Round Midnight, 2024
Acrylic, Collage on Paper74 × 43 cm
It hangs at Michalská 11, a few steps from the Old Town Square. Open daily 10:00–19:00.
Plan your visit →About the work
Round Midnight is a saxophone player worked in acrylic and collage on paper, and it carries the gritty feel of a late jazz set. The musician wears a pale hat, head bowed over the horn, his shirt and jacket built up in slashing strokes of blue, white and red. Mikora lays the figure over a collage of sheet music and printed text, with the word "RELAX" running boldly in red down the right edge.
The palette is moody but sharp, deep reds clashing with cool greys and charcoal, and bits of notation and lettering surface through the paint. The handling is deliberately rough and improvised, which suits a picture that is really trying to paint the sound of the music as much as the man making it.
How it looks in a room
The jazz player, worked in reds and purples with a RELAX sign in the background, hangs in a black frame above a cream sofa beside a tall green plant. The warm colours carry well against the white wall and the herringbone floor.
