Gábor Király: Reservation
Gábor Király’s reservation is a well-protected, closed area where rare and endangered species live. His robust figures are peculiar transitions between human and animal, the domesticized and uncivilised world. Király’s painterly language has shown a unified, logical arc; throughout the years he used the tools of primitivism and nativism, with a great amount of irony and humour to portray the 21st century family-man. His visual world is honestly raw ignoring manners, while the elaboration of his works is brilliantly generous. Király creates the atmosphere of tribal, primitive cultures by the buoyancy of forms, and colours, rich, sprawling flora and painted utensils.
Király continues to typically use acrylic paint, but a striking difference in the new works is the reduction of colours. He achieves the detailed, matte surfaces of black-and-white or monochrome pieces by the use of chalk-based acrylic paint. Reservation not only presents his new works, but also extends the boundaries of Király’s usual genres: he created multi-perspective wooden objects and statues.