Carmela Loiacono talks with Krisztina Arláth during RenovArt | 100 Artists for the Future, from May 20, 2022 to June 30, 2022, at Spazio Opera, Matera, Italy with the works "Egg Project".
Krisztina Arláth was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1982, she lives and works in Budapest. Krisztina graduated the Hungarian University of Fine Arts 2014. Now she study in the same University, at the Doctoral School.Her artistic research’s theme is the cultural relationship between cities and theirs women.She is a sculptor, but she likes to make animations, and also she works with textiles.
Carmela Loiacono – Could you please introduce yourself and tell us what has been your first experience in art making? Krisztina Arláth – I am an artist based in Budapest, Hungary. I am a sculptor, but I like to make animations, and also work with textiles. I have a deep interest in gender issues and in questions regarding equality for women in art, and in life. When I was a child, my favorite pastime was drawing.
CL – What’s your background? KA – I graduated the Hungarian University of Fine Arts 2014. Now I study in the same University, at the Doctoral School. My artistic research’s theme is The cultural relationship between cities and theirs women.
CL – What does your work aim to say? KA – I am very glad to take part in the exhibition RenovArt at Spazio Opera, Matera, from May 20 to June 30, 2022. I exhibited a Photogram Series, with the Title Egg Project. It is one of my early works. I made this photograms with photo papers and eggs in a darkroom suitable for developing photos. I wanted use the egg as a symbol of female fertility.
CL – What's the purpose or goal of your work and which art trends inspire your current work? KA – I always interested about the theme of woman’s equality. I made in this summer a research project about Italian woman painters. I won a special Hungarian grant to have a 3-month residence in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. I researched about Italian women painter’s from the Renaissance and Baroque Italian art’s scene. In addition, I realized that the forgotten women painter’s artworks had the same quality like her male colleges in that time. Unfortunately, we do not learn about these genial women artists in schools, and do not see their arts. These women inspired me very much. I made little animations from the digital form their paintings, and I am happy, because the Roman Rossocinabro Gallery exhibits my animations about the works this Italian women in October 2022 in the event of the 18.th contemporary days AMACI. I wonder if these forgotten women painters will become part of the artistic discourse of the 21st century.
CL – Describe how art is important to yourself and your life. KA – To make art is the most important thing in my life. I tried to do anything else, but I felt me sick without art unfortunately.
CL – How do you define success as an artist? KA – My best success, that I can inspire me about famous big city’s women in many countries in Europe. I am answering to the questions now in Lisbon, because I won another grant to be influenced by Portuguese women in my art. I am very happy that I am able do many international researches and it can influence my life and art.
CL – Which art trends inspire your current work? KA – I do not know how inspirits my works however I am fascinated nowadays about street art, and hip-hop culture. These are not traditional artist ways, I know.
CL – Do you have any upcoming events or exhibitions we should know about? KA – Yes, my animations about Italian women artists are exhibited in Rome 1st – 8th October 2022 at the event, 18. Contemporary Day AMACI, which was curated by Rossocinabro Gallery. Therefore, you can find my works in Via Raffaele Cadorna 28 in this time.Thank you for the interview, and for the great work with the exhibition RenovArt at Spazio Opera, Matera, from May 20 to June 30, 2022. I am really happy to have a cooperation with the ApuliaAste group and with Art Historian Carmela Loiacono. I enjoyed working together.