In focus

The Melting World

I use the same historical building as in The Deluge this time, but in a different manner, yet still in an inseparable connection with the dominant element of water.

It's an exploration of the boundary between culture and nature and the impact of humans on the environment.

 Mixed media (layered glass, fibreboard, paint, paper),
dim 45x 60x 8.0cm.

This artwork was presented at MalamegiLAB- VENICE´24 Contemporary Art Prize Final Exhibition, 11-25 May 2024, IMAGOARS Campo del Ghetto Vecchio 1145 Cannaregio, Venezia.

Work in progress

The Erosion of Mind

The uniform architecture of the vertical city is being reshaped by erosive power of water. This fluid substance unpredictably dissolves the building structure, crumbling it and transporting the eroded material away. Its action is a complementary contrast to the linear, vertical logic of intellect. The element of water is an irrational, emotional force of nature, a beautiful counterbalance to hegemony of human nature.

San Martino

In the origin artwork The Deluge , a historic secular public  building was critically submerged due to sea level rise. At the same time, on another site of Venice, rising waters flood the interior of the hermetically sealed San Martino church.
Natural forces invade the institution of religion. Is this a disaster, or the herald of a new era—a deluge or a ceremonial baptism?

Mixed media (layered glass, fibreboard, paint, paper),
dim 40x 34x 6.5cm

Mixed media (layered glass, fibreboard, paint, paper),
dim 45x 60x 8.0cm

The origin work

The Deluge

The Deluge represents a part of historic public building, a metaphor for human culture being criticaly submereged by sea level rise.

It seems that the cataclystic height of water does not evoke horror, but a new aesthetic of submereged world. It acts like the building is infused with the element of water.

Mixed media (layered glass, fibreboard, paint, paper),
dim 30x40x6.5cm.

References

  • February 2024, exhibited at Mohogallery stand at Genova Art Fair, Genova, Italy

  • March 2024, preselected for the Boomer Art Prize- Second Edition, London, UK

  • March 2024, selected artwork for Malamegi LAB VENICE’24 art prize, Venice, Italy

  • May 2024, exhibited at Campo del Ghetto Vecchio, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy

  • June 2024, exhibited at Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary