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CONTENTS About EMAG Message from our founder Made in Hungary 2016 Hungarian: Artists Artworks Cuisine Music EMAG
ETIHAD MODER ART GALLERY
Etihad Modern Ar t Galler y is a multi-purpose ar t space and cafĂŠ at the hear t of the city. Its owner, Khaled Seddiq Al Muttawa, created a friendly and versatile ar t environment, that is open to ever yone. During the past 3 years, Etihad organized significant ar t shows and local heritage exhibitions and created bonds with the international ar t scene and academic institutions worldwide. The galler y invited international ar tists to live, teach and create in the UAE, motivated local ar tists to showcase their work and hosted a wide range of parallel cultural activities like ar t workshops, poetr y nights and music events. Etihad Modern Ar t Galler y is a strong ar t organization deeply rooted in the local community, aiming to play a positive role in the brightly emerging ar t scene of Abu Dhabi. The galler y operates an open door, free admission policy throughout the week. www.etihadmodernar t.com
ETIHAD MODER ART GALLERY
Soundweaving
Fiction of the reality
MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER
The United Arab Emirates has always been the cultural bridge between the East and the West, thanks to our late father and ruler of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. And on this very special day, we celebrate not only this great exhibition but a stronger union between our beloved country and Hungary. It is a great honor and privilege to host “Made in Hungary” Art & Culture exhibition in the heart of Abu Dhabi at our gallery and to be able to educate and give the people residing in the U.A.E, a chance to learn and experience the cultural artworks all the way from Hungary. This exhibition further enhances our Gallery’s mission to let the public experience the greatness of modern art and cultural richness from all around the world. We will present artwork and scientific experiments from the 18th century. Our venue will include a Hungarian cuisine and live entertainment.
H.E. Khalid Seddiq Mohammed Samea Al Asmani Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Chairman & Founder
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016
The three-week celebration of Hungarian arts and culture has opened in the heart of Abu Dhabi at Al Bateen. The Etihad Modern Art Gallery is hosting the joint exhibition of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the University of PĂŠcs Department of Art. It features embroidered shirts and pillows from the Transylvanian Bukovina and a traditional cross-stitching pattern used in Hungarian folk embroidery transformed into paper scores for music. On the ground floor of the gallery, there will is design works inspired by Mercedes. The Hungarians are proud and innovative nation and we have found many similarities between their culture and the Arabic culture, it is a great opportunity and a discovery as Abu Dhabi has always been the link between the west and east in trade and culture. During the three week display, events scheduled to take place include a showing of great Hungarian inventions, traditional cuisine, arts, crafts and music nights.
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016
The exhibition showcases of the very best in Hungarian culture, art, science and heritage to build valuable new connections with people and communities of the United Arab Emirates. The exhibition aspires to represent the diversity and richness of hungarian culture and science and aims to enchance cultural exchange and dialogue between the hungarian and UAE nations. We warmly welcome our visitors, wish them a pleasant stay and invite them to explore Hungary’s cultural heritage in Hungary as well.
