Botond Keresztesi — Work Hard, Play Hard (acrylic & airbrush on canvas, 2018)
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pyrite flower by botond keresztesi, 2023, acrylic + oil on canvas, 120 × 100 centimeters
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Botond Keresztesi (1987)
Born in Romania, lives and works in Hungary.
Botond Keresztesi creates uncanny realities through his paintings, which transport the viewers into a twisted, airbrushed utopia influenced by avant-garde movements such as Dadaism and Surrealism. But what kind of dreamlike, fantasy world is this? Did he really just replace Henri Matisse’s La Danse with characters from the Teletubbies? And is he intertwining Henri Moore sculptures with Gillette razor blades? Is the Great Sphinx of Giza wearing the Oculus VR glasses? The answer is yes.
Soft Cells, 2021
Techno Tribal, 2021
Silent Nude, 2020
Pokemon Hydra, 2019
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Botond Keresztesi - The Devil is Yelling, 2021
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“XY.”
Currently on view until June 18th, 2022 at Rundgaenger Gallery in Frankfurt, Germany is the group exhibition, “XY,” curated by Saša Bogojev.
“XY” features artists that are members of either Generation X or the succeeding, Generation Y. With both of those groups having their life being strongly affected by the digital technology, computers, the Internet, and/or social media, the presentation conceptualized and curated by Saša Bogojev, examines the different venues through which those influences seep into their distinctive studio practices.
Either growing up with computer screens as part of their everyday life or merely witnessing the changes conditioned by the quick development of digital technologies, these artists eventually found themself incorporating it into their processes in a variety of ways. Whether working with some form of existing digital aesthetics, using the technical possibilities as a tool, source of inspiration, or compositional/aesthetic framework, or simply being inspired by its effects on society, the exhibition shows different paths leading from the screen to the gallery wall. So, although exploring painting in the Digital Age, XY isn't focused on the digital painting format but is more focused on its effect on the traditional format, and will feature works by Arno Beck, Attilio Esposito, Christian Rex Van Minnen, Sun Woo, Botond Keresztesi, Maja Djordjevic, Bas Geerts, Pieter Schoolwerth, Hofman Julius, Lucien Murat, and Kévin Bray.
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By Botond Keresztesi
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‘Dungeon Keepers’ exhibition at Piana Gallery, Poland, by artists Stach Szumski and Botond Keresztesi
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Exhibition text:
Botond Keresztesi and Stach Szumski’s exhibition takes the form of a mine map on which we follow images entangled in a dense network of tunnels of associations. In their author’s mine shaft, the sedimentation of geological layers is intertwined with anthropological clues.
In his paintings, Botond Keresztesi creates an uncanny, surreal reality that transports the viewers to an overesthetized utopia. The world in his paintings are dreamy and surreal, quotes from art history are combined with characters from children’s fairy tales, pop culture aesthetics are transformed through editing.
Stach Szumski’s work is multifaceted, through conceptual- interactive activities, in which he critically examines the aesthetics of First World countries washed out of folklore, to purely intuitive, visual practices. A whole gallery of subjects from the trash of pop culture, advertising and the plastic bazaar overflows through his work. Szumski is not concerned with stigmatising or exposing the licentiousness of the visual stream around him. By examining various subjects, themes and characters within his paintings, dissecting them, he also discovers among the trash the sources of the power that drives his art.
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Botond Keresztesi
Sitting Venus, 2020
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 47 inches
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Botond Keresztesi — Sensual Connections (oil & acrylic on canvas, 2019)
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Botond Keresztesi
Bucolic Mindscape 2
2021, Acrylic and oil on canvas
71 x 71 in
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Botond Keresztesi - Blinded by the light, 2019
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Botond Keresztesi
Silent Nude #5, 2020
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 × 47 inches
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