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Artist Statement -



Istvan Szil/ crossingthetsdottingtheis
Artist’s Statement

My work is based on the reconfiguration of materials and images . I alter objects and materials with the extreme sense of irony; choosing to address philosophical questions and cultural issues through employing succint humorous gestures. I constantly collect images from the internet , recognizing its search option as an unparaleled oportunity to gain access to wide variety of visual material. I alter the collected images by digital means to accommodate my comments relating to their source or context they were culled from.
My sculptures enact visual stunts calling into question how objects are utilized within everyday life citing both the subtle marks that become embedded within objects and also also the effect that objects have within space. I am interested in the vocabulary of advertising and its ability to deliver the maximum of information in reductive , visual bites.
Overall, my work shifts the use value of commonplace objects and images , through my subtle interventions. I invite the viewer to reflect upon these meticulously selected entities that are normally encountered within everyday life and by manipulating their functionality , I invest these objects and materials with a unique yet accessible sculptural presence.

Artist Exhibitions



Istvan Szil
crossingthetsdottingtheis



Selected Exhibitions:



2010
Golden Blueprints, WG Gallery, Williamsburg, curated by Rosa Valado, Woven Spaces
Budapest Art Fair, 2B Galeria, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2009
‘Thearter Town’, NJIT , Newark curated by Matt Gosser
/seconds, Paradismount, http://www.slashseconds.org
Paradismount, crossingthetsdottingtheis.org
Smile around the clock, video installation, Index gallery, Newark
2008
Oilrash, www.oilrash.com
2006
Art Basel Video Lounge PAM Sampler, Scope Miami, with Perpetual Art Machine,
curated by Melissa Shubeck (Joymore)
Scope New York, with Perpetual Art Machine, curated by Lee Wells
2005
Ravasz& Szili& Adam, ICA Dunaujvaros, HU, curated by Zsolt Petranyi
Battleship Potemkin, Gallery128, Video projection, Music: Ana Callahan
2002
Free Biennial, with Magdalen Pierrakos, organized by Sal Randolph
Work in Progress, Sculpture Space Residency, Utica NY
2001
I would feel sorry if you thought that you can’t get everything that you deserve,
FRAC, Caen France, curated by Barnabas Bencsik
The BrewsterProject, Brewster NY, organized by Omar Lopez Chahoud, Chris Ho, Regine Basha, curated by Karen Jones
2000
Media Modell, Kunsthalle Budapest,HU, curated by Miklos Peternak
idiopath/, Diana Kingsley, Stephane Le Mercier, Istvan Szili, organized by Istvan Szili
Try again later, Gas Works Gallery, London, curated by B. Bencsik, I.Petrina
1997
Petit, Econome, Tonitruant, Gallery Triangle, Rennes, curated by Stephane
Mercier
sic !, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary, curated by Andras Zwickl
Slide Show , Könyvesház, Budapest HU with Hajnal Nemeth
1996
The Least, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary, curated by E. Babarczy, B. Bencsik,
B. Beothy
1995
Ubergange, Cyrill and Method Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Hans Knoll
Kulturabkommen, St. Jacobi Church, curated by Monika Wucher (PBK)
Derkovits Scholarship Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
Beyond Belief, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, curated by Laura Hoptman
1994
Mornings He Felt Groggy, Dana Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY,
with Diana Kingsley
Derkovits Scholarship Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Ujlak Sport, Kunsthalle, Budapest
1993
Real Small (Little Things), Feszek Klub, Budapest, Randolph Street
Gallery, Chicago, Art in General, NYC and tour, curated by Laura Hoptman
Ubergange ( Passage), Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany, Curated byHans Knoll
Fremd und Vertraut (Foriner and Reliable), Ujlak Group, Kulturfabrik Saltzman, Kassel, Germany
Ujlak Group, Goethe Institute, Budapest
Polyphonia, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Budapest
Everything that gave her pleasure was small and depressed him, Knoll Gallery, Budapest (curated by Diana Kingsley)
Epigon, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany and Tozolto Street 72, curated by Monika Wucher
1992
Ujlak Group, Uitz Gallery, Dunaujvaros, Hungary
Ujlak Group, Tuzolto Street 72, Budapest
Analogue, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, curated by Barnabas Bencsik
1991
Oscillation, Komarno, Slovak Republic, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest,
curated by Laszlo Beke
1990
Ujlak Group, Ujlak Mozi, Budapest
Resource Kunst, Ujlak Group Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Sommeratelier, Ujlak Group, Hannover, Germany
Studio 90, Ujlak Group, Ernst Museum Budapest


Awards:
1993-96 Derkovits Gyula Scholarship
1995 Studio ‘ 95 prize
1992-94 Soros Foundation Support , Ujlak Group
1991 Studio ‘91 prize, Ujlak Group
Eotvos Jozsef Scholarship, Ujlak Group
1987 Kassak Exhibition, Salgotarjan


Residencies:
2001 Sculpture Space Residency, Utica NY
1998 Gas Works, with Ujlak Group, London
1993 Kulturefabriek Zaltzman, with Ujlak Group, Kassel, Germany
1990 Sommeratelier, with Ujlak Group, Hannover, Germany

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Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

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