Raw Matter
Réka Lőrincz is a Hungarian multidisciplinary artist whose work encompasses sculpture, moving images, text-based art, and contemporary jewelry. She works with recycled and found objects, which she freely reworks and places within new contexts of meaning. In her artistic practice, she explores the reinterpretation of witchcraft and shamanism, through which she examines her own perception of the world. Her works can function as talismans that open up space for introspection and mental purification.
In her artistic practice, Michaela Spružinová boldly distances herself from conventional approaches to working with glass in the Czech context and combines it with other materials. Using her own technique, she transforms waste glass into objects that serve as a commentary on the present. She works with depictions of the human body in its natural state, thereby challenging entrenched social stereotypes about beauty and, with an authentic dose of sarcasm, exposing the fetishes of the consumerist world.
The work of both artists can be viewed as a kind of self-portrait. Through personal experiences, they explore broader social themes, navigating the boundary between intimate expression and collective experience. Humor and hyperbole allow them to approach serious issues with a light touch, without their works losing any of their urgency. We can thus perceive their work as distinctive forms of self-exploration that simultaneously reflect on and comment on the contemporary world.
