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Satin, Soil, Stomach—you can visit the hypest exhibition of Košice for two more weeks
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Satin, Soil, Stomach—you can visit the hypest exhibition of Košice for two more weeks

Hype&Hyper · 15 08 2023

The solo show Satin, Soil, Stomach by Hungarian-Romanian artist Adrian Kiss presents, alongside recent works, the artist’s new textile-based objects and metal installations that were created specifically for this exhibition at VUNU Gallery.

Kiss is one of the best-known names of his generation in Hungary, who has gained recognition for his inventive textile sculptures and installations that revolve around the human body and the hybrid, postnatural age we live in. Over the past ten years, he has developed a distinctive visual language that combines organic materials (leather, wood, etc.) and ancient techniques such as pottery with manufactured fabrics and industrial aesthetics to give a new, visceral form to subjective experience.

Satin, Soil, Stomach marks a new chapter in the artist’s practice. Partially breaking with the meticulous design process that has characterized his working method to date, Kiss now incorporates found household objects, second-hand personal items, and fabric scraps into his works to create a narrative scene that fills the entire exhibition space.

The large-scale installation transforms the concrete underground space of the former swimming pool into a constructed, parallel reality where different sets of contrasting qualities (e.g., handcrafted and manufactured, feminine and masculine, past and future, natural and industrial) meet in an organic way.

Through the inclusion of commonplace objects and decomposing materials that bear evidence of past use and that draw from the artist’s childhood memories of living in the Romanian countryside, the exhibition Satin, Soil, Stomach becomes a place of encounter between bygone times and the hyperindustrial present, offering a meditation on the impermanent, transitory nature of existence.

On view: 28 June–30 August 2023

The exhibition curated by Lilla Lipusz is realized as the winning project of VUNU’s international Open Call from 2022.

You can read Hype&Hyper’s previous interview with Adrian here.

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Source: Press Release

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