Kupcsik Adrián

Kupcsik
Adrián
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Born Miskolc, Hungary | lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Educations:
1996 - 2001 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, painting department
2006 - 2009 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, DLA course
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 - Solo, Chimera-Project, Budapest
2014 - Thightrope Walk (with Géza Perneczky and Borsos Lőrinc), Chimera-Project, Budapest
2011 - Flood, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miskolc, Hungary
2010 - Good, Municipal Gallery, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2009 - Functioning of the heart, Deák Erika Gallery
2008 - Adult portrait, Liget Gallery
2004 - Message, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam
Group Shows:
2015 - Postcontemporary, Chimera-Project, Budapest
- +45 +55 +95, Österreichisches Kulturforum
2014 - Freehand, Modem, Debrecen
- Turning Points, National Gallery, Budapest
2012 - A la cARTe, George Kepes Institute, Eger
- What Is Hungarian? Contemporary Answers, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2011 - Giovanni artisti, Potenza, Italy
- Joy and disaster, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
2010 - Relationships, Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár
- Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany
2009 - VOLTA 5, Basel
2008 -Lenmechanics, Ernst museum, Budapest
2007 - Summer Jewish Festival, Budapest
2005 - Space Art, Millenáris”D” hall, Budapest
2004 - EU-Positive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Germany)
2003 - Aura, After the era of technical reproducibility, Millenáris Park,Budapest
- Madrid, Communidad De Madrid, Cruising Danubio, (Spain)
2002 - Systematica, SAIC, Chichago (USA)
- Ludwig Museum Budapest, Strabag exhibition
- ArtPrimeur 2002, Dordrecht (Netherlands)
2001 - Short stories, Budapest Gallery Exhibition Hall, Budapest
- Klimate, Kunsthalle, Budapest
- Contemporary Hungarian Painters, Lewerkusen (Germany)
- „Je regretterais beaucoup ...”, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen (France)
Awards & Grants:
1998 CW Bank Austria, International fine art competition
1999 Ludwig, Foundation prize
2000 Deutche Telekom, , fine art competition
2002 Strabag, painting competition
Kupcsik is a mid-career artist with Hungarian origin living and working currently in Düsseldorf, Germany. Kupcsik
graduated from the University of Fine Art in Budapest in 2001, where he also earned his DLA in 2009.
He developed a highly conceptual pictorial language and multimedial artistic practice, which brought him many
acknowledgements: Kupcsik won the STRABAG International Art Award (2002), the Ludwig Foundation Prize
(1999) and the Deutsche Telekom Fine Art Award (2000).
Kupcsik’s endeavour lies in the deconstruction of iconic images throughout a series of transformation processes,
crossing different medias, such as painting, photography, drawing and modelling. By destroying power-representing
icons he puts a critical comment to the contemporary fetishisation of power, either in politics, sexuality or in the
artistic canon.
He chooses iconic figurative references (let this be a press image of Salma Hajek or Braques Woman with Easel or
popular pornographic scenarios). He builds this reference-material into a 3D model made from leftovers found
in his studio, and after immediately starts to manually decompose it. This step by step process is documented
with photos and can be described as constant transformation of the figurative into a more and more abstract
language. The final artwork captures the last stadium of deconstruction, either as photography, painted on canvas
or as drawing.
Since the destroyed 3D models are built of leftovers from former painting processes the sampling of Kupcsik
becomes not only a reinterpretation of the iconic images but always includes a direct reflection of his own
personal practice as a painter alike. With references to the Cubists the deconstruction process Kupcsik radically
rewrites the historical genre of painting and the still – and again – very prominently present Hungarian painting
tradition is turned into a multimedial artistic practice.
