KÉP KLUB - Zalaegerszeg

K ÉP

KLU B

MiXER September 2015

This collection of images and stories is dedicated to the people of Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.

Ezt a kép és történet gyűjteményt Zalegerszeg lakóinak ajánljuk

Garage Doors Szilvi Nagy Egerszeghegyi ut. 26171

Three shed doors Balรกzs Rozman 8925 Nemesszentandrรกs Arany Jรกnos u. 3

Zither Instrument Nagy Kata

Large Canvas Zsuzsanna Ivรกnyi

Artist Box Norbert T贸th

Fence Gate Fehér Beatrix 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Zrínyi Miklós u. 11.

File Organizer Zs贸fia Arnhoffer

Canvas Bag Fruzsina Mรกjer

Fence Gate Wettstein Tamรกs and Fentรถs Aliz 8900 Zalaegerszeg, รกtalszegett u. 86

Wall outside of Office Dr. Mike János Állatorvosi rendelő

Garage Door Mary Matkovits 8900 Zalaegerszeg Mรกrtirok U. 3 Hungary

Internal Brick Wall Napravár Waldorf Óvoda (Kindergarten) Zalaegerszeg Pintér Máté u. 22 8900

External Brick Wall Napravár Waldorf Óvoda (Kindergarten) Zalaegerszeg Pintér Máté u. 22 8900

Folder Anett Szilvรกs

Collapsable shelf Gábor Mészáros

Canvas Patrik Bรกnhidi

Three Ring Binder Máté András Dolgos

KÉP KLUB KÉP KLUB is an international group of uniformed ‘art workers’ who first formed in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. The three artists: Amy Ritter (US), Kieran Butler (AU), and Rob Burton (UK), use expanded drawing, photographic and installation practices to create site responsive, often public, artworks in the context(s) they find themselves in. Adopting a methodology of collecting images and stories KÉP KLUB works to question the role of the contemporary artist, their context and the relationship between artist and audience. Who is the ‘art worker’, what value does a community assign them, and how can they collaborate (or work together).

KÉP KLUB invited the people of Zalaegerszeg to donate a space or object of their choosing.

Surfaces included, but were not limited to, walls, garage doors, fences or objects such as a bicycle or an item of clothing. After a site visit and interview the artists design colors and imagery specific to the individual or family in their own artistic style. In this way KÉP KLUB becomes not only a collaboration between the three artists, but also a collaboration with the local community. In an attempt to understand this unknown environment, the artists create a new connection with the places and people they meet.

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Amy Ritter (b. 1986, Philadelphia, PA, USA) Amy received her BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and her MFA from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Her work will be included in Woodmere Museum’s 74th annual juried exhibition, Philadelphia, PA; she will be exhibiting a solo exhibition at the Arlington Arts Center in spring 2016, Arlington, VA; and has also exhibited in Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio, Minneapolis, and Denmark. Amy has also received a fellowship at The Fine Arts Work Center for the 20152016 year, Provincetown, MA. Amy’s work has characteristics of sculpture, photography and architecture. Concrete, cardboard, and digital images are the core materials she works with. These materials relate back to Amy’s childhood of growing up in a mobile home in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Once these homes are built they immediately begin to decay. The foundation is built upon concrete cinderblocks to hold the home. Amy sees the cinderblocks as a foundation, both literal in the way it holds up a home and as a metaphorical replacement for the legs that hold up our bodies. She pastes two-dimensional Xerox images to a three-dimensional structure so the work takes on a physical presence and becomes part of the architecture within that community.

amybritter.com amybritter.blogspot.com

Kieran Butler (b. 1992, Nowra, NSW, AU) currently lives and works in Sydney Australia.

Kieran is an emerging photographic artist with a BFA, Honours First Class from UNSW | Art & Design, Sydney, Australia. In 2014 he received the John Gage Prize for Colour at the UNSW Art & Design Annual and was a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award and the Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award.

Kieran has recently exhibited at MOP Projects, Kudos Gallery, UNSW Galleries, Dark_Space and Archive_Space in Sydney, Australia. He has also exhibited internationally in Gdansk, Poland as part of Photomedia site and Context Special Project.

In a pursuit to understand the language of contemporary photographic practice, Kieran is interested in the ‘thingness’ of the photographic object. A ‘thing’ can be an article, an image, an idea or a material object, something that is difficult to denominate more specifically, and ‘thingness’ is its essence.

Kieran approaches photography more like a proposition or a drawing, a process of reaching inner illumination, a process to finding a ‘things’ essence. In this way his work might loosely be termed post-object, post-photography or post-painting. The photographic object is reimagined becoming ambiguous, unclear or indistinct. What is it now and what could it be?

kieranbutler.net

Rob Burton (b. 1987, Derbyshire, UK) Currently lives and works in Norwich, UK. Rob Completed his BSC Multimedia Technology and Music Production from the University of Derby, UK. Rob has recently become an exhibiting Illustrator and artist in the Derbyshire area including 4 works as part of the Movement and Perception exhibition at Quad Gallery, Derbyshire, UK. Robs work consists of Character based illustration as well as more abstract installation based work, favoring bold and simple lined structures and shapes. Rob favors the DIY aesthetic and this outlook is reflected in the style and approach to his work. robeterrestrial.tumblr.com

KÉP KLUB would like to say a special thank you to:

“A KÉP KLUB szeretne köszönetet mondani a következőkért:

Pál Katja for inviting us to participate in D’CLINIC Studios MiXER residency program

Pál Katjának, hogy meghívott a D’CLINIC Stúdió MiXER rezidencia programjába

Norbi for being our friend and inviting us into his classroom Gábor for being our translator Máté for his patience and printing all of KÉP KLUB’s material

Norbinak, hogy a barátunk volt és meghívott a tantermébe, Gábornak a tolmácsolásért, Máténak a türelméért és az összes KÉP KLUB anyag kinyomtatásáért,

Dr. Mike János for saving our pirate kitty

Dr. Mike Jánosnak, hogy megmentette a kalóz cicánkat,

Barnabás for the delicious food

Barnabásnak a finom ételekért,

Rozi for his music and Pálinka

Rozmán Balázsnak a zenéért és a pálinkáért,

Mary for her friendship Anett for keeping us company in the studio and assisting us and to all the people who participated in our project; thank you for letting us into you lives and cooking us delicious Hungarian foods!

Mary-nek a barátságáért, Anettnek, hogy társaságot nyújtott nekünk a stúdióban és segített nekünk, és mindenkinek aki részt vett a projektünkben.

Köszönjük, hogy beengedtetek az életetekbe és a sok finom magyar ételt!