‘Looking without analysing’; Riki Mijling’s sculptures made of corten steel and metal – recently in combination with glass – trigger to observe without necessarily feeling the urge to interpret or explain. Her work grows through melding Mind and Matter, her love for raw materials and the spiritual charging of the object. Personally loaded vacuum, or, as Mijling calls it, ‘showing the emptiness’ - the attraction of her work is hidden in this paradox.

The manner in which mass and emptiness inside Mijling’s work function together is without meaning in the sense that no story is being told – and yet the emptiness in her work is a simulacrum, a semblance.

In Andrew Leslie’s works - through the language of geometric abstraction - simple relationships between colour, form and materiality (or lack thereof) are used to make the viewer query what they are seeing and therefore the process by which seeing is constructed.

As part of his current project, he has developed a system where wall-based objects use a hidden painted surface to project simple images onto the supporting wall using ambient light. The position of the viewer, the time of day, the nature of the space, the supporting wall and the reflected images are all fundamental. The interaction between the viewer and these painted objects acts as a model for the process by which we understand the world around us.

He currently works in acrylic on anodised aluminium. His interest in perceptual illusions asks questions of the viewer as to the nature of painting and its relationship to form and sculpture.

The program was implemented as part of the DACS Hollandia, királyság! series.

Organiser: Parallel Foundation, Budapest | www.parallelfoundation.com
Partner: FLUX Gallery, Budapest

Exhibition at the FLUX Gallery between 5-26 November 2014

Opening: 4 November 2014, 18:00
Address: FLUX Gallery, 1093 Budapest, Lónyai u. 31.

Open Studio: 28 October 2014, 18:00
Address: Parallel Park Studio, 1081 Budapest, II. János Pál pápa tér 16.

Source: Paralelalapitvany.hu