“Here is there – there is here (hier ist dort – dort ist hier)” | limited printed edition
The artist Attila Kovács created his works influenced by mathematical research in geometry. These studies and drawings can be found in the collection of the Museum of Art and Design in Nuremberg.
He assigns certain numerical values and mathematical coordinates to his works, as here in the Koenigshof Collection. Lines form a rhythmic network. They are created after precise analysis of scientific laws. Their aesthetic appeal is based on harmonious principles in clear black and white contrasts.
In 2006, he was represented at documenta 6 in Kassel with these works in the Museum Fridericianum. His art is classified as minimal art or concept art. In other words, a formal language reduced to the essentials.
Eva Mueller | Art Consultant
Curator of the Koenigshof Collection
VITA ATTILA KOVÁCS
(short form)
1938 born in Budapest, Hungary | 1958-64 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts | 1964 immigrated to Vienna | 1964-69 State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart | 1997-2001 Professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts | 2001 Doctor of Liberal Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Janus Pannonius University of Sciences | 2017 died in Budapest
AWARDS AND WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE (selection)
1975 Scholarship for Painting of the City of Cologne | 1977 Working Scholarship of the BDI, Cologne | 1984 Working Scholarship, Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn | 2004 Mihály-von-Munkácsy Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture, Budapest
Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart | Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Gelsenkirchen | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach | Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf | Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn | Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen | Museum Ludwig, Cologne | Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | Museum Wiesbaden | Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland | Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt | Art Information Center, University of Arts, Osaka, Japan | Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin | Sprengel Museum, Hanover | Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary | The Tel Aviv Museum, Israel | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary | Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Foundation, Duisburg | Museum Kiscelli, Budapest, Hungary | Kolumba Museum, Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne | Albertina, Vienna, Austria | Museum Janus Pannonius, Pécs, Hungary | Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal | Mondrianhuis, Amersfoort, Netherlands | Museum Vass, Veszprém, Hungary | Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg | Allianz AG, Berlin | Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary | Kunsthalle, Bremen | Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary | Kunstmuseum Stuttgart | Neues Museum Nuremberg | Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland