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2018-2019
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Untitled 010 [Remains of the Remains 010], 2018-2019
oil on canvas
78 47/64 H x 59 1/16 W in
200 H x 150 W cm
The large-sized paintings, signed by Zsolt Berszán, address the subject of death in terms of the remains of decaying bodies. The surface of the canvas is treated as a battlefield indicating the idea of earth, mud, muck, and through which bodies or pieces of crushed, abandoned, and decomposing bodies could be glimpsed.
The artist suggests the body, hardly perceptible in the economy of drawing, as a macabre game of twists, writhing, arches and torn fragments. It is a material representation of the remains of an absent body.
Zsolt Berszán is not interested in the individual himself but in the human remains that become subjects in themselves. The representation of the fragments, the truncated bodies, of the remains, draw traces interpreted in this context, not solely as organic materials, but also as material forms testifying to the a priori existence of those people.
This new line of paintings could also be perceived as a personal archive of images to contextualize the dissolution of the human body. These vital remnants arise from the relationship of appearance and disappearance; they are a kind of phantom traces of evidence of a past existence, which could also be, interpreted as the beginning of a new process. The body as an environment of memory makes it possible to experience time in a loop by relating the overlap and interaction of multiple temporalities, past experiences and meanings imbued with new ones.
- Creator:Zsolt Berszán (1974, Hungarian)
- Creation Year:2018-2019
- Dimensions:Height: 78.75 in (200 cm)Width: 59.06 in (150 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Berlin, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU68639563172
Zsolt Berszán
Zsolt Berszán (b. 1974) graduated from the Cluj-Napoca University of Art and Design, Romania. His artistic creation already spans more than a decade, throughout he had several solo and group exhibitions as well as in galleries and museums in Romania and abroad. One of the most extensive and important solo exhibitions was held in 2010 "Project Genesis" at MODEM - Modern and Contemporary Art Center, Debrecen, H Hungary. Also, key participation was in the group show "European Travellers - Art from Cluj Today" in 2012 organized by Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest Museum of Contemporary Art in Hungary where the artist Zsolt Berszán submitted four large-scale drawings and two concrete sculptures. Installations, objects and large paintings were displayed in the exhibition "Decomposition" held as a parallel event to Venice 'Biennale of Architecture' in 2014, at the Royal Rowing Association (Reale Società Cantottieri Bucintoro) exhibition space. In 2016 participated with a site-specific installation at ART CAPITAL, Szentendre, Hungary. Zsolt Berszán is represented by Anaid Art Gallery since 2010.
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