ARTIST PROFILE

Marton Nemes

  • Hungary (b. 1986 in Székesfehérvár)
  • Currently in London, United Kingdom.

REPRESENTATION

F.O.M.O

F.O.M.O

  • 2019

  • Installation view at Annka Kultys Gallery, London
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    Fear Of Missing Out (F.O.M.O.) | 2019

In the F.O.M.O. (Fear of Missing Out) series, Nemes has taken his experiments with space even further by removing the canvas altogether, leaving only the frame itself and angular supporting structures within the plane where once the canvas would have been. Nemes’ motifs of saturated colour remain on the frames and angular intra-plane structures but it is what is absent, the negative spaces within the works, that is the real subject matter of the series. The acronymic titles of the works refer to the social media phenomenon known as ‘fear of missing out’ or the anxiety related to exciting or interesting events happening elsewhere of which the individual is not participating, particularly experienced through posts on social media platforms. As a sociological phenomenon, FOMO can be viewed as a specific example of the more general malaise increasing urbanisation has fostered on the denizens of large cities, as populations become more individualistic and socialise more via web-based apps, and in so doing, losing traditional forms of community and support, such as immediate and extended family.