BRIGITTA KOCSIS
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Brigitta
Kocsis' previous work explored the relationship betwwen figuration and
abstraction, with the human figure as main subject (Threshold, 2005).
The contrast between figuration and abstraction signifies an emotional
threshold where representation and social standards are examined. Based
on contemporary media imagery (Internet, advertisements, books,
magazines, etc.) she created her own snapshots where she removed the
background and replaced the figures with images of herself. The
media-based encounter via photography was assimilated into her own
world not just through the personal image replacent process, but also
through her painting process. Through carefully planned drawings as
well as expressionistic brushwork she sought to examine her own
artistic conversation between emotions and the rational mind.
This
recent work continues to explore the space between representation and
abstraction. The compositions are focused on investigating the shifting concepts of the
human body and its environment. Contemporary discoveries in anatomical
technologies have profoundly changed how one perceives the human body.
In Secret Mechanisms, her current project, human figures are like acters depicting a kind of
repellent contemporary beauty in an age where science fiction and
artificial body parts are no longer fiction. Secret Mechanisms
explores how technology can alter perception by interacting with the
methods and processes involved in how the human body works. The tension contained
within the bodies of the characters, due to the pervasive technologies,
communicates a sense of contemporary environment in its fractured state.
Secret Mechanisms
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Sand Dwellers Acrylic on canvas
84 x 54 in, (213x137cm), 2010
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The Protectors Acrylic on canvas
72 x 54 in, (183x137cm), 2010
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Spinner Acrylic on canvas
48 x
36 in, (122x91cm), 2010
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Secret Mechanisms 1, Acrylic on canvas
54 x 72 in, (137x183cm), 2008 |
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Secret Mechanisms 5, Acrylic on canvas
84 x 60 in, (213x152cm). 2008 |
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Secret Mechanisms 7, Acrylic on canvas
48 x
36 in, (122x91cm), 2009 |
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Secret
Mechanisms 9, Acrylic on canvas
54 x 72 in, (137x183cm), 2009 |
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Secret
Mechanisms 2, Acrylic on canvas
52 x 44 in, (132x112cm), 2008 |
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Secret Mechanisms 8, Acrylic on canvas
84 x 54 in, (213x137cm), 2009 |
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All
content © Brigitta Kocsis 1995 - 2010
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