Dear ArtFans (tho
se of you, at least, whose attention I still have after the summer break)
As the summer passed by, and as I finally managed to recharge my batteries, my intellectual hunger for some juicy contemporary art started to grow. So what would be more becoming than reviving Art Recycler with a hot and crispy new exhibition at Budapest? The exhibit has a rather adequate name: it's called Fresh 2011, and its scintillating works of art are currently inducing chaos or catharsis at Kogart House (Andrássy street 112.)
Fresh is a permanent project in the fine arts arena and this is the eighth year it is organized. Basically, this is the major début of the most promising students with fresh degrees (under the age of 30) of the most prestigious art schools of Hungary (namely: Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, Pécsi Tudományegyetem's Art Faculty, and Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem.) This year; however, was slightly different because several Romanian artists had the opportunity to introduce themselves to the audience through their artworks as well. The goal of this is bifold, since the organizers' aim was to evoke certain mutual points in the two nations collective memory.
Similarly, the exhibition its
elf wishes, and manages, to touch upon several layers of a nation's or an individual's most important areas of life and history. It has a clear pattern behind the mere concept of displaying the works of young and talented artists: it also exposes the stereotypes, myths, and themes of contemporary art. The polygraphic exhibit applies to multifarious issues and topics, for instance identity problems, sexuality, history, trauma, the relationship between past and present, the important role of the community, the future: the universe - and the subtle connections between all these, and their impact on the self.
The voice and atmosphere of Fresh is described to be light and ironic but grave, cold, even cruel at the same time by the critics. However, it is of no doubt that all of the displayed works convey substantial messages regarding the above mentioned subjects.
As the great v
ariety of the addressed issues suggests, the genres, the designs, and the implementations of the messages are very diverse, too. Graphics, installations, paintings, collages, videos, and works of mixed genres are all exhibited at Kogart to treat or grind the audiences eyes and minds.
A brief comment: although Kogart made a fairly comprehensive and alluring catalogue for the exhibit, those who still remained hungry and curious about the further works of the young artists will probably be disappointed since their materials and works are incredibly hard, or downright impossible to find on the Internet. Anyway, this might be another telling argument to go and check out Fresh.
Moreover, here is a list of the names of the artists for the unwavering kind: antalaci, Bodolóczki Linda, Bögi Diána, Brückner János, Fátyol Viola, Fridvaliszki Mark, Gergely-Farnos Lilla, Hollós Ádám, horrorpista, Horváth Erzsébet, Jagicza Patrícia, Karsai Dániel, M. Páll Zoltán, George Marinciu, Radu Mocanu, Mohamed Gamal Sophia, Molnár Ágnes Éva, Nagy Benjámin, Orr Máté, Pinczés József, Radics Márk, Stefan Sava, Szabó Gergely, Szalai Dorottya, Razvan Tun, Daniela Vasiliu, Vasvári Márta, Daniela Virlan
The exhibition can be visited till 18th September.
The two artworks featured in this post are Brückner János's Maya Gold and Bodolóczki Linda's Szerelem, szerelem.
se of you, at least, whose attention I still have after the summer break)
As the summer passed by, and as I finally managed to recharge my batteries, my intellectual hunger for some juicy contemporary art started to grow. So what would be more becoming than reviving Art Recycler with a hot and crispy new exhibition at Budapest? The exhibit has a rather adequate name: it's called Fresh 2011, and its scintillating works of art are currently inducing chaos or catharsis at Kogart House (Andrássy street 112.)
Fresh is a permanent project in the fine arts arena and this is the eighth year it is organized. Basically, this is the major début of the most promising students with fresh degrees (under the age of 30) of the most prestigious art schools of Hungary (namely: Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, Pécsi Tudományegyetem's Art Faculty, and Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem.) This year; however, was slightly different because several Romanian artists had the opportunity to introduce themselves to the audience through their artworks as well. The goal of this is bifold, since the organizers' aim was to evoke certain mutual points in the two nations collective memory.
Similarly, the exhibition its
elf wishes, and manages, to touch upon several layers of a nation's or an individual's most important areas of life and history. It has a clear pattern behind the mere concept of displaying the works of young and talented artists: it also exposes the stereotypes, myths, and themes of contemporary art. The polygraphic exhibit applies to multifarious issues and topics, for instance identity problems, sexuality, history, trauma, the relationship between past and present, the important role of the community, the future: the universe - and the subtle connections between all these, and their impact on the self.
The voice and atmosphere of Fresh is described to be light and ironic but grave, cold, even cruel at the same time by the critics. However, it is of no doubt that all of the displayed works convey substantial messages regarding the above mentioned subjects.
As the great v
ariety of the addressed issues suggests, the genres, the designs, and the implementations of the messages are very diverse, too. Graphics, installations, paintings, collages, videos, and works of mixed genres are all exhibited at Kogart to treat or grind the audiences eyes and minds.
A brief comment: although Kogart made a fairly comprehensive and alluring catalogue for the exhibit, those who still remained hungry and curious about the further works of the young artists will probably be disappointed since their materials and works are incredibly hard, or downright impossible to find on the Internet. Anyway, this might be another telling argument to go and check out Fresh.
Moreover, here is a list of the names of the artists for the unwavering kind: antalaci, Bodolóczki Linda, Bögi Diána, Brückner János, Fátyol Viola, Fridvaliszki Mark, Gergely-Farnos Lilla, Hollós Ádám, horrorpista, Horváth Erzsébet, Jagicza Patrícia, Karsai Dániel, M. Páll Zoltán, George Marinciu, Radu Mocanu, Mohamed Gamal Sophia, Molnár Ágnes Éva, Nagy Benjámin, Orr Máté, Pinczés József, Radics Márk, Stefan Sava, Szabó Gergely, Szalai Dorottya, Razvan Tun, Daniela Vasiliu, Vasvári Márta, Daniela Virlan
The exhibition can be visited till 18th September.
The two artworks featured in this post are Brückner János's Maya Gold and Bodolóczki Linda's Szerelem, szerelem.
