Németh Attila Levente PORTFOLIO — 2017
NÉMETH AT TILA LEVENTE nemethattila10nal@gmail.com www.saatchiart.com/nalattila + 40 74 / 830 4703 + 36 30 / 750 8439
States of Being
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Vortex
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Case 28th December ’90
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Dante’s Inferno
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Experimental works
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States of Being I.
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mixed media (100 X 70 cm)
2016
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States of Being II.
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mixed media (100 x 70 cm)
2016
STATES OF BEING
“The fragmentation and reunification of the personality” is a broader project to apply for the PHD studies, which contains some small projects, realized during my research.
“States of Being” is building up from digital prints, studying the fragmented
compositional distribution of the visual experiences, the kaleidoscopic composition of fragmentation and reunification, the relationship of portraits and the structure of the surrounding space. Refers to the problem of duality, the search for the balance between the male and female parts of a personality, the fragmentation of personalities, like a contemporary problem.
Aims to strike the balance – the “equilibrium” – the symmetrical compositional
structure also serves the realization of a balanced state of being. The starting point is René Guenon’s philosophical view: „Man is no more than a temporary and contingent manifestation of the true existence.”
The project is constructed on the reinterpretation of the terminology used by
Carl G. Jung, the elements of the psyche, through the world of the visual experiences: the subconscious, the persona (like the ego, the conscious part), the anima (the unconscious part that takes the form of a female figure during the search of the personality).
The concept is the individualization of several major persons, with who I met, from
different mediums, representing parallel realities (spheres). The certain forms of fears are embodied, the barriers, that prevent the development of individuals.
The project is therapeutic, the self-discovery rises from the process of individu-
alization. The axially symmetrical composition serves for a representation of the multidimensional aspects of the individual. The use of strong and bright colors is essential for the visual experiences. The circular composition carries different meanings in the works by rotating them, the changing of the positioning – from horizontal to vertical position.
The 5 works are realized as a result of dominant psychedelic experiences, giving
an introduction of the different type of encounters with certain individuals: States of Being I.; States of Being II.; States of Being III.; States of Being IV.; States of Being V.
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States Of Being III. 8
mixed media (100 x 70 cm)
2016
States Of Being IV.
mixed media (100 x 70 cm)
2016 9
States Of Being V.
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mixed media (100 X 70 cm)
2016
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Vortex
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installation, metal plates, prints (500 x 500 x 300 cm)
2015
VORTEX
The concept of my project for the MA studies, “Vortex” (Örvény), is the evolution of my life, the succession of different stages during my life, which are closely related to my artistic creation.
The starting points are the esoteric conceptions about chakras. I’m expanding a
self-analysis on the seven main chakra points, showing seven stages characteristic of my life, considering the negative features of each one, which are representing physical and mental disorders, for each chakra point. “If you’re afraid of something, you can’t make a big deal”, in each case appears a form of fear, in a certain way, characteristic for the respective chakra point. Basically the name, “Vortex”, refers to a longer period, a travelling through the channel of a vortex, for self-knowledge. The travelling manifests both on physically plane (prints) and psychically plane (metal plates), where the most significant stages are based on different fears. The trip results the transformation of consciousness, across the “Rainbow Bridge”, connecting the spiritual and the material, the heaven and the earth, the mind and the body. The seven colours represent an alternative way for our black and white binary sense. Despite of the circularity the goal is not to get somewhere, but rather the elimination of barriers, for the purpose of self-treatment, to realize that we are already there. The viewer enters the “vortex”, where the colourful prints with clear-unclear shapes and the metal plates with the surrounding elements, creates a “wormhole”, where everyone must strive to find their own path to exit the vortex. The realization of the project includes 7+7 works – the final prints and the metal plates – in the framework of a larger wooden installation: The Root Chakra I.-II.; The Sacral Chakra I.-II.; The Solar Chakra I.-II.; The Throat Chakra I.-II.; The Third-Eye Chakra I.-II.; The Crown Chakra I.-II.
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The Root Chakra I.
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etching, aquatint (80 x 60 cm)
2013
The Root Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (80 x 60 cm)
2014
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The Sacral Chakra I.
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etching, aquatint (80 x 60 cm)
2013
The Sacral Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (80 x 60 cm)
2014
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The Solar Chakra I.
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etching, aquatint (80 x 60 cm)
2014
The Solar Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (80 x 60 cm)
2014
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The Heart Chakra I.
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etching, aquatint (90 x 60 cm)
2014
The Heart Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (90 x 60 cm)
2015
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The Throat Chakra I.
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etching, aquatint (90 x 60 cm)
2015
The Throat Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (90 x 60 cm)
2015
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The Third-Eye Chakra I. 24
etching, aquatint (95 x 65 cm)
2015
The Third-Eye Chakra II.
etching, aquatint, blind embossing (95 x 65 cm)
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The Crown Chakra I.
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etching, aquatinta (95 x 65 cm)
2015
The Crown Chakra II.
etching, aquatint (95 x 65 cm)
2015
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Case 28th December ’90
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installation (300 x 250 cm)
2013
CASE 28TH DECEMBER ’90
The project for the BA studies thematically is self-portrait. The concept is the evolution of my life, the succession of different stages during my life, which are closely related to my artistic creation, a circular process, wrapped under a criminal investigation.
