ALEXANDER TINEI

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Alexander Tinei wurde 1967 in Moldawien geboren, und lebt und arbeitet bereits seit vielen Jahren in Budapest. Sein großräumiges Atelier ermög- licht ihm eine Arbeitsweise in sehr großen Formaten, wobei er stets an mehreren Bildern in unterschiedlichen Größen parallel arbeitet. So ent- stehen Serien, welche thematisch zusammengefasst werden können. Die Galleria Doris Ghetta freut sich außerordentlich, diesem großartigen Maler eine Einzelausstellung in ihren Räumen in Pontives zu widmen. Alexander Tinei realisiert eigens für diese Ausstellung einen komplett neuen Werk- zyklus, welcher eine fundamentale Weiterentwicklung zu seinen vorher- gehenden Arbeiten darstellt, und doch auf diese inhaltlich und technisch verweist. Viele der Arbeiten dieser neuen Serie betiteln sich mit „measuring the roots“. Die dargestellten Personen halten einen Meterstab in der Hand, Wurzeln bestimmen den Bildhintergrund, und definieren den Raum, der die Figuren umgibt. Im Gegensatz zu seinen früheren Arbeiten, in denen sich diese Wurzeln wie sichtbare Venen durch die Körper der Protagonis- ten ziehen, haben sie sich hier nun aus den Körpern befreit, und werden zum raumbestimmenden Element. Auf einer symbolischen Ebene verwei- sen sie, zusammen mit dem Meterstab, auf die Suche des Künstlers nach seiner eigenen Identität und nach seinen kulturellen Wurzeln. Darüber hi- naus steht dieser neue Werkzyklus aber auch für eine Beschäftigung mit den Traditionen und Möglichkeiten des Mediums der Malerei an sich. Die Arbeiten beinhalten wichtige Elemente, welche das Medium der Male- rei betreffen, wie z.B. die Recherche rund um das Thema Portrait, aber auch ein neuer Umgang mit Farbe, Struktur und Oberfläche. Das Portrait ist Al- exander Tinei’s große Leidenschaft und eines der Hauptthemen in seinen Werken. Mit diesem klassischen Genre beschäftigt er sich nun bereits seit vielen Jahren, recherchiert und analysiert es in all seinen Facetten, Mög- lichkeiten und seiner kunsthistorischen Dimension, bis hin zum detaillier- ten Studium der Portraitmalerei wichtiger klassischer und zeitgenössischer Maler, wie Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas, aber auch Modigliani, Velas- ques, Goya, deren malerische Strategien er immer wieder in seine Bilder mit einfließen lässt. Seit einiger Zeit sind es junge Personen wie Models, Blogger, oder anonyme Portraits aus den Social Medias, die Tinei in seinen Arbeiten darstellt.

- 3 - Diese entstammen einer Welt von Selbstdarstellung, Publicity und Ver- marktung, und sind Spiegel unserer aktuellen Zeit, unserer Posen und Re- präsentationsmodi. Wenn die Hintergründe in den Malereien Tinei’s früher realistische Räume und Landschaften darstellten, so ist es nun vielmehr eine abstrakte Welt, welche seine Figuren umgibt. Diese ist geprägt von farbigen Feldern im Kontrast zu schwarz/weißen Flächen. Das Arbeiten mit ausgeprägter Far- bigkeit ist neu bei Tinei, und in diesen Werken zu einem relevanten Faktor geworden. Die Farbe hat dabei durchwegs den Charakter eines emotiona- len Vehikels, um Freude oder Trauer, Erschrecken oder Ruhe usw. zu ver- mitteln, ähnlich dem Einsatz von Farbe in den Bildern z.B. eines Edward Munch. Technisch gesehen arbeitet Tinei letzthin ausgiebig mit Klebe-Tape, mit welchem er den Bildern Rhythmus und Struktur verleiht. Dabei geht es in seinen Malereien nun mehr um Struktur, Textur und malerische Möglich- keiten, und der erzählerische Aspekt in tritt den Hintergrund. Die Technik der Collage ist ihm dabei ein wichtiges Hilfsmittel, indem Tinei nicht nur Bildinhalte sampelt und überlagert, sondern auch verschiedene Oberflä- chenstrukturen, aber auch malerische Techniken im Bild zu einer spannen- den und vielfältigen Textur komponiert. Trotz eines komplexen und zeitaufwändigen Entstehungsprozesses von mehreren Monaten, in denen Tinei die Einzelteile des Bildes wie ein Puzzle zusammensetzt, wirken die Arbeiten leicht und frisch, so als wären sie in- nerhalb eines Tages entstanden. Mit diesem Zyklus begibt sich Tinei auf die Suche nach einer Malerei als vielfältiger und spannender Möglichkeit der Konstruktion und Reflektion von Realität.

Sabine Gamper

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Alexander Tinei nasce nel 1967 in Moldavia, da diversi anni vive e lavora a Budapest. Il suo studio spazioso gli permette di creare opere dalle grandi dimensioni, lavorando in parallelo su più dipinti in diversi formati. Nascono così delle serie che possono essere riassunte in base al tema trattato. La Galleria Doris Ghetta è lieta di dedicare una mostra personale a questo grande pittore nei suoi spazi a Pontives. In occasione di questa mostra, Alexander Tinei ha realizzato un ciclo di opere completamente nuovo, che rappresenta uno sviluppo fondamentale rispetto ai suoi lavori precedenti, pur facendo riferimento ad essi in termini di contenuto e tecnica. "measuring the roots" è il titolo di alune delle opere appartenenti a questa nuova serie. I soggetti raffigurati tengono in mano un metro pieghevole. Le radici a cui si accenna nel titolo caratterizzano lo sfondo del dipinto e defi- niscono lo spazio che circonda le figure. Diversamente dalle opere prece- denti di Tinei, in cui si potevano vedere queste radici attraversare i corpi dei soggetti rappresentati come delle venature a vista, ora esse si liberano dei corpi e diventano l’elemento che determina lo spazio. A livello simboli- co le radici fanno riferimento, assieme al metro pieghevole, alla ricerca da parte dell’artista della propria identità e delle proprie origini culturali. Allo stesso tempo questo nuovo ciclo di opere rappresenta anche un interesse per la tradizione e le possibilità offerte dal mezzo pittorico stesso. Questi quadri contengono elementi importanti che riguardano il modo stesso di dipingere, come la ricerca sul tema del ritratto, ma anche un nuo- vo modo di trattare il colore, la struttura e la superficie pittorica. Il ritrat- to rappresenta la grande passione di Alexander Tinei ed è uno dei temi principali delle sue opere. Da molti anni l’artista si confronta con questo canone classico, analizzandolo nelle sue ricerche in tutte le sue sfaccet- tature, possibilità e dimensioni storico-artistiche; Tinei approfondisce il modo in cui importanti pittori classici e contemporanei affrontano il tema del ritratto, come Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas, ma anche Modigliani, Velasques, Goya, di cui integra ripetutamente nelle sue opere le strategie pittoriche. Da qualche tempo Tinei ritrae nei suoi lavori persone giovani: modelle, blogger o figure anonime prese dai social media. Queste pro- vengono da un mondo caratterizzato dall’autoritratto, dalla pubblicità e dal marketing, e rispecchiano i tempi moderni, le nostre pose e le nostre modalità di rappresentazione.

- 7 - Se nelle opere precedenti gli sfondi dei dipinti di Tinei rappresentavano spazi e paesaggi realistici, adesso è un mondo astratto che circonda le fi- gure. Quest’ultimo è caratterizzato da campi di colore che contrastano con le superfici in bianco e nero. La pittura dai colori marcati è nuova per Tinei, e rappresenta un fattore rilevante in questi dipinti. Il colore espleta quindi la funzione di un veicolo emotivo che trasmette gioia o tristezza, spavento o tranquillità, e così via, in maniera equiparabile all'uso del colore che si ritrova nei dipinti di Edward Munch. Da un punto di vista tecnico, Tinei ha iniziato da poco a lavorare con il nastro adesivo, che utilizza per conferire ritmo e struttura alle immagini. I suoi dipinti sono ora più interessati alla struttura, alla texture e alle infinite possibilità che la tecnica pittorica offre, mentre l'aspetto narrativo passa in secondo piano. Un aiuto importante è rappresentato dalla tecnica del collage, in quanto Tinei non solo esplora e sovrappone contenuti tipici de- lla pittura, ma anche diverse strutture superficiali, accostando nel quadro diverse tecniche pittoriche ad una texture emozionante e variegata. Nonostante il processo di realizzazione lungo e complesso, che vede Tinei assemblare le singole parti dell'immagine come in un puzzle, le sue ope- re appaiono leggere e fresche, come se fossero state create nel corso di un’unica giornata. Con questo ciclo di lavori, Tinei intraprende una ricerca sulla pittura, vista come