1/10
“Hard Edge – Soft Edge”
The essence of József Bullás’s paintings is based on optical effects. Simple patterns compose geometric grids, where the painter literally washes the surfaces flat. Through this technique, the two-dimensional images “move” out of the canvas into space and begin to undulate and dance in front of our eyes. Last summer Bullás spent several months in Paris with the Vasarely foundation. After studying the works of Simon Hantai, accidents became more and more important in his works, and random black or white spots appear amid the orderly shapes. Wherever these “accidents” set, the surface seems to densify, and seemingly tighten its otherwise extending space. This new series on view at Deák Erika Gallery is dominated by vivid, complemented colors, so his yellows shine like tiger eyes behind mystical bars, and his reds wave into greens as if boats roll on infinite waters.
Where: Deák Erika Gallery – Budapest 1066, Mozsár u. 1
The exhibition can be visited through April 2
2/10
“Expanding Decadence”
The newest works of one the most extraordinary and expressive Hungarian painters, Csaba Kis Róka, can be seen at ACB Attachment. The decadence that the exhibit title alludes to is at once a reference to the theme of the paintings, and to the change that the artist’s style has undergone over recent years. The Baroque mass scenes of his early paintings have been replaced by simpler compositions that focus on states and moods. In his paintings rooted in the traditions of realism and expressionism, abstract and plastically textured surfaces had first appeared in the rendering of figurative contents – tortured, mutilated human bodies and body parts as well as certain background elements. In his latest series, on display at the exhibition, compositions are unequivocally governed by colors and pictorial qualities instead of figurative motifs, giving rise to an organic abstract imagery, thematically rooted in the physical suffering and decay of the body.
Where: acb Attachment – Budapest 1068, Eötvös u. 2
The exhibition can be visited through April 21.
3/10
“We Were Heroes”
The exhibition “We Were Heroes” at acb Gallery presents Bálint Szombathy’s emblematic series from the 1970s, along with newer works deconstructing the Yugoslav past and reflecting on post-totalitarian reality. To realize this, Szombathy opts for the strategy of appropriation, incorporating personal and collected objects, such as badges, IDs, and flags into his works. The use of material manifestations of ideology and propaganda is not alien to him, as he has already used such objects, for instance in his radical performances and installations in the 1990s. In fact, the flag is one of the most frequently recurring elements of his oeuvre. In his latest series, Szombathy stamps the question “Forgettable?” onto requisites of the party-state past, as a reference to one of his actions repeated several times in the 2010s, the title of which is an artistic-human manifesto: “Remember!”
Where: acb Galéria – Budapest 1068, Király u. 76
The exhibition can be visited through April 21
4/10
“The Architecture Of Empathy”
Róza El-Hassan is both a human-rights activist and an artist, whose works usually reflect on those historical, social, and geopolitical cataclysms that define the relations between the individual and the oppressive political system and/or resulted in humanitarian crisis and war. In the last years, she has been studying about traditional Syrian architecture, that inspired her latest exhibition, “The Architecture Of Empathy”. Through the exhibited models, drawings, installations, and sketches, she links the thousand-year-old traditions of the ecology-based Arabian architecture with a possible and sustainable way of rebuilding the cities that were demolished in the Syrian war. Through it, the autonomous artist suggests that ecology-based social solidarity can bring us peace and relief – even in times of war and chaos. One of the most unique exhibitions of the season.
Where: Inda Gallery - Budapest 1061, Király u. 34 II/4
The exhibition can be visited through April 29
5/10
“Pocket Volcano”
Titled “Pocket Volcano”, this exhibit at the Virág Judit Gallery presents works created by József Csató last year. A decided difference is a measure of abstraction thanks to the experimental surfaces of his newest works. While Csató was unconsciously preoccupied with the foiled, paper collages with pieces of the palette, colors, smoke and volcanic forms slowly seeped through into his pictures, creating an interesting play between flat and dimensional surfaces. Up to this time, the complete oeuvre by Csató is defined by humor and irony, or the delicate presence of unrealistic burlesque elements. Luckily these are all characteristics of “Pocket Volcano” as well. Also, there is Csató’s straight-out honesty, and playful stolidity within the spontaneous details. One of our recommendations for the season.
