Peter Szalay

WORKS

2014 – 2008

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

„I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN” - Solo exhibition INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART – DUNAÚJVÁROS, 2014 Diogenes the antique philosopher used to run on the sunshiny streets with a lamp screeming „I am looking for a human!” The visitors of the exhibition at the Institue of Contemporary Art in Dunaújváros do not have an easy task to find a human, either. A number of signs refer to the nearness of the ones who assign a geometrical form to an ideology, or moralize with an imaginary tale creating a whole story from it – so of those whom the philosopher walked past with a steady face. But the only thing that can be stated about the man hiding in the world of mechanical flowers opening as ex-symbols and animal figures free from the ballast of edification, is that he has an excellent sense of humour.

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

DIOGENES’S LAMP

candle, binoculars

35x25x20

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

GOOD INTENT

iron, water, glass

35x15x10cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

PILLOW FIGHT

pillow, feather, glue

dimensions variable

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

MIGRATION 1

plastic, painted circket

60x43x7cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

MIGRATION 2

plastic, painted circket

60x43x7cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

MIGRATION 3

plastic, painted circket

60x43x7cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

MIGRATION 4

plastic, painted circket

60x43x7cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

BETTER FUTURE 1.

paint, sickle, scythe, hammer, axe

600x300cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

BETTER FUTURE 2.

plastic, paint

60x40cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

SPRINGTIME 3 ( kinetic sculpture)

plastic, wood, aluminium, electric motor, etc.

40x40x40cm

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Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

SPRINGTIME 4 ( kinetic sculpture)

plastic, wood, aluminium, electric motor, etc.

40x40x40cm

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Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

SPRINGTIME 5 ( kinetic sculpture)

plastic, wood, aluminium, electric motor, etc.

40x40x40cm

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Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

SPRINGTIME 6 ( kinetic sculpture)

plastic, wood, aluminium, electric motor, etc.

40x40x40cm

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Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

FLOWER 3 (scanimation picture)

plastic, wood, C-print

90x60x16cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

FLOWER 4 (scanimation picture)

plastic, wood, C-print

90x60x16cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

FLOWER 5 (scanimation picture)

plastic, wood, C-print

90x60x16cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

FLOWER 6 (scanimation picture)

plastic, wood, C-print

90x60x16cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

THE COLOSSAL HUNGARIAN RAY

iron, wood, plastic, cable, bulb, cowhide, pigskin, antler, saman drum

dimensions variable

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

STUDENT (kinetic installation)

coated steel, iron, plastic, electric motor, etc.

200x100x30cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

PROLIFERATION

plastic, iron, paper, C-print

90x160x60cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

GOLDEN TEAM

wood, filc, leatherette

75x120x50cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

THANK YOU BOA CONSTRUCTOR

oil on canvas

90X70cm

Exhibition view – „I AM LOOKING FOR A HUMAN”, 2014

TV BEAR (kinetic installation) wood, iron, plastic, electric motor, etc. dimensions variable Watch video on youtube

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION – Solo exhibition

acb Gallery - Budapest, 2014

A solo exhibition by Péter Szalay is presented at

the acb Gallery for the second time. Double

Vision can be regarded as a continuation of

Szalay’s 2013 show entitled Residual Value. His

work at the time reflected on the renovation of

the gallery, turning the debris created during

the construction process into artwork. The

installations, the ironically stylized and polished

small sculptures inspired by porcelain figurines

featured at the present exhibition Double Vision

hold a mirror to the new, “trendy and sterile”

gallery space. Szalay approaches his subject with

the usual varied use of media and

characteristically biting humour. His grotesque

creations not only bring into play the aesthetic

quality of symmetry, but also criticize the

“schizophrenic” state of Hungarian society,

which has split in two of its own accord, and the

country’s dysfunctional multi-party system. The

exhibition is replete with the possibilities

created by blurring the lines of ethnography,

iconography and kitsch, guiding the viewer to

the experience of indecision and a sense of it

deepening into fate.

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 01

chair, photo

dimensions variable

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 02 painted plastic sculptures two copies, rorschach test cards 27x21x10cm

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 03 painted plastic sculptures two copies, rorschach test cards 15x37x8cm

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 04 painted plastic sculptures two copies, rorschach test cards 21,5x11,5x7cm

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 05 painted plastic sculptures two copies, rorschach test cards 13x13x5,5

Exhibition view – DOUBLE VISION, 2014

DOUBLE VISION 06 C-print, mixed media 68x63x37cm 198x125cm

WORKS 2014

SLANG 07

bagel, grater

25x8x5cm

Script on the grater is „FREE ARTISTS”, which is a group of artists in the Hungarian scene.

