Taking its title from a well-known painting by Hungarian artist Lajos Gulácsy, this exhibition leads the viewer on a green fairy trip through the artist’s unconscious. Referencing European Avant-Garde movements and hanging on walls decorated with early 20th century flourishes, these paintings conjure a vibrant and unruly techno-surrealism.
A swirl of internet imagery, coming together in mechanized and hybrid ways, populates Keresztesi’s bleak landscapes. In this “image cache” we see Japanese Noh masks, Barcelona chairs, Bernini, Brancusi, Thomas the Tank Engine, bicycle parts, piercings, lava lamps, vape pens and selfie sticks. Using both masking and airbrush alongside traditional brushwork, these oil and acrylic paintings succeed as great science fiction: imagining and giving image to the future while criticizing and framing the present.
Exhibition view at The Hole NYC 2022Bucolic Mindscape 2, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 71 x 71 inches, 180 x 180 cm Bucolic Mindscape 4, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 71 x 71 inches, 180 x 180 cm Bucolic Mindscape 3, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 71 x 71 inches, 180 x 180 cm Time Capsules, 2022. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 71 x 71 inches, 180 x 180 cmLiquid Metal Rider, 2022. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 55 x 55 inches, 140 x 140 cmSitting Venus, 2020. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 47 inches, 120 x 120 cm Smoking Odalisk, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 47 inches, 120 x 120 cm Time Travelers, 2022. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 55 x 47 inches, 140 x 120 cm Desert Gate, 2022. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 39 inches, 120 x 100 cm Everything is Dying Except Your Browser History 1, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 39 inches, 120 x 100 cm
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