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016
PRESS RELEASE “Made in Hungary Exhibition” Etihad Modern Art Gallery, a multi-purpose art space and café at the heart of Abu Dhabi, will host a three weeks of the best of the Hungarian Arts and Culture in the “Made in Hungary” Exhibition from the 20th of Feb till the 3rd of March 2016 in its premises in Al Bateen area in Abu Dhabi. The Exhibition is under the patronage of H.E. Osama Naffa Ambassador of Hungary in the UAE and H.E. Viktória Horvát Dr. Hungarian Ambassador at Large For Special Foreign Trade Initiatives. The event is organized by the Hungarian Gulf Trading House, a Semi-governmental organization located in Dubai – UAE to further enhance the exchange of trade and culture between Hungary and the GCC countries. The event is also supported by the Hungarian National Trading House in Budapest. H.E. Osama Naffa commented: “The ‘Made in Hungary’ Exhibition showcase the very best of the Hungarian culture, art, science and heritage to build valuable connection between the United Arab Emirates and Hungary. It a symbol of the diversity of the Hungarian culture, which we are very proud to present to the great UAE nation” The Exhibition will bring contemporary art and design: joint exhibition of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the University of Pécs Department of Art. On the ground floor of the Gallery, there will be design works inspired by Mercedes. “Abu Dhabi has always been the link between the west and the east in trade and culture. We are honored today to host this important exhibition about the various sides of the Hungarian culture and history. It is a great opportunity and a discovery. The Hungarians are proud and innovative nation and we have found many similarities between their culture and the Arabic culture” Commented Khalid Sedeeq Mohamed Sameea Alasmani, Etihad Modern Art Gallery Founder and Chairman. “Made in Hungary” Exhibition will also introduce a new concept; Soundweaving Middle East Edition: Embroidered shirts and pillows from the Transylvanian Bukovina, from Kalotaszeg and Hungary served as a basis for the patterns. As part of the transformation, embroidery patterns turned into laser cut textile pieces, and cross-stitched patterns into melodies. At the core of the Soundweaving project is the traditional cross-stitching pattern used in Hungarian folk embroidery transformed into sound by a punch card comb music player. From his side, László Tóth, CEO of the Hungarian Gulf Trading House, said: “The Hungarian Gulf Trading house aims at increasing trade and culture exchange between Hungary and the GCC countries and this “Made in Hungary” is just the start of these activities. We believe the Hungary has a lot to offer to the GCC in terms of science, trade and culture”. During the three weeks long program the following exhibition and events are scheduled to take place Exhibition of Great Hungarian inventions, free tasting of the justly famous Hungarian cuisine, arts and crafts and music nights. Every evening between 19:00 – 22:00 the famous Zoltán Kató will be playing Hungarian traditional and modern songs on saxophone. “There has been a lot of efforts in organizing all these activities during the three weeks of the Exhibition. We wish to thank our partners; MobileSofa, Hybrid Art and Teleky Catering and Events.” Concluded Mr. Toth.
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016
INVITATION
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016 EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT
20th February, 2016
MADE IN HUNGARY 2016 EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT
20th February, 2016
HUNGARIAN ARTISTS
ADÉL HANYECZ
BARANYAI ENIKÖ
GERGELY BARTA
ALÍZ FÜLÖP
BRIGITTA PÉNTEK
NORBERT BURIAN
TAMÁS CSIZEK
PÁL RITA MÁRIA
DEVECSERI MARIANNA
ADRIENN ERDEI
ESZTER ÁGNES MOLNÁR
TAMÁS FLEISZ
HUNGARIAN ARTISTS
PETRA BÁHIDSZKI
GERGELY KÓSA
IBOLYA ELLENBACHER
GERGELY KÁRPÁTI
KATA JÁNOSI
LÓRÁNT ÉLES
MARTON DÉS
ÁGNES PÉNZÁR
FLÓRA PERTICS
JÚLIA VÉGH
ARNOLD CSINCSI
ELÖD GYULA KINCSES
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
Design and Art Department, Faculty of Jewellery Design
MOME University of Art and Design
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
Design and Art Department, Faculty of Jewellery Design
DÁNIEL KISKÉRY
ADÉL HANYECZ
FRUZSINA ZALAVÁRI
SAROLTA SZILÁGYI
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
SOUNDWEAVING After its debut at Syntonyms last year, MOME Laboratory displays another interdisciplinary, integrative and experimental project at the Vienna Design Week with Hungary as this year’s the guest country. 2nd year MA textile student Zsanett Szirmay’s work may be perceived as the feminine match for last year’s successful Syntonyms. While the black sombreness, 270-page data documentation and technicalisation of Syntonyms represented the rational male principle and essence, while the white “laces”, airy playfulness, “rococo” grace and jingling tunes of Soundweaving clearly create a feminine realm. At the core of the Soundweaving project is the traditional cross-stitching pattern used in Hungarian folk embroidery transformed into sound by a punch card comb music player. The cross-stitch pattern of holes on the tape in the musical box were punched by the creator, Zsanett Szirmay. In this case, the punched tape acts as the score. Embroidered shirts and pillows from the Transylvanian Bukovina, and from Kalotaszeg and Hungary served as a basis for the patterns. As part of the transformation, embroidery patterns turned into laser cut textile pieces, and crossstitched patterns into melodies. Soundweaving equally stimulates all senses, and calls for interaction. The project uses multiple media and communicates on diverse planes, combining the borderlands of folk art, design and music. It belongs to the analogue and digital realms at the same time as the handmade embroidery is translated into laser cut patterns. At the same time, the visual world is presented in audio, or rather the graphic aspect of music gets a role in developing the tunes. Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, folk musician and composer was instrumental in the audio mapping and developing the tunes.
