Attila Galbovy – Péli Barna

PORTFOLIO

ATTILA GALBOVY

BARNA PÉLI

• ATTILA GALBOVY • born 1969,,Simleu Silvaniei,Rumania • lives and works in Budapest studies::1992-1994 Academy of Visual Arts Cluj (R),1994-1998 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts,1999 Kunstakademie Nürnberg,

• BARNA PÉLI • born 1972 Oradea,,Rumania • lives and works in Budapest • studies:1994 – 2000 Hungarian Academyof Fine Arts

Installations:• 2001 MANUS,Kis Varsó,Budapest (H)• HORSERADISH,Kis Varsó,Budapest• FREEBANK,Liszt Ferenc Square,Budapest• FOUR CHAIRS,Shopwindow of Writers Bookstore,Budapest• 2002 THE BIG JUDASEAR,M.E.O.,Budapest• NIETZSCHE AND DÉTÁRI,M.E.O.,Budapest• ADVERTISEMENT,Shop-window Gallery,Budapest• 2003 MUS.Kunsthalle,Budapest (with Gergô Kovách)• 2004 DELEGATION,Trafó Gallery Budapest (with Gergô• Kovách and Robert Ferenczi)• 2005 TECHNOLOGICAL STORY,Studio Gallery,Budapest• CIAOS,Contemporary Art Institute,Dunaújváros (H)• 2006 URNAMENTAL,Tûzraktér,Budapest (with Gergô• Kovách)• CHESSCLINIC,Factory,Krems(A)• Prizes:2000 Hermann Lipót Prize• 2004 Herczeg Klára Prize• 2004-2006 Derkovits Prize• Publications:N.Forian Szabó,Balkon 2001 (5)9-14• K.Dékei,Beszélô 2001 (12)• Zs.Bán,Mûértô 2002 (4)6• K.Dékei,Exindex.c3.hu 2002(4)• M.Fejôs,Echo 2003 (3)• D.Romek,Új Mûvészet 2004 (4)• K.Dékei,Balkon 2004 (1/2)• L.Százados,Mûértô 2004 (2)• E.Paksi,Exindex.c3.hu 2006 (4)

(The Two-headed stagehand)Even the most authentic spheres of the visual arts,even those leasttouched by commercialism,are run by the art industry and its institutions,acomplex system,with performers active at various levels.Under such circum-stances – should you feel discouraged – individuality is not a secure refuge,,asit can be easily commercialized,and it has an especially inflexible market value,because it is in itself a complex system.Art directly dependent on individuali-ty thus starts with a handicap,and is consequently deformed in severalaspects,becomes classicized.One way to keep freedom is "creative marriage"or "institutional friendship"(V.Missiano),of which we can find several examples.By adopting the strate-gy of joint work,Attila Galbovy and Barna Péli in effect create their own work-place.They produce works of art,in a manner similar to the socially estab-lished modes of production,where the objects produced come to be as theresult of processes and decisions of incredible complexity.This complexity ismodelled by the two artists method of mutual association,an extensive econ-omy of ideas.Ideas are democratic (even when received and handled by a sin-gle person,though they tend to purify in such cases and become private prop-erty,parts of the private economy),so they are most secure in joint ownership.This extensive process of joint work may not result in clear-cut works,but pro-vides enough material until the time comes (if it does)to finish it.Galbovy and Péli together are as creative as two people can be one ofwhose head,when its turn comes,rests in a shopping bag;or as an (!)aban-doned two-headed stagehand before he is(they are)submerged by the fallingscenery.Miklós Erhardt

PICTURES LIST

• 1.MANUS,2001.Installation in Kis Varso,Budapest.Mixed media• 2,3.THE BIG JUDAS EAR,2002,Installation in MEO,Budapest.Mixed

media• 4.NIETZSCHE AND DÉTÁRI,2002,Installation in

MEO,Budapest.Mixed media• 5.MUS.,2003,Installation in Kunsthalle,Budapest.Mixed media• 6.DELEGATION,2004,Installation in Trafo Gallery,Budapest.Mixed

media• 7,8.TECHNOLOGICAL STORY,2005,Installation in Studio

Gallery,Budapest.Mixed media• 9,10.CIAOS,2005,Installation in Contemporary art

Institute,Dunaújváros.Mixed media• 11,12.URNAMENTAL,2006,Installation in Tûzraktér,Budapest.Mixed

media• 13-16.CHESSCLINIC,2006,Installation in Factory,Krems,Mixed

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