𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝘼𝙌𝘽 ( ° ∀ ° )ﾉﾞ
In July we had the privilege of having Jacob Kassay post-conceptual artist from New York as a resident in aqb with the help and kind support of Katalin Mechtler. Although it was only a two week long residency, Jacob did a presentation for us and he also developed a new work here, The Centipede:

"𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 "𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚎" 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚜-𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎."

#Jacobkassay’s practice is concerned with experimental and conceptual method and making. Hovering between painting, sculpture and interactive installation, his work is conceived as a response to space. The arrangement of an exhibition and how his pieces interact with the surrounding architecture – and ultimately their audience – is key to understanding the essence of his work. Kassay’s paintings interrelate and form multiple dialogues: with each other, with the space around them and with the viewer.
Jacob is represented by 303 Gallery

photos by Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss