“ (2024)

Modern sculpture installation in an open space featuring organic shapes and stylized human figures.

Anna Hulačová. Abundantia, 2026, exhibition view

Two women view a sculpture group in a gallery with a white brick wall.

Anna Hulačová. Abundantia, exhibition view “Alien Bees“ (2021)

Two sculptural figures in a modern space, one with an open belly, surrounded by abstract objects on tables.

Anna Hulačová. Abundantia, exhibition view “Still-life / Still Alive” (2026)

The Film to the Exhibition: Anna Hulačová

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