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
VILLANY Ibolya Ellenbacher Oil on Canvas 158x77cm 2015
EVEN THEN! Tamas Fleisz Steel Concrete 100x83x55cm 2015
BLUE TEXTILE Boglarka Balassa Oil on Canvas 70x100cm
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BRIGITTA PÉNTEK
METAPLASM 90 x 650cm oil on canvas 2015 Elements of the series: Metaplasm 2. (Russo) , 90x140cm Metaplasm 4. (Kim & Kim) , 90x150cm
Brigitta Péntek’s artwork consists of four particular, but cohesive pieces of paintings (with the size of 90x650 cm). The painting - as a whole - depicts six female fencers, who are waiting for their bouts to start. In this cardinal moment, the fencers get into such a specific state of mind in which they sense the sport-hall only in a peripheral perspective -- instead of the athetes’ (material) surroundings, they focus on the ongoing competition itself. Hence, the inner (subjective) sphere of the fencers becomes visually comprehensible in my artwork, “Metaplasm”.
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
GERGELY KĂ RPĂ TI
WALL HANGER woodcut 140 x 50 cm 2014
C O AT, C A P, S C A R F woodcut 67.5 x 33.,2 cm 2014
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION Simply, I would describe myself as a filter type of artist. My works are always related to the visible, I examine our relations to the seen world, and the way we experience it. This sensual attitude makes the observation and the technical execution the essential parts. My degree work series synthesized detailed depiction, flat transparent layers and linear abstraction on simple still life motifs in order to represent the fragmentation, and layeredness of cognition. To start working with something, there must always be a visually interesting aspect, that I also feel somehow connected to my everyday experiences and thoughts. Then there are two
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
KATA JÁNOSI #1. 30 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, 2015 #2. 30 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, 2015 #3. 30 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, 2015
The main theme of Kata Jánosi’s paintings are landscapes - however these are more like inner landscapes, a half-abstract world where everything is incomprehensible, unstable, always changing. One is not sure what is that he’s seeing, what is in front of his eyes. These landscapes reflect to a mood, an unstable situation in life. Jánosi amplifies this feeling with a mixed technique: the acrylic breaks uncontrollably on the surface of the oil paint. She only started this process - but never meant to fully control it. Instead she let the paint do it for itself... and somehow she ended up working together with the material in a silent cooperation.
PETRA BÁHIDSZKI MICRO-MACRO 26 x 42 cm giclée print 2015
The concept of the work of Petra Báhidszki is to show similarities between microcosm and macrocosm of the surface of the Planet. She downloaded satellite images from Google Earth, went to each of those areas, and searched for similar patterns in their micro worlds.
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
GERGELY BARTA CAMERAS oil on canvas 50 x 70 cm 2013 KINGA JUHÁSZ JORDAN JOSIFOV STREET oil, metal plate 65 x 22 cm 2013
Description: Gergely Barta’s paintings are cut-out pieces of his personal environment. They are motives, which can seem insignificant, only because they’re regular, common elements of our surrounding environment. We got used to seeing them, being around them. In his oeuvre, Barta aims to get hold of the state of stillness, timelessness and silence, he focuses on the phenomenon, which seem to disappear from the lives of the cosmopolitan people.
MÁRTON DÉS
100 STRUGGLEFUL BEAUTIFUL YEARS 30 x 40 cm acrylic and pen on canvas, 2013
MEDIEVAL FIRST NIGHT 40 x 40 cm acrylic and pen on canvas
TAXY (SHARKS) 24 x 30 cm acrylic, spraycan and pen on canvas
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
MÁRTON DÉS Márton Dés was studying painting and graphichs in the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, in the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart and in the University of Porto. He likes nice panoramas, continental breakfasts and art. He is constantly painting, drawing, photographing, he writes poems and novels as well. In his works he tries to mix up didactic information with a personal and sensitive aura. Currently he’s living and working in Germany.
