Krisztián Bócsi, Ildi Hermann, Dániel Kovalovszky, Gábor Arion Kudász, Ádám Magyar, Mária Pecsics, Artúr Rajcsányi, Gábor Ákos Varga   Pécsi József Scolarship Annual Exhibition   Opening remarks by: András Bánkuti Open to the public: 03. March - 08. April 2008. Every weekdays: 14.00 – 19.00 Weekend: 11.00 – 19.00
Pécsi, before he became a scholarship Krisztián Bócsi · Ildi Hermann · Dániel Kovalovszky · Gábor Arion Kudász Ádám Magyar · Mária Pecsics · Artúr Rajcsányi · Gábor Ákos Varga

Gábor Ákos Varga

Shadow play self-portraits.

The series shown at the exhibition summarizing the Jozsef Pecsi Art Photography Scholarship dwells on one of the interesting questions about photography. The eternal paradox of the presence of the photographer and his position as an outsider, in connection with a photograph taken by him. If he was there, why can’t we see him on the picture? What is his relationship with the environment he is representing? The self-portrait as a photographic genre often tries to deal with answers to these questions. This series of unusual self-portraits continues this train of thought which makes the photographer an “outsider” and a key player on his own picture at the same time. The photographs of his own shadow cast on various spaces and surfaces are about the relationship or connection between the photo-grapher and the subject he is photographing, about his presence and his position as an outsider.

SCHOLARSHIPS
October 1997–April 1998 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin (Ludwig)
January 2000–April 2000 Artacadémie, Strasbourg (Erasmus)
2001, 2007 Jozsef Pecsi Art Photography Scholarship Art Photography independent exhibitions
1995 Galéria 11
1996 Csokona Cultural Centre
1998 Budapest 5th district Town Hall
1999 Korona patisserie
1999 House of Hungarian Photographers
2001 TRAFÓ – House of Contemporary Arts
2002 TRAFÓ – House of Contemporary Arts
2004 UNICEF Gallery
2006 Fény Gallery
2007 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Prague

MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS
1996/4 Magyar Építő-művészet (Hungarian Architecture)
2000/1-2 Fotóművészet (Art Photography)
2000/9 Fotovideo
2001/3 Szellemkép (Ghost Image)
2003/1-12 Offline Magazine
2004/2 Szellemkép
2007/4 Szellemkép

TEACHING
2000–2006 Summer Art Free School, photography section, Szerencs
since 2005: Buda School of Graphic Design, photography department