WORKS 2014

SLANG 06

iron, zinc

43x53x32cm

WORKS 2014

SLANG 05

steering wheel, bronze

38x38x18cm

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE – Solo exhibition

acb attachment – Budapest, 2014

In the first exhibition held at acb attachment, Péter Szalay explores – and combines through recycling – tried and tested forms of preserving

and presenting mementos and material remains. The representational techniques of institutions established with the aim of sustaining shared

cultural memory and caring for its material remains, in turn, shape that memory. Péter Szalay, drawing on the techniques of presentation

employed by museums of archaeology and ethnography, displays a fictitious set of architectural and material remains – construction debris

left behind by the remodelling of acb Gallery – in an exhibition context. The building rubble created by torn down walls – building materials,

architectural elements, discarded objects and their components – is exhibited as if it constituted a collection of related objects that surfaced

during an archaeological excavation. Szalay arranges, groups and processes these elements, as a result of which these fictitious relics are

placed on the walls, in the space, an in display cases, giving the impression of systematized orderliness and directed remembrance.

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 01 fresnel lens,magnifier,wood,reverberator,trivet,ground plan phototype,building rubble dimensions variable

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 02 building rubble,parquet,electric motor,iron,wood dimensions variable WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 03 wood,woodboring beetles,microphones,amplifier,headset,photo,(showcase) 80x60x100cm WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 04 electric motor,stucco remains,(showcase) 90x70x50cm WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 05 exhibition opening photos,ground plan phototype,light switch,(frame) 80x70x10cm

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 06

ground plan phototype,nail,screw,wall plug,building rubble,(frame)

90x75x10cm

Exhibition view - RESIDUAL VALUE, 2014

RESIDUAL VALUE 07 exhibition opening photos,building rubble,(frame) 8 pieces, ca. 30x25x5cm each

Exhibition view – TILL NOW EVERYTHING IS FINE, 2013

TILL NOW EVERYTHING IS FINE – Solo exhibition

Art9 Gallery – Budapest, 2013

Péter Szalay in his solo-exhibition entitled Till Now Everything is Fine shows his most recent works. Seemingly these works appear in a fixed and

peaceful position in the space, but actually they make various barely visible movements, showing up examples for foreseeable but not preventable

processes. The exhibition focuses on this physical and psychical state before the moment of the bang, and analyses this sudden and unexpected

moment by prolonging it.

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Exhibition view – TILL NOW EVERYTHING IS FINE, 2013

TABLE CLEANING

clockworks,line,table,cover,cup,paint,

dimensions variable

Exhibition view – TILL NOW EVERYTHING IS FINE, 2013 DRAWING MACHINE

clockworks,line,paper,garphite

dimensions variable

WORKS 2013

SLANG 04 bronze, limited edition 12x8x1cm Script on the plaquette is „Hungarian Academy of Arts” which is an institute that defines national art in the Hungarian scene.

WORKS 2013

SLANG 03 steering wheels 200x100x40cm

WORKS 2013

SLANG 02 concrete 35x55x40cm

WORKS 2013

SLANG 01 spoon,crowbar 60x15x3cm

WORKS 2013

HAT hat,saw, 60x30cm

WORKS 2013

SUCKER found object, leather coat 140x70x24cm

WORKS 2013

LESS iron 15x3x3cm

WORKS 2013

DING AN SICH copper 35x4x4cm

WORKS 2012

PATENT sickle, nightstick 60x52x3cm

WORKS 2012

JUNK-CLEARANCE found object, shutter, acrylic paint 113x90x18cm

WORKS 2012

DEAD OBJECTS 03 (changing of the guard) found object, military boots, electric motor, aluminium, wood 50x50x50cm The boots are paddling impatiently waiting for the changing of the guard. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2012

DEAD OBJECTS 02 (sleeping DADA) found object, shoe box, plastic plate, dice, electric motor, transformer, zinc sheet, copper, aluminium, iron, tape, wood, cardboard, cable 34x24x15cm My work is a shoe box with the legend „DADA”, which produces voice and movement (it is snoring). The voice of breathing-in is a closure generated safely set up with a plastic plate used as membrane. By breathing-out, the lid of the box rises up, this movement is assured by a simple mechanic in the right time. By breathing-in, the standing of the dices alters because of the vibration, the new state comes into sight by breathing-out. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2012

DEAD OBJECTS 01 (echo) found object, concrete iron, electric motor, bearing, aluminium, wood 47x22x27cm My work consists of two parts, a concrete iron piece of the Bécsi street and an electric motor collared on the wall. The electric motor pushes away the piece of concrete iron leaned against the wall once each minute, than it is falling back because of its weight. The iron works as a spring, one can hear a more and more weakening splatter as it is rebounding several times on the wall. The object touches the wall of the exhibition space, in which it slowly erodes a hole. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2012

