Prima expozitie a lui Szabolcs KissPál in Bucuresti - One by 1

Szabolcs KissPál
One by 1

Curator: Raluca Velisar
26.11.2009 – 31.01.2010
artist talk: 18h00, Auditorium
vernisaj / opening: joi / Thursday, 26 noiembrie / November, 19h30

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One by 1 este prima expozitie a lui Szabolcs KissPál in Bucuresti si prezinta principalele teme si preocupari ale artistului pe parcursul a zece ani.

KissPál manipuleaza lumea vizibila prin procedee simple, reductioniste pentru a construi un sistem clar de metafore ce fac referire la fragilitatea / relativismul  perceptiei si memoriei vizuale, la tensiunea dintre similaritate si diferenta, la dualitatea simultana a privirii si a gindirii, asa cum o formuleaza Wittgenstein.
Lucrarile sale sint in general perfect aranjate, atit din punct de formal cit si al subiectelor analizate. Filmele fac referire la metode de construire a iluziei realitatii din istoria opticii sau la manipularea iconica a imaginilor digitalizate din ziua de azi, iar instalatiile combina elemente simple in mod sofisticat, referindu-se de cele mai multe ori la conditia duala, paradoxala a realitatii. Ordonare si unitate absoluta, sau dimpotriva relativizare si multiplicitate. Conflict sau consens, individual sau colectiv…

Szabolcs  KissPál  (n. 1967, Tg. Mures), traieste si lucreaza la Budapesta
Expozitii personale (selectie): 2009 The Smallest Common Multiple, Ernst Museum Budapesta | 2007 The Dance, Turner Contemporary, Margate (GB) | 2006 From a ball to a holster, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, etc.
Expozitii de grup (selectie): 2009 New acquisitions. Rarely seen works, Ludwig Museum, Budapesta | 2008 What’s Up?, Mucsarnok, Budapesta | 2006 Re_Dis_Trans, Apexart, New York; Private Matter?, Mucsarnok, Budapesta | 2003 Prague Biennial | 2002 Unstable Narratives, Hartware Kunstverein, Dortmund | 2001 Context, 49. Venice Biennial, Pavilionul Romaniei | 1993 Ex Oriente Lux, Sala Dalles, Bucuresti, etc.

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One by 1 is the first solo exhibition of Szabolcs KissPál in Bucharest, and presents works that survey his entire career so far.

KissPál manipulates the visible world by minimal and reductionist means to construct a clear system of metaphors that reveal the fragility / relativism of the human perception and vision, the tension between similarity and difference, the simultaneous duality of thinking and seeing, as formulated by Wittgenstein. His works are in general perfectly arranged, formally and analytically. The videos refer to history of optics’ methods of constructing the illusion of reality or to the iconic manipulation of the nowadays’ digitized images; the installations combine simple elements in a very sophisticated way, and they usually investigate the dual and paradoxical condition of reality. Order and absolute unity, or, on the contrary, relativisation and multiplicity. Conflict or consensus, individual or collective…

Szabolcs  KissPál (b. 1967, Tg. Mures), lives and works in Budapest.
Selected solo exhibitions: 2009 The Smallest Common Multiple, Ernst Museum Budapest | 2007 The Dance, Turner Contemporary, Margate (GB) | 2006 From a ball to a holster, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, etc.
Selected group exhibitions: 2009 New acquisitions. Rarely seen works, Ludwig Museum, Budapest | 2008 What’s Up?, Mucsarnok, Budapest | 2006 Re_Dis_Trans, Apexart, New York; Private Matter?, Mucsarnok, Budapest | 2003 Prague Biennial | 2002 Unstable Narratives, Hartware Kunstverein, Dortmund | 2001 Context, 49. Venice Biennial Romanian Pavillon | 1993 Ex Oriente Lux, Sala Dalles, Bucuresti, etc.