Samuel Moucha

The bohemian with French roots is an artist with his body and soul. Engravings, graphics and paintings are at the forefront of his luxury creative work. His love for craft also brought him to artistic blacksmithery and unique stucco work.

At the French Institute you can take a look at 30 works with his signature and also those he created together with the interior photographer Iveta Kopicová.

"The aim of our work was to connect the engraving and the photograph and prove that the hard and the fine art techniques can work together beautifully," says Samuel Moucha about their collaborative artistic creations.

Luxusní penthouse na Praze 1 - 226m, Praha 1

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The three-meter Eye on Time

The central part of the exhibition is a luxurious 2 x 3 meter engraving called Eye on Time. So far, it is the largest work of Samuel Moucha. At the exhibition, you can also admire a matrix that transforms into a light object, as light shines through it, creating a luxurious stained glass image. It is called Tesla, after the man who Samuel Moucha is fascinated by so much that he has been creating works in his name for six years already. This is by no means his only artwork inspired by this famous personality.

Samuel Moucha exhibited his works in the Czech Republic, Canada and France.

It was intended for high-ranking officers of the Czechoslovak People's Army and the Warsaw Pact in the event of a sudden attack on Prague and was designed for 20-150 people. Now it serves as a museum, complemented by period artefacts that will immediately make you feel like a time traveller.

What rooms and attractions can you look forwatd to?

You can have a look at an emergency surgery room or a mobile dental office, which can be folded into just two boxes. There is also a secret escape exit, which is 15 metres long and leads to Wenceslas Square. There is also a demonstration of the commanders' workplace or the ammunition storage with weapons from post-war Czechoslovakia. You can also admire equipment from the 1950s until the mid-1990s.

Luxusní loft na prodej 3+kk, Praha Modřany, Praha 4

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You can experience a special feeling in the interrogation room of the SNB (National Security Corps), which is a replica of those where the arrested people were taken by the officers. The last room is the wiretapping room for spying on the hotel guests.

Jalta has always been one of the elite hotels

The luxurious Jalta Hotel on Wenceslas Square was inaugurated in 1958 and has been on the UNESCO list since 1991. These days it is a five-star boutique hotel, but it was one of the best hotels in Prague even when it first opened, mainly due to its modern form provided by architect Antonín Tenzer. The hotel is built in the style of the so-called Stalin Baroque.

Practical information

You will be able to see the shelter in small groups, which will meet in front of the Forum building, whose luxuriously restored entrance is also a part of the Open House Prague tours.

Find out more about the festival, which takes place on 18 and 19 May, HERE.