VOLTA New York, Pier 90, Booth F01
Special thank you to ICR New York
Szilard Gaspar is a highly skillful young sculptor and a brilliant performance artist coming from the Cluj School of Art, Romania; born in 1991 in Transylvania, the artist graduated from the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Sculpture Department, while also being a successful young professional boxer.
The range of performances of the last five years, including a performance session held by Flash Art Hungary in Budapest in 2014, two Live Performance series presented in Tel Aviv and London in 2016, two Performance Solo shows in Bucharest in 2015 and 2017 – they all reflect Szilard Gaspar’s increasing interest for integrating specific boxing techniques within the frame of performance art, in order to obtain a most unique and very special conceptual approach; thus, his sportive talent enriches Szilard Gaspar’s research from both a spectacular and a credible perspective.
The booth presentation will comprise new and unique artworks in fiber glass and bronze, resulted from a series of different performances that Szilard Gaspar presented between 2015 and 2017, while the artists will also be present with a series of performances during the fair, reflecting his research upon the nature of the struggle between human power and art matter.
