Origo Print

"The picture elements appearing in Ágnes Kontra’s art, balancing on the borderline between abstraction and realism, but refusing to tilt in either direction, have come into being as a result of many years of study. Pursuant to the views of Marcel Duchamp a work of art is based on two pillars: concept and form, these two constantly approach one another but never actually make contact; in other words, there is an eternal hiatus between the thought that arises and its expression in language/form. I believe that Ágnes is working along this boundary zone, she is endeavoring to communicate her fundamental experience regarding the world. Awaiting expression, her topics are time, motion, space modulated by light; this is a very important factor to state in connection with her art, for even though her paintings give great joy with their colors, their silence or their harmonious sense of style from the very first glance, their creator is first and foremost not those things. Even though the natural motifs derive from an observation of reality and are the results of a cognitive abstraction, they arise within all of us as a familiar primal image. In spite of the absence of a human shape, the starring role belongs to the human being, the spectator whose perspective includes these visions for us. For Ágnes, these are just rationalizations so that she could work philosophical and art concepts on the boundary between real and unreal, visible and invidible. A more in-depth analysis of the paintings of Ágnes Kontra is also a possibility. When we examine her works from a direction that is not based on European culture, we can discover additional potential interpretive realms. Her travels in the East may provide the key to these: She had been to many Asian countries, yet her interests are not focused on the exotic embodiment of being different, of cultures considered contrary to Western culture, and multiculturalism, so trendy since the nineties, is also alien to her." Krisztina Üveges Art Historian Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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