KATA COLLAR 18 x 24 cm acrylic and pen on canvas 2010
HÜVÖSVÖLGY 30 x 40 cm acrylic, spraycan and pen on canvas 2013
HOSTING WITH BAKED PUMPKIN4 40 x 40 cm acrylic, spraycan and pen on canvas 2013
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
GERGELY KÓSA
BULCSÚ STREET 21/A dusting 2015 oil and ink on canvas series of 6 paintings 4 x 50x 70 cm, 2 x 50x 40 cm
The typical feature of Hungarian block of flats, the inner court– if we look at the original meaning of it – is a place for social interaction, a field where conversation is made possible. We can’t look at it as space existing in itself, only in case someone is in interaction with it, we can’t separate the person from the location. In better cases, two person. In a minute someone starts talking to someone else, the inner court is getting into action, a perspective starts to form itself, which lasts until the conversation ends. The bars, tiles, the outlines of the tenants form the spectre of the court. In Kósa’s research, he examines this very function of the court, as place for conversation and connecting link between the memories of the tenants and the building itself.
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
GERGELY KĂ“SA He looked into the history of one specific building, the resulting artworks represent four floors of people and space, connecting with each other. He reflects on the meeting points of his neighbours and the frieze made up of decorative geometric forms which frames the reflection of the black iron bars. This pattern serves as the visual base of the paintings. The two side, the visual and the historical context lean ont o each other.
HUNGARIAN ARTWORKS
FICTION OF THE REALITY 2015, series of collage paintings
VÉGH JÚLIA My works depict the dynamism of remembrance and continuously re-interpret everyday situations. I emphasize the incidence, which composes seemingly distant elements into one given frame of space and time. Representing the reminiscent ego, the images become dreamlike and personal. The dynamic memory selects freely, composing a new, fictional narrative world, like in Surrealism. Beyond free association by photomontage and collage, my recurrent sources of inspiration are motifs and materials. Works that come into being this way reflect Central European situations in a studiously personal and ironic manner. These works start from the images of news coming from my actual surroundings. Then I paint the protagonists of photos I collected onto this layer to rewrite the real news into fictional narrative situations by the collage technique. Dynamic memory, confronting and composing real/unreal,experience/non-experience, has a significant role in creating these works. During this process I reflect on the press also, by creating my own liberty of press in these works. Parallel and reverse time horizons meet in a visual way, within the transparent layers of the photo film just like in the ancient palimpsestus. By fusing these layers, collage works become fictional images, summaries of our social existence.
HUNGARIAN CUISINE
Hungarian: Tradicionális paradicsomos húsgombóc English: Traditional meatballs in tomato sauce
Dessert Fahéjas almás rétes tejszínes csokiöntettel
Hungarian: Brassoi apropecsenye English: Oven roasted veal with garlic flavored diced potatoes
Hungarian: Somloi Galuska English :Vanilla sponge cake layered with custard and chocolate
Hungarian: Piskótatekercs English: Sponge cake with jam
Complimentary Soup Paradicsom leves Tomato soup
Hungarian Complimentary Soup Gödöllői Csirkecomb {stuffed with liver} Raguleves - Fresh tarragon flavored chicken Chicken drums a la Gödöllő ragout soup
Hungarian Csirkemell vadasan zsemlegombóccal English Chicken breast with vegetables and mustard
HUNGARIAN CUISINE
Dessert: Túrós Rétes Strudel filled with cottage cheese
Citromos szárnyas raguleves
Hungarian Complimentary Soup Raguleves - Fresh tarragon flavored chicken ragout soup
Hungarian: Harcsapaprikás Túróscsúszával English Catfish Stew with Cottage Cheese Pasta
Hungarian: Zöldborsó leves English: Pea soup
Complimentary Soup Hungarian Halészlé
Hungarian Complimentary Soup Goulash - Hungarian Goulash soup
Sajtos-tejfölös lángos
HUNGARIAN MUSIC
Smooth Jazz and Classical, Soul and Pop, a unique musical fusion which is rich and colourful. Zoltan Kato is a prominent member of the current Hungarian music scene. Saxophonist, Composer, and Producer. Zoli is also comfortable playing keyboards and percussion.
Hungarin Music at the Etihad Modern Art Gallery