Atlas 40+

In the niche space, the viewer encounters figures and narrative motifs that gradually appear on the way up. Several canvases from the most recent creative period of Jakub Matuška aka Masker seem to show everyday scenes from human life, however, the artist uses them as clues for associations with a universal transcendental meaning. They are imbued with a radiant energy rising from behind the surface as a metaphysical dimension beyond our usual experience that we try to glimpse.