GIFT FOR GRANDMA glasses, glasses-case, dandelion 11,5x8x2,5cm

WORKS 2012

TROPHY found object, man-hole cover, plaquette box 20x20x4cm

WORKS 2012

EXPANDER photo, tracing paper, wood, iron, rubber 40x10x5cm

WORKS 2012

SUDDENLY 02 creeper plant, electro-motor, line, plastic, tape dimensions variableI mounted an asymmetric disc onto the axle of the electric engine installed on the ceiling. This disc is responsible for animating the surrounding 12 plastic sheets. The plastic sheets and certain parts of the plant are connected with fishing-line. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2012

STRETCH found object, wheel cord, tracing paper 60x40x39cm

WORKS 2012

SWISH wood, photo, iron, lace 74x74x40cm

WORKS 2011

AUTOTROPHE found object, car tire, tape 70x34x24cm

WORKS 2011

PEDAGOGY carpet-beater, crucifix 70x22x7cm

WORKS 2011

SHARK saw, line, reverberator 70x110x30

WORKS 2011

STATIC TIME clockwork, iron 34x30x15cm Mechanical clockwork standing on its hour, minute and second hands. The clockwork turns around the axle of its hand.

WORKS 2011

TIME POWER PLANT clockwork, spool, reel, ruler, tack dimensions variable I placed a ruler on two tacks. Two clockworks came to the ends of it, and collared two spools on the spindles of the clock hands. I've built wheels on one clock, so it permanently approaches the other end of the ruler, untill it tilts the balance, and the clocks fall down. The velocity of the movement and the duration of the process is up to the diameter of the spools and the distance covered, so that, it can be calculated, manipulated, fitted to the running time of a certain exhibition time.

WORKS 2011

PAINTING FOR THE BLIND window, emery cloth, fibreboard, gelatine 90x82x42cm

WORKS 2011

MADE IN 3D-print (plastic) 70x55x50mm

WORKS 2010

JUST DO IT wood,plastic,aluminium,copper,iron,steel,cable,electric motor,transzformer,switch,bowden,kevlar line,C-print on canavas etc... dimensions variable The installation has two parts, one located in the floor, and a printed canvas put on the wall. The machine make pushups, by a bowden cable fixed on the motor placed behind the picture. In the picture there is Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California. In situation of exhibition, the motion sencor built in the picture make working the motor, and the mashine start to move. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2010

GRAVITATIONAL POWER PLANT ( feasibility study 01. ) dimensions variable wood,iron,magnet Made up of four three-legged structures, the installation is held in stable position by gravity. They are interdependent, though there is no physical contact, thanks to the repulsive force of the magnets installed on them. The forces holding together the pairs of these structures are imperceptible to the naked eye. The members of Pair 1 are completely interdependent – removing one of the items will cause both of them to collapse while one of the members making up Pair 2 is stable and the other item is leaning against it, tilted beyond its point of equilibrium

WORKS 2010

AUTOTROPH soap,photo 7,3x5x1cm

WORKS 2010

ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE 02 icon, paper, bakelite, tin,cable, led, micro-swichgear 11x6x1cm

WORKS 2010

THE SIXTH FINGER pork bones, gelatine 24x14x7cm

WORKS 2010

BOOSTER NEGATIVE foud object,TV-antenna 30x17x120cm

WORKS 2010

15 2010 photo

WORKS 2010

UNINSTALL WINDOWS video 6min I took a photo made of a panel building and used it as a basis for my animation. One by one, I removed the windows of the building by retouching. On the resulting series of photos, the building slowly runs out of windows and then finally even the one opening on the view itself disappears. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2010

OMEN iron,film,ventillator 350x200x200cm

WORKS 2009

MASK stainless steel hubcap 55x42x25cm

WORKS 2009

DIOR sunglasses,telescope prism, 20x6x4cm

WORKS 2009

THE MECHANISM OF REJECTION chair,curtain,electic motor,rubber, iron,wood 230x140x105cm The installation is composed of a curtain, imitating a window, and a chair. The performance of an electrical engine located behind the curtain is relayed to a rotary disc installed on the chair by a running rubber band (a cone belt), marked with arrows pointing in the opposite of the direction of the circular motion. The chair is turned facing the window and is leaning backwards beyond its point of equilibrium, held in a stable position by the rubber band. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2009

MADE IN cardboard,wood,film 160x200x150cm

WORKS 2009

ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE icon, cable, pincer, copper, aluminium, rubber, plexi, convex lens, micro-swichgear, condenser, transformer, photoflash 150x154x25cm The installation consists of two parts: an energy source (icon) and a consumer (black box). The consumer latches on with suction-cups and pincers to certain parts of the energy source. As far as the visitor follows the steps framed in the instructions, the consumer transforms the sacred energy stored in the energy source into a single beefy visual sign (flashlight).

