ARTIST STATEMENT

In the collage art of Gábor Kerekes recycling is not just a technique but it is a mission as well: sustainability is one of the most important alternative for survival, furthermore it is a good example for handling the problem (trash) exquisitely. Newspapers, the basis of his works and the city which is his living space are present in his works from the beginning.  The first and complex interpretation of this subject was Bábel, the growing city which collage installation was exhibited in 2011, in Viltin Gallery. Here, the tower was shown in the construction process, which is a reference to the mistakes made by the civilization again and again. In the state before the chaos you can feel the bad vibrations but it hasn’t taken shape yet (as it hasn’t been in any other works of Kerekes). No figures have appered yet on the plane surface of the carrier, he emphasized the construction, which was already 4 meters high.
In the collage art of Gábor Kerekes recycling is not just a technique but it is a mission as well: sustainability is one of the most important alternative for survival, furthermore it is a good example for handling the problem (trash) exquisitely. Newspapers, the basis of his works and the city which is his living space are present in his works from the beginning.  The first and complex interpretation of this subject was Bábel, the growing city which collage installation was exhibited in 2011, in Viltin Gallery. Here, the tower was shown in the construction process, which is a reference to the mistakes made by the civilization again and again. In the state before the chaos you can feel the bad vibrations but it hasn’t taken shape yet (as it hasn’t been in any other works of Kerekes). No figures have appered yet on the plane surface of the carrier, he emphasized the construction, which was already 4 meters high. 

"Initially I built and installed community, chill-outs spaces from re-used materials. Since 2006 I work on large-scale recycling collages.

I have remarkable influence of science-fiction literature and steam-punk. Working with newspaper cut-outs i reflect on alternative tendency of the future, knowing that it's not a solution, but can slow down some process.

In my last series i build up works like a mandala: having no surfaces but the wall itself, after the exhibition they fade away. They are not just site-specific, but stretch over their actual expanse: invites the recipient into a visual game and illusion. I ask not only on th eco-recycle conception but building up a new value and aesthetics."

BIOGRAPHY

• Article on Levicity 
• floating metropolis 
• Aricle on Floating Cities
• Interview on Floating Cities
• review of Floating Cities
• in the line-up of CAFe - Contemporary Art Festival Budapest
• City vs. Nature 
• Suspensions - Budapest Art Week exhbition, part of Budapest Spring Festival
• Visions of Babel in the Basilica - article on planetbabel
• review on planetbabel 
• article on planetbabel
• article on Private Metropolises, group exhibition

• Ludwig Múzeum: A két dimenziós képsík meghódítása 
• Nyugat.hu: Art Market 2013
• Megépült Bábel tornya
• Bábel
• Revizor: Mother Nature
• Vándor éji baja
• Derkovits ösztöndíjasok 2009
• Lektorátus, 2009
• Derkovits ösztöndíjasok 2008
• Lektorátus, 2008
• „Képzeletbeli Éden” Lumen Fotóművészeti Alapítvány, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, 2007
• Dunaújvárosi Fotóbiennálé, Dunaújváros, 2007
• 5 International Festival of Photography, Lodz, 2006
• „Magánügy?” Műcsarnok, Budapest 2005
• „Én kép” Dorottya Galéria, Budapest, 2005
• „Transmissionen / Átadás” Képzőművészeti Akadémia, Stuttgart, 2003
• „Szerviz” Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2001
• „Rövid történetek” Budapest Galéria Kiállítóháza, Budapest, 2001
• „Komoly és Fiatal” Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, 1999