Ilona Nemeth

Born in 1963 - Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. Lives and works in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia

 

“Morning”, photography & video, 3’50”, 2004    
Venues: Museum of Literature

 

Morning. My work shows a common, everyday action: somebody is reading the newspaper while having breakfast at home, in her kitchen. The two guardians, of whom we can't decide whether they are protecting the person or rather the surroundings from the person,  seem to be characters from another world. They represent the world around us, a parallel world with our lives which, on the surface at least, we are trying to ignore it. For me the commandos symbolize violence even if, initially, they seem to be there to defend us. Although the person on the billboard pretends not to see them, it might be that she takes their presence for granted. (Ilona Németh)

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2005  Németh Ilona, Közelítés Galéria, Pécs, H
2004  Retrospektív / Retrospective, Győri Városi Múzeum, Győr, H
Segment, Štátna galéria v Banskej Bystrici, Banská Bystrica, SK
27 m, Moravská galérie, Brno, CZ
2003  Ilona Németh / Karol Pichler, Galéria v Brämerovej kúrii (SNM – MKMS), Bratislava, SK
Lélegző padló – Padló III. / Dýchajúca podlaha – Podlaha III. / Breathing Floor – The Floor III, Synagóga - Šahy, SK

Recent Group Exhibitions
2006 Positioning, Museum of Modern Art, Tokio
Domestic Goods, B2 Galéria / Gallery, Budapest, H
Collegicum Hungaricum, Wien, A
Austria Project, Kultur Kontakt Gallery, Wien, A
22 minut 50,28 sekundy, Gallery Art Factory, Praha, Cz
22 Minutes 50,28 Seconds, CAISA Gallery, Helsinki, Jyväskyla, University Library
2005 Positioning, The National Museum of Art - Osaka, Hirosima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hirosima, Museum of Contemporary Art – Tokyo, Japan
Praguebiennale2, Karlín Hall, Praha, CZ
Check Slovakia! ( Young Art from Slovakia), Koloman Sokol Gallery, Embassy of the Slovak Republic,Washington, USA
Feszített művek / Works on the Edge, Ludwig Múzeum – Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum / Ludwig Múzeum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, H
2004 Check Slovakia, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, D
Passage D’Europe, Museum of Modern Art, St. Etienne, F
Under the Blue Sky, Open Gallery, Bratislava, Sk