paintings, drawings, photo works
2008-2016
„Salma as the wife”, 2016, graphite/paper, 42x29,7 cm
„Joseph the artist”, 2016, graphite/paper, 42x29,7 cm
„10.000 Forint”, 2016, graphite/paper, 42x29,7 cm
„In the gym II.” 2016,
graphite/paper, 42x29,7 cm
“Installation” , 2016,
graphite/paper, 42x29,7 cm
„Landscape 01”, 2016, giclée print, 90x70 cm
„In the gym”, 2016, giclée print, 70x50 cm
„Joseph the artist” 2016, giclée print 70x50 cm
Michel the author, 2016, giclée print, 70x50 cm
„Michel at the Event”, 2016, giclée print, 70x50 cm
„Cut Paste VII”, 2016, giclée print, 50x70 cm
„The proper version - 1 schilling” , 2015,
oil on canvas, 120 cm diameter
Avignon people, 2015, o/c, 120x130 cm
“Cut, Paste” 2015, o/c, 110x78 cm
Luc the Painter, 2015, oil on canvas, 120x86 cm
Les Messieurs et Demoiselles d’Avignon III., 2015, szén/papír, charcoal/paper, 100x70 cm
Luc the Painter, 2015, szén/papír, 100x70 cm
Luc the Painter, 2015, charcoal/paper, 100x70 cm
People from Avignon, 2015, o/v, 130x115 cm
People from Avignon., 2015, oil/canvas, 130x115 cm
Cut, Paste III., 2015, o/v, 115x80 cm
Cut, Paste III., 2015, oil/canvas, 115x80 cm
Meanwhile in Avignon, 2015, o/v, 150x110 cm
Meanwhile in Avignon, 2015, oli/canvas, 150x110 cm
Monsieur et Mademoiselle Avignon, 2015, o/v, 140x96 cm
Monsieur et Mademoiselle Avignon, 2015. oil/canvas, 140x96 cm
Miss Avignon, 2015, olaj/vászon, 140x100 cm
Miss Avignon, 2015, oil/canvas, 140x100 cm
Francesco Maria the painter, 2015, olaj/vászon, 90x90 cm
Francesco Maria the painter, 2015, oil/canvas, 90x90 cm
Mikhail the politician, 2015, olaj/vászon, 70x45 cm
Mikhail the politician, 2015, oil/canvas, 70x45 cm
Sir Nicholas the powerful 2015, olaj/vászon, 100x70 cm
Sir Nicholas the powerful 2015, oil/canvas, 100x70 cm
A Pápa formája, 2014, olaj/vászon, 150x150 cm
Pope’s Shape 2014, oil/canvas, 150x150 cm
Cut, Paste II., 2014, o/v, 90x80 cm
Cut, Paste II., 2014, o/c, 90x80 cm
Maggie a rádiós, 2014, o/v, 72x85 cm
Maggie the Operator, 2014, o/c, 72x85 cm
Szergej az űrjhajós, 2014, o/v 85x120 cm
Sergey the Astronaut, 2014, o/c, 85x120 cm
Cut, Paste, 2014, o/v, 120x80 cm
Cut, Paste, 2014, o/c, 120x80 cm
Angela und Viktor, 2014, o/v, 70x50 cm
Angela und Viktor, 2014, o/c, 70x50 cm
Hans-Ulrich a kurátor, 2014, o/v, 90x77 cm
Hans-Ulrich the Curator, 2014, o/c, 90x77 cm
Giovanni e Giovanna, 2014, o/v, 120x160 cm
Giovanni e Giovanna, 2014, o/c, 120x160 cm
Dekonstruált reggeli, 2014, o/v, 140x110 cm
Deconstructed Breakfast, 2014, o/c, 140x110 cm
A festészet hanyatlása, 2014, olaj/vászon, 120x110 cm
Decay of Painting, 2014, oil/canvas, 120x110 cm
Makett, 2013, olaj/vászon, 72x100 cm
Mock-Up, 2013, oil/canvas, 72x100 cm
Vidám panelház II., 2012, szén/papír, 100x70 cm
Happy Bolcks II., 2012, charcoal/paper, 100x70 cm
Magasles , 2012, szén/papír, 100x70 cm
Raised hide, 2012, charcoal/paper, 100x70 cm
Közösségi erdő , 2012, szén/papír, 70x100 cm
Community forest, 2012, charcoal/paper, 70x100 cm
Panellakások rakétaplatformon , 2012, szén/papír, 100x70 cm
Blocks on launcpad, 2012, charcoal/paper, 100x70 cm
Háromemeletes ház , 2011, olaj/fatábla, 100x70 cm
3-Storey house, 2011, oil/wood panel, 100x70 cm
Úszó templom , 2011, olaj/fatábla, 70x100 cm
Floating church, 2011, oil/wood panel, 70x100 cm
Disznóól pilléreken , 2011, olaj/fatábla, 70x100 cm
Piggery on pillars, 2011, oil/wood panel, 70x100 cm
Árvízkárosultak 1-12 , 2011, olaj/fatábla, 30x40 cm egyenként
Flood victims 1-12, 2011, oil/wood panel, 30x40 cm each
Parasztház fejjel lefelé , 2011,
papir/vegyes technika, 70x100 cm
Floating farmhouse upside down, 2011, paper/
mixed technic, 70x100 cm
Lebegő konténerházak , 2011,
papir/vegyes technika, 70x100 cm
Floating container houses, 2011,
paper/mixed technic, 70x100 cm
Empátia csendélet, 2009, olaj/fatábla, 70x50 cm
Empathic still life, 2009, oil/wood, 70x50 cm
Csendélet E.M. számára, 2008, olaj/fatábla, 100x150 cm
Still life for E.M., 2008, oil/wood, 100x150 cm
Cigány-, Zsidó-, Kínai önarckép, 2008,
olaj/vászon, 100x75 cm
Gipsy-, Jewish-, Chinese selfportrait, 2008,
oil/wood, 100x75 cm
Afgán-, Afrikai-, Indiai-, Tatár-, Tibeti-, Török önarckép,
2008, papír, 100x70 cm
Afghan-, African-, Indian-, Tataric-, Tibetan-, Turkish selfportrait,
2008, paper, 100x70 cm