- Dates
- 25 January 2013 – 2 March 2013
- Venue
- Godot Galéria · A korabeli cím ellenőrzés alatt.
- Press contact
- [email protected]
Short listing
An exhibition resurrected from Godot Gallery's original WordPress archive.
Full exhibition text
Untitled (Ladies), 2012, Archív Inkjet Print
The Godot Gallery warmly invites you.
SZILÁDI MÓNIKA
Broadband Users – New Works
for its titled exhibition
Opening: 25 January 2013 · 20:00
Opening by: Gábor Döme, art historian
The exhibition can be viewed until March 2 from Tuesday to Friday between 9 and 14, and on Saturday between 10 and 13.
Untitled (Laptop), 2011, Archival Inkjet Print
Excerpt from Nemes Attila's 2010 opening speech at Godot Gallery:
During the examination of Sziládi Mónika’s photographs, I would like to draw attention to three different approaches. One is the point raised by my teacher, Hal Foster, who in the 90s threw the idea of the artist as anthropologist into the art‑theoretical public sphere. In the artist’s images we see “captured” moments tied to the events and figures of New York social life; naturally, these are moments that have been meticulously staged, the hallmark being the sophisticated, fabricated refinement of any urban culture. From this world the artist brings forth and presents cultural‑anthropological findings as an anthropologist. The environment that receives his work, observing its own circle, practices criticism, holding up a mirror to the world and to the audience that engages with his works.
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The other approach relates to Scott Lash’s economy‑sociological proposition. In the images of Monika Sziládi, we see a depiction of a world whose smallest details are “consciously designed”, meticulously planned. Scott Lash pointed out that in the global cultural industry, the successful countries and regions are those in which this awareness is maximised; thus design and success are closely intertwined.
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Untitled (Video Games), 2011, Archive Inkjet Print
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The third also connects to Godot. The Los Angeles‑resident American comedian Larry David comes to mind when thinking of Monika’s pictures, which in her ongoing series (Curb Your Enthusiasm / Magyarországon Félig Üres titled 2000-2011) portray the social life of Los Angeles. The power of the series lies in the fact that it adds almost nothing to the way the depicted subjects express themselves, their questions or their lives; for the viewer, however, their absurdity and morbidness become the source of humour.
Untitled (Noise), 2012, Archív Inkjet Print