About Dreams That Awaken You2019 · shown at Temnikova & Kasela
1974– · Hungarian photographer living in Estonia (born 1974)
Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Temnikova & Kasela; Veneetsia biennaal, Eesti paviljon
Dénes Farkas (1974) is a Hungarian-Estonian photo and installation artist, focusing on the critique of visual representation, the relationship of image and text, and the role of social predetermination in individual experiences. Even when Farkas' work includes people, the human figure is rarely seen. Only one of his earlier series, “Portraits of women” (2002–2003) depicted real people. With his next series “15 portraits” (2004) the artist stepped away from depicting people only to portray them through their refrigerators instead. Farkas also has a keen interest in architecture, and so one of his most characteristic motifs is paper models of everyday situations. In his series “Superstructure“ (2009) and “How the fuck are you tonight” (2009), based on post-structural theory, Farkas photographed paper chairs, tables, sofas and other human-made objects and environments, placing them in compositions conveying social structures. In 2013 Farkas represented Estonia at the 55th Venice Biennale with the exhibition “Evident in Advance”. At the centre of Farkas' installation was a library of 10 000 books; additionally, symbolic spaces for working with books, such as an archive, class room, and home were created. The audience was invited to explore the spaces with books and locate new spheres of meaning. As a labyrinth of language, translation and interpretation, “Evident in Advance” illustrated the quest for knowledge and the inevitable failure of trying to explain everything.
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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Taavi Piibemann · The Elfriede Jelinek School of English Language · Ede Raadik · Peeter Laurits · Kristiina Hansen · Liina Siib
Contemporaries in Eesti Kunstimuuseum: Foxy Haze · Loit Jõekalda · Kadri Alesmaa · Arunas Gudaitis · Antonio Claudio Carvalho
By decade: 2000s · 2010s
By medium: Photograph · Installation · Print · Other
Where the works are: Art Museum of Estonia
| Year | Title | Technique | Dimensions | Held by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Eluaegne | foto | Eesti Kunstimuuseum | |
| 2007 | Idiot culture | foto | Eesti Kunstimuuseum | |
| 2007 | Liberaaldemokraatia (Liberal Democracy) | digital print | laius: 20.4 cm; kõrgus: 29.0 cm | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2007 | Post Discursum | digital print | laius: 20.4 cm; kõrgus: 29.0 cm | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2007 | Vox populi, vox dei | digital print | laius: 20.4 cm; kõrgus: 29.0 cm | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2007 | White Cube | digital print | laius: 20.4 cm; kõrgus: 29.0 cm | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2013 | Evident in Advance | Veneetsia biennaal, Eesti paviljon | ||
| 2013 | Ilmne paratamatus (raamitud raamatud) (Evident in Advance (framed books)) | ofsettrükk | kõrgus: 26.0 cm (raami mõõt); sügavus: 3.0 cm (raami mõõt); laius: 34.0 cm (raami mõõt) | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2019 | About Dreams That Awaken You | lighbox | 120×95×23cm | Temnikova & Kasela |
| 2019 | About Dreams That Awaken You | pigment print, archival paper, framed | 103×133×5cm | Temnikova & Kasela |
| 2019 | About Dreams That Awaken You | pigment print, archival paper, framed | 133×103×5cm | Temnikova & Kasela |
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