BROTHER TREE / BRATR STROM – Jaroslav Anděl & Lenka Falušiová & Miloš Šejn

28. 3. - 29. 5. 2026 | Kostel sv. Mikuláše a sv. Anny, Telce

There in the trees, by a strange power,
a spell lies hidden…
— Joseph von Eichendorff

In recent times the tree has become one of the subjects of environmental protection. It has become
clear that even solitary trees in the open landscape and in the immediate surroundings of human
habitation must be preserved. The environment in which humans lived for tens of thousands of years consisted predominantly of plant vegetation. According to some views, the sudden absence or
scarcity of trees could have a negative effect on the human psyche.
The tree, however—as some works in the exhibition demonstrate—is not only an object of
ecological concern, but can also be its symbol; it can become the embodiment of the values of the
environment. This fact has deeper reasons. The tree belongs among the oldest motifs in visual art as
well as in literature, and its image runs through the entire cultural history of humankind. Since
ancient times, the tree has been one of the principal themes of human imagination.

Jaroslav Anděl