The starting point is Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical interpretation of the Book
of Revelations in the Bible. Four periods varies cyclically during my life, which are parallel with the breaking of the first 4 seals in the Book of Revelations, with the appearance of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse: the first one is the balanced state, the second one is the state of depression, the third one is the state of passing through the unpleasant situations, the fourth state is the so-called- creative process.
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Dante’s Inferno
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installation and prints
2012
DANTE’S INFERNO
The project’s theme is the illustration of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy”, more specifically the representation of the “Hell”, highlighting the more characteristic moments of the postmodern, rigid reality, uplifting the work written hundreds of years ago to a contemporary level. Technically the illustrations are realized with different engraving techniques – combining etching with aquatint. The illustrations are realized passing through the different levels of hell. The overall look of the project is based on symmetry, the same number and size of illustrations are found in the first and second part of the “Hell”, with a large-scale illustration in the middle, dominating in size and in content the entire project. The different steps of the hell are represented with the multitude of scenes from the postmodern human environment. The starting points are the photographs made for criminal investigations about physical disorders, deaths, murders committed with cruelty and brutality. The illustrations are a little more restrained, but they still preserve the shameful deeds of humanity, the brutality and morbidity, by grotesque and irony, usually in a pessimistic way.
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The Gateway To Hell: The Indifferents
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etching, aquatint (70 x 50 cm)
2012
Limbo
etching, aquatint (50 x 35 cm)
The Sinners
etching, aquatint (50 x 35 cm)
2011
2011
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The Violents
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etching, aquatint (21 x 80 cm)
2012
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The Fraudulent Consultants
Lucifer
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etching, aquatint (35 x 50 cm)
etching, aquatint (35 x 50 cm)
2012
2012
The Thieves
etching, aquatint (70 x 50 cm)
2012
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EXPERIMENTAL WORKS 2012 — 2017
Citadel
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etching, aquatint (21,5 x 29 cm)
2014
Prophecy II.
etching, aquatint (70 x 50 cm)
2012
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Limitless I.
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mezzotint (12,5 x 9,5 cm)
2015
Limitless II.
mezzotint (12,5 x 9,5 cm)
2015
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Portrait experiment
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mixed media (100 x 70 cm)
2014
Fragmentation-recreation III. (triptych-detail)
mixed media (180 x 124 cm)
2016
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Fragmentation-recreation I. (triptych-detail)
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mixed media (180 x 124 cm)
2016
Fragmentation-recreation II. (triptych-detail)
mixed media (180 x 124 cm)
2016
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Form and space I.
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mixed media (39 x 43 cm)
2016
Form and space II.
mixed media (41 x 42 cm)
2016
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Ozora I.
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mixed media (48 x 60 cm)
2016
Ozora II.
mixed media (42 x 61 cm)
2016
Ozora III.
mixed media (42 X 61 cm)
2016
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Form and space III.
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mixed media (43 X 62 cm)
2016
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CMYK_Experiment I.
mixed media (100 X 125 cm)
2017
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CMYK_Experiment II.
mixed media (100 X 125 cm)
2017
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States Of Being_Experiment
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mixed media (100 x 70 cm)
2016
Németh Attila Levente
(28.12.1990.) – I am a graphic artist from Sovata (Romania).
I finished my studies at the University of Art and Design from Cluj-Napoca (BA+MA).
Individual and collective exhibitions:
2016
“I. International Print Biennial” — Bucharest (Romania)
“Taszőszoma (Végletek IV.)” (Extremes IV.) — Sovata (Romania)
“IV. Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland” — Sfântu-Gheorghe (Romania)
“III. European Contemporary Print Triennial” — Toulouse (France)
2015
“I. International Contemporary Graphic Biennial” — Jași (Romania)
“Végletek III.” (Extremes III.) — Svodin (Slovakia), 4 exhibitors
MA studies — Expo Transilvania Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
“Végletek II.” (Extremes II.) — Magyarkanizsa (Serbia), 4 exhibitors
“III. Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland” — Sfântu-Gheorghe (Romania)
2014
“Experimental Print Exhibition” — Galeria Minerva, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
“Végletek I.” (Extremes I.) — Tatai Vármúzeum, Tata (Hungary)
“Ön-kritika” (Self-critic) — Gimnaziul Apáczai Csere János, Cluj-Napoca
2013
BA studies — Expo Transilvania, Cluj-Napoca
2012
“Male Image In Contemporary Hungarian Art” — Budapest
“Dante’s Inferno” — Expo Maraton, Cluj-Napoca
Competitions, prizes:
2016
Participant of the I. International Print Biennial, Bucharest (Romania)
Participant of the IV. Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Sfântu-Gheorghe (Romania)
Participant of the III. European Contemporary Print Triennial, Toulouse (France)
2015
Participant of the I. International Contemporary Graphic Art Biennial, Jași (Romania)
2015
Participant of the III. Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Sfântu-Gheorghe (Romania)
2014 – 2015
Erasmus+ Scholarship at the polish E. Gepperd Academy of Fine Arts (Wroclaw)
2012
Communitas Art Scholarship
Banca Transilvania’s special prize at Expo Maraton
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