Past Residents
Past Resident2010: ATI - The Arts and Theatre Institute
Jakub Hosek
Jakub Hosek draws upon a wide range of influences to construct his paintings. Made using acrylic paint applied meticulously onto the canvas though hand-cut masking tape stencils, Hosek’s paintings have been described as being illustrative, appearing to describe a complex narrative in a single comic-strip-like frame. It is precisely this spirit of post-teenage Pop which defines Hosek’s strong colors. The texts incorporated within his paintings are drawn predominantly from the contemporary post and punk-rock music that he listens to.
Born 1979 in Prague, Jakub Hosek lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.
Jakub Hosek, You Fool, Your House Is On A Frozen Lake, 2008, Cut painting and acrylic on canvas, 56 × 55 × 8 in. (142.24 × 139.7 × 20.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakub Hosek, A Cancer In The Smallest Bones, 2008, Cut painting and acrylic on canvas, 49 × 45 × 8 in. (124.46 × 114.3 × 20.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakub Hosek, Untitled, 2007, Cut painting and acrylic on canvas, 31 × 30 × 8 in. (78.74 × 76.2 × 20.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakub Hosek, Wig Master, 2007, Cut painting and acrylic on canvas, 38 × 38 in. (96.52 × 96.52 cm).
Jakub Hosek, Buzz Saw, 2007, Cut painting and acrylic on canvas, 79 × 77 × 3 in. (200.66 × 195.58 × 7.62 cm).
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2011: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Eline Mugaas
Eline Mugaas’s work brings forth a web of connections between different images that combine the private and subjective with topographic depictions of urban environments and architecture. She has been investigating the distance between the intention of architecture and the reality of living within. This has been an ongoing investigation, a series of findings and experiences. Her latest work consists of interior motifs from the artist’s own home, which has proven to be a good point of departure for investigating the possible coexistence of formal composition and accidental information. Mugaas says about her latest photographs: ‘I wanted to investigate the formal aspects of my work and at the same time not lose the feature I love the most about photography, its place as a (incidental) sloppy document. All the information that sneaks in, that later oozes out and can’t be stopped and that gives you a voyeur’s pleasure by sharing its details. The little things that intrigue and bother the eye.’
Eline Mugaas (born 1969) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She graduated from The Cooper Union, New York, New York. In recent years her exhibition activity includes the solo show Some Cities at the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway. Her first film work Skin Flick was exhibited in Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway. In 2009, Mugaas started the zine Album with Elise Storsveen, wich was launched at the Oslo venue Project 0047. Its three issues to date were also presented at Printed Matter in New York. The same year she curated the exhibition The Camera Show at the Photographers Gallery in Oslo.
Eline Mugaas, Half In Shadow, 2010, C-print, 33 × 40 in. (83.82 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eline Mugaas, A Flat Depiction Of Life, 2007, C-print, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Bergen Kunsthall, Norway.
Eline Mugaas, Mountain Reflected, 2010, C-print, 33 × 40 in. (83.82 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eline Mugaas, Skin Flick, 2008, HD video, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Riis, Norway.
Eline Mugaas, Trapezoid, 2010, C-print, 33 × 40 in. (83.82 × 101.6 cm).
Past Resident2010: Museum Ludwig, ACAX - Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
Szabolcs KissPál
‘What is reality? What can it be, and to what extent can we trust sensations influenced and steered by multimedia? In search of answers, KissPál playfully arranges experimental models which are impressive in their perfection and both cool and poetic. They combine attractively low and high technology with objects or actions, which are cautiously and subtly emotional and at first look like technical games. KissPál often refers through his works to technology or the history of culture.’ (Petra Stegmann)
Szabolcs KissPál works in various media from photography to video, from installation to objects and conceptual interventions. However, the medium he utilizes the most is the video. His main field of interest is the intersection of visual arts and new media, developing a critical approach towards both fields and combined to an interest in their social aspect.
Szabolcs KissPál was born 1967 in Romania. After graduating with an MA degree from the Academy of Fine Arts Cluj, Romania, KissPál moved to Hungary where he obtained a DLA (PhD) in 2007 from the University of Fine Arts in Budapest, where he currently teaches (Intermedia Department). His work has been widely exhibited including at the following: Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary; apexart, New York; Venice Biennial, Italy; Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam; International Media Art Biennale, Seoul, South Korea. His installations and videos can be found in the collections of the Ludwig Contemporary Museum Budapest, Hungary; the National Musem for Contemporary Art Bucharest, Romania and the Kaddist Art Foundation Paris, France.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: F4 (New Zealand) and Szabolcs KissPál (Hungary)
October 19, 2010
Szabolcs KissPál, The Other Crowd, 2009, Police cordon and mirror, 106 × 59 × 80 in. (269.24 × 149.86 × 203.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
2010, Short Stories, Lambda print, 28 × 40 in. (71.12 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Szabolcs KissPál, Utopia Battery, 2008, Monitors, object, engine, and sensor, 120 × 120 × 40 in. (304.8 × 304.8 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Szabolcs KissPál, Shards of Glass, 2003, Video, 4:30 min. Courtesy of the artists.
Szabolcs KissPál, Edging, 2003, Video, 3:00 min. Courtesy of the artist.