Where: Virág Judit Gallery – Budapest 1055, Falk Miksa u. 30
The exhibition can be visited through April 13
6/10
Chimera Project
New, grey, polished chrome surfaces. Gradients, grid landscapes, parametric CAD model nets, and the sublime, alien geometry of military aviation. Elements of a past that failed to manifest, or of a future that never existed, yet nevertheless evoking feelings of nostalgia. Mark Fridvalszki’s solo exhibition at the Chimera Project viewing space investigates these peculiar, techno-archaeologically inspired aesthetic codes. Within the imaginary geography of these aesthetics, the desert climate of the Persian Gulf and the molecular spheres of dust, oil, and oxidized metal combine with the sterile engineering fantasies of the dawn of the Computer Age. The works of “New, Grey, Polished Chrome” aim to combine the apparent discrepancies between the imaginary and the real, the digital and the physical, the bygone and the futuristic, art and technology.
Where: Chimera Project – Budapest 1072, Klauzál tér 5
The exhibition can be visited through April 22
7/10
“SELF-mapping”
Besides playing an important role in self-representation, self-portraits can also help in the process of self-examination. In the pictures exhibited in the “SELF-mapping” exhibit at Faur Zsófi - Ráday Gallery, there’s not only an element of role playing, but also an exploration of the subject. For this process it is necessary to keep a distance, to contemplate the subject from a proper perspective. According to French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, the exploration of the identity or the self is only possible if the structure of the subject comes out: it’s sub-jectivity, submitted-existence-of-self, within their own self, subsequently outside of their own self, behind- or before their own existence. The exhibition displays self-portraits where the starting points are uncertainties, dilemmas, and anxieties. The artists are searching for the answers to their problems through the examination, the mapping, and the imaging of the identity or the self.
Where: Faur Zsófi - Ráday Gallery – Budapest 1114, Bartók Béla út 25
The exhibition opens on April 4 and can be visited through May 9.
8/10
“Who laughs at the end?”
Bada Dada, one of the loudest, most original, provocative, creative, and unique Hungarian artists of recent decades, committed suicide ten years ago. This exhibition aboard the A38 Ship features some of his works that weren’t exhibited anywhere else before, including the one and only collaboration between him and his ex-bandmate, the painter-writer drMáriás, and other works from his early period. Speaking of collaborations: “Who laughs at the end?” is not only about Bada Dada, but also about his partner in art and life, Anna Hornyik, and their shared passion for improvisation, provocation, and playfulness. The exhibited works focus on the brighter side of their oeuvre, but that doesn’t mean that it will be easy to appreciate their honest, Dadaistic, and sometimes-childish art – but if you can laugh at yourself, just like they did, you’ll love it.
Where: A38 Ship – Budapest 1117, moored near Petőfi Bridge on the Buda side
The exhibition opens on April 5 and can be visited through April 17
9/10
“Works on Paper”
The black flat surfaces present in both drawings and paintings resemble a cosmic dark matter that consumes not only the ‘periphery’ and, typically, the background of the original photographic image, but also abolishes the horizon and the hierarchy of foreground and background, and, as a result, collapses the perspective. The technique also negates the possibility of retracing the relations between these emerging fragments: persons, objects, architecture, and elements of landscape. The black surface plane can thus be understood as a transfiguration of the void, a non-existence, in which people and facts are immersed, and which connects the dramatis personae across time and space. The timeless void – which in László Fehér’s paintings takes the form of the black surface, omnipresent in this Platán Gallery exhibit – constitutes the coordinates of a perspective other than the linear perspective of the Renaissance with its illusion of depth on the flat surface of a painting. It can, for instance, serve as the determinant of a person’s existence, marked by the inescapable ‘memory of generations’ and defined by such involuntary factors as place of birth, denomination, and family ties.
Where: Platán Gallery – Budapest 1061, Andrássy u. 32
The exhibition opens on April 5 and can be visited through May 5
10/10
“Figure Complexus”
The next exhibition of Trafó Gallery will show the works of three artists who are tending to deal with the narrative aspects of sculpture: Oliver Laric, Nicolás Lamas, and Ádám Ulbert. For the artists – who are also keen on using the digital language – it is crucial to examine the relation of objects and plastic forms to narration. The abstract and amorphous pieces are letting themselves be interpreted in the frameworks of an analytical question, which is often overlooked in contemporary visual arts: what is the function of images, and what is their role, status, and hierarchy in the age of digital culture? How are we manipulating stories with images, and how are images with a changing function manipulating possible stories? You might find the answers here.
Where: Trafó Galéria – Budapest 1094, Liliom u. 41
The exhibition opens on April 8 and can be visited through May 15
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