Ádám Szabó
Portrait Making and Figurative Sculpture in Clay
15-27 July 2013
Language: English
Venue:
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Epreskert (Mulberry Garden), 1063 Budapest, Kmety György utca 26-28
Description:
During the course participants will get a the oretical introduction to classical figurative sculpture, focusingmainly on the tradition of portrait making.
The course offers participants the opportunity totrythis approach in practice: making portraits in clay after live models.
Instruction will focus on such ideas as structure, proportion, character and expression.
Small size terracotta figures will be made based on studying live models.
For more advanced participants, modelling a half-size figure after live models is also possible. Here, the ideas of structure, proportion, movement, composition, and balance are the main concern of the work.
While the course focuses on in depth practice instead of making final plaster casts, participants will also have the option of casting the finished works in plaster.
Number of participants: minimum 5 persons, maximum 10 persons
Equipments, tools:
Modelling tools are required (some available), clay, plaster (can be provided only at first-cost)
Upon request HUFA will obtain the necessary tools in advance on first-cost, (please contact the administrative coordinator at before 25 June 2013).
Course code: 11320026
Ádám Szabó was born in 1972 in Budapest. He studied art history at Eötvös Lóránd University (1991-2000) and sculpture at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1993-1999). He attended the Doctor of Liberal Arts program of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts from 2001until 2004.
He taught sculpture at the Secondary School for Arts and Crafts in Budapest between 2001 and 2011. Since 2009, he has been teaching in the Sculpture Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest.
He lives and works in Budapest.
Solo exhibitions
2013 Csokonai 170, Rákóczi House, Miskolc
2012 Bagatelle, Inda Gallery, Budapest
2011 Spare Room, Inda Gallery, Budapest, together with Pavla Scerankova and Dušan Zahoranský
2010 Urban Forest, Inda Gallery, Budapest
Mané & Moné, together with Dezső Szabó, Studio Gallery, Budapest
2008 Smorgasbord, Inda Gallery, Budapest
2007 Nem ünnepnap, together with György Szász, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest
2005 Play►, together with Zsolt Vásárhelyi, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest
Künstlerbegegnungen, together with Cristina Ohlmer, Ungarisches Kulturinstitut, Stuttgart
Ne ijedjenek meg, négerek vagyunk, together with Ágnes Előd and György Szász, Acb Gallery, Budapest
2004 On the Wet Shore of a Dry Lake, Studio Gallery, Budapest
2003 Ha esik az eső, nő a fű, Parthenón-fríz Terem, Budapest
Group exhibitions (selection)
2013 LET’S FACE IT, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012 Fakultáció – Nagyatád, Parthenon Frieze Hall, Mulberry Garden, Budapest
2011 Parallel Chronologies – Invisible History of Exhibitions, Riga City Art Space, Riga
2010 Kunstunternehmen, Skulpturenausstellung im Schlosspark Karlsruhe Volta Show, New York
2009 Tólom, India International Center, New-Delhi
2008 -Korkép-, Exhibition of the 34th International Art Camp of Gyergyószárhegy/Lăzarea, Romania
Time Print 08 Bruxelles, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels
2007 STILL another exhibition of painting, Futura – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
M@narchia, Central House for the Arts, Moscow
2006 We/You/Together, Galeria „Oranzeria”, Oronsko
2005 Jövő Háza, Budapest
Works in public collections
Royal Danish Medal Collection; Municipal Museum, Győr; KOGART Contemporary Art Collection; Miskolc Gallery City Museum of Fine Arts; Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros
Bibliography (selection)
Baglyas, Erika: Szabó és Szabó között félúton - MANÉ&MONÉ (more...)
Nagy, Gergely: "Ja, ő az a videós szobrászgyerek?" Interjú Szabó Ádámmal (more...)
Tatai, Erzsébet: A szobrászat történelmi ideje.
Szabó, Ádám: A Kis Varsó átveszi a Munkácsy-díjat. Balkon 2008/10
Hornyik, Sándor: Nedves anyag. Mechanikus paradicsom. Albert Ádám és Szabó Ádám kiállítása. Balkon 2007/09
Hock, Bea and Adele Eisenstein: The Metamorphoses of the Three Musketeers, Praesens 2005/1
Százados, László: Videó/szobrászat. Szabó Ádám, Balikó Emese / Juhász András kiállításáról, Balkon 2005/02
Erdősi, Anikó: Hol a Hullám? (more...)
Publications
Szobrászat és videó A hagyomány ösvényein / túl. Szobrászat és tradíció Budapest, 2007
Fordított alakzatok. Csepregi Balázs kiállítása, Új Művészet, 2002 October
Teaching experience
2009-present teaching at the Sculpture Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest
2001-2011 teaching sculpture at the Secondary School for Arts and Crafts in Budapest
Awards
2009 Munkácsy State Art Award
2008 AICA Contemporary Art Prize
2005-2007 Gyula Derkovits Scholarship
2004 Scholarship of the Municipal Government of Budapest, Stuttgart
Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy in Rome
2002 Erasmus Scholarship
Residencies
2009 Kunstunternehmen, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007 Futuraproject, Prague
2004 Künstlerhaus, Nürnberg
2004 Hungarian Academy in Rome
2001 Stone Sculpture Symposium, Lucky, Slovakia