Now on view until 9th november
ÁRPÁD FORGÓ & ABEL JALLAIS
OBJECTIVE CASE
2024, Oct 11 - Nov 9
Hours mon – thu 12–6pm | sat 12–4pm
Gallery East of Eden, Budapest
Following the 2024 Art Brussels OFF program, Gallery East of Eden in Budapest hosts the joint exhibition of Árpád Forgó and Abel Jallais, titled Objective case.
At the exhibition, through exciting constellations, Forgó’s delicate shaped canvas compositions get in dialogue with the monochrome ceramic objects of Abel Jallais. Despite of working with different medium, their approach and processes share several similarities. They create non-representational objects, which do not intend to generate direct associations; the content of the work is its colour, shape, texture, size and scale.
Both artists developed his own basic forms, from which they build the artworks: Jallais is using additions, cut-outs and repetition in his “Bonbonne” series; Forgó is applying different reflection methods, as well as shifting. They create simple and visually controllable pieces that need to be observed and discovered.
Árpád FORGÓ
Árpád Forgó works with basic geometric forms and through isometric transformations; he builds shaped canvas compositions, visualising structures, shapes, measurements and rhythm, as well as planar and spatial relationships. He developed shaped canvas modules in order to build block-like or hollow, symmetrical or asymmetrical compositions. In the recent years, he experiments intensively with different compound painting processes in order to challenge the viewer’s perception not only by the structure but also by the material.
Abel JALLAIS
Abel Jallais has an attraction to facing unknown objects; therefore, he peals off the functional territories of the archaic objects and transforms them into a free form of interpretation. They become a fictional territory again to explore, offering the opportunity to the passive user to open a new dialogue with the form. Sighing with the eyes, turning around, manipulating to return to a primitive form of primitive apprehension. His practice moves in this interstice. The fictional sense becomes the functional sense.
Both artists work with traditional materials, aiming for industrial perfection, still keeping the craftsmanship of the process.
