Szilárd Cseke represents Hungary at this year’s Venice Art Biennale. On view in the Hungarian Pavilion are three artworks, Multiple Identities, Sustainable Development, and the sound installation More and more! (in collaboration with Ábris Gryllus). The centerpiece of the exhibition is the installation Multiple Identities that consists of foil tubes in which balls are moved by electric fans. The show is titled Sustainable Identities and is curated by Kinga German.
Szilárd Cseke was born in Pápa, Hungary. He lives and works in Budapest. Having finished his Master’s degree in painting, Cseke graduated from the University of Pécs in 1995. He began to create mobile objects in the mid-90s. His works demonstrate social and economic processes, with particular emphasis on the themes of migration and the search for identity. He has garnered an array of awards, including the Munkácsy Prize in 2014 and the Derkovits Scholarship in 1997.
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