WORKS 2009

TO EAT photo dimensions variable

WORKS 2008

LIBERO ARBITRIO wood,window,electric engine,solarcell,wire,paper,line,lightblub,porcelane,cable 120x120x50cm The intallation is made up of six parts that are hung from the ceiling in the exhibition room. The light of the blub on the bottom square make the solar cells in the opposite upper square drive an eletric engine. The piece of paper joined to the wireon the electric engine imitates a moth circling a flame. My work is an open cube, the sides of which are old windows. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2008

SERVO ARBITRIO wooden chair, bicycle wheel, bowden cable, solar cell, solar motor, cable, lightbulb, iron, paper 140x58x29cm The light of the bulb make the solar cells drive an electric engine. The piece of paper fixed to the wire on the electric engine imitates a moth circling a flame. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

WORKS 2008

RED SNOW window,lightbox,switch 120x50x20cm

WORKS 2008

LIGHT SCULPT 2008 photo,lightbox dimensions variable

CV Péter Szalay sculptor Lives and works in Budapest. Place and Date of Birth: Pécs, 28th September 1981 Web: szalaysculpt.blogspot.com E-mail: szalaysculpt@yahoo.com EDUCATION 2002 – 2008 University of Pécs, Faculty of Arts, Department of Sculpture 1995 – 1999 Secondary School of Arts, Pécs- Faculty of Ceramics SOLO EXHIBITION 2014 - „I am looking for a human”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros

- Double vision, ACB Gallery, Budapest - Double Vision, Nádor Gallery, Pécs 2013 - Residual value, ACB Attachment, Budapest - Till Now Everything Is Ok, Art9 Gallery, Budapest 2012 - Autotroph, Miskolci Gallery, Miskolc - Presentation (one-night event), Pozsony (SK) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 - Antidesign, New Budapest Gallery, Bálna, Budapest

- Rearranged Reality, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest - Subjective Objects, Latarka Gallery, Budapest

2013 - Budapest Immersion, New Budapest Gallery, Bálna, Budapest - Bookmarks, B55 Gallery, Budapest - Home Sweet Home, Miskolci Gallery, Budapest - The Emperors New Apparel, Trafó Gallery, Budapest - Clear Head, MKE Fríz terem, Budapest

2012 - Gallery By Night, Studio Gallery, Budapest - Art Placc, Tihany - III. Moscov International Biennale For Young Art, Moscow (RU) - Quadratic Equation, Kepes Institute, Eger - II. Biennale of Sculpture, Art Mill, Szentendre - The Patterns of Time, acb Gallery, Budapest

2011 - Gallery By Night, Párizs (FR) - FIKA, Pécs - Gallery By Night, Studio Gallery, Budapest - Libero Arbitrio, Párizs (FR)

2010 - Sculpture?!, Nádor Gallery, Pécs - Fresh, KOGART, Budapest - 21 Conversations, public art, Pécs - Mikser Festival, Belgrad (SRB) - Small Objects, acb Gallery, Budapest - Exhibition of New Members, Studio Galéria, Budapest - Trust (Sculptors from Pécs), Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros

2009 - FIKA, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs - 20 Years of the Change of Regime, Berlin, Paris, Vienna (DE, FR) - Self-determination, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely

2008 - Exhibition of the Irokéz Collection, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest - XX. Natinal Biennale of Ceramics, Vasarely Museum, Pécs - Budapest Art Expo fresh, Art Mill, Szentendre

2007 - Sculptor Exposition, Expo Center, Pécs ART FAIRS 2014 - ArtMarket, Budapest

- Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Auction, Budapest 2013 - Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NED) - ArtMarket, Budapest 2012 - ArtMarket, Budapest 2011 - ArtMarket, Budapest

- ViennaFair (AUT) WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS - Ludwig Museum, Budapest - Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros - Irokéz Collection, Szombathely - Space Gallery, Pozsony (SK) - Atelierhouse, Miskolc MEMBERSHIPS IN ASSOCIATIONS 2010 – Studio of Young Artists Association SCHOLARSHIPS, COLONY OF ARTISTS - 2014 National Cultural Fund scholarship - 2013 National Cultural Fund scholarship - 2012 Töreki Colony of Artists, Siófok - 2011 Visegrad Artist Residency Program, Pozsony (SK) - 2011 National Cultural Fund scholarship - 2011 NMA Napidíj - 2010 personal programme, Miskolc