The exhibition presents the works of four women artists. At first glance, it may seem that each artist explores different themes in her practice - tradition, pop culture, identity, emotions and relationships. However, these seemingly unrelated themes are united by a reflection on their social roles and expectations as workers, women, artists and mothers living in the 21st century.

Poem of Powerful Struggleartists Veronika Čechmánková, Pavla Dundálková, Edita Malina, Eva Rotreklovácurator: Anežka Januschka KořínkováIn the context of contemporary society, which is constantly redefining the norms and expectations associated with gender identity, four artists - Veronika Čechmánková, Pavla Dundálková, Edita Malina and Eva Rotreklová - explore the dynamics of female experience and the roles attributed to them in their joint exhibition. The exhibition reflects the tension between individual experience and societal expectations, between authenticity and the pressure for conformity. Through a variety of approaches and media, they thematise the relationship between the body, care, control and identity, exploring both the voluntary and involuntary roles assumed within gender and power structures.The key motif here is the body as a space of symbolic control, onto which the notion of the normative feminine is projected. This aspect is reflected in the work of Edita Malina, who works with the motif of the garden - a space reserved for a woman, where she can move freely, but under the pretext of protection remains constantly under surveillance and control in accordance with the patriarchal division of power. This imaginary garden is embodied in the exhibition by the decorative spikes of fencing stuck into the walls as a masculine gesture - this time, however, planted by a woman. Combined with the cut, they refer to the obsolescence of such thinking and the need for social change.The placement of the individual spikes is not accidental, it is based on the historical dance in which the woman's step was always determined by the man's step. Her role has been to embody beauty, grace and refinement - but what happens when the male step disappears and the leadership is handed over to the woman?The double sound can also have a suspended cocoon, which on the one hand can refer to the transition phase between two states, while at the same time it can also serve as a protective membrane protecting the fragile organism from external influences. Care, whether personal, relational or social, is another important axis of the exhibition.In her expressive drawings inspired by the aesthetics of animated series from the turn of the millennium, Eva Rotreklová deals with the issue of care as a value that is socially valued, but at the same time instrumentalised and often perceived as self-evident. In its distinctive style, full of exaggeration, humour and irony, it analyses the mechanisms of caring relationships and examines how this skill is transmitted in family structures and whether real care is possible in an environment where selflessness is conditioned by the existence of capitalist models.Here the author views care not only as a manifestation of a relationship, but also as a strategy of self-presentation and a tool for forming social hierarchy. Ranging from intimate family ties to the choice of the perfect skin cream, seemingly small decisions reflect broader social mechanisms of power and status.As a culturally conditioned mechanism, caregiving is inseparable from gender roles, which are manifested in various social and personal situations. The experience of motherhood and education, as reflected by Pavla Dundálková in the work of the breastfeeding woman Růžena, reveals the transformation of bodily perception and the loss of shame in situations where care becomes an urgent need. Breastfeeding as a biological necessity breaks down the boundaries between private and public space, while the body of the woman finds itself in a paradoxical situation - it is both a source of nourishment and an object of social control.Dundálková's work reflects on the importance of one's own choice, which she also materializes in the sculpture of the unshaven woman Sabina, symbolizing not only naturalness, but also defiance of aesthetic norms. This motif opens up a wider field of reflection on the body, whose form and perception are constantly subjected to the pressure of social expectations.Veronika Čechmánková, on the other hand, focuses on care as an act of self-expression and visual self-determination. Her project explores the phenomenon of manicure and nail care as a cultural symbol that is associated with gender stereotypes and social expectations.Through personal experience, he points out the ambivalent perception of this aesthetic element, which can be perceived as a sign of vanity or privilege, but at the same time as a tool for self-expression and strengthening one's own identity. The installation chosen in the form of author-made tables with large-format photographs of the artist's nail designs evokes the atmosphere of nail salons and emphasizes the contrast between nail care as an act of work and as an act of representation.The exhibition Poem of Powerful Struggle as a whole opens up the question of the emancipation of gender identity from structural constraints to the possibility of its future position outside the binary frame. Here the body is not a mere object, but an active space for negotiating power, autonomy and normativity. Through personal experiences, historical references and contemporary visual culture, the artists reflect on the dynamics of female identity in an environment that is constantly redefining what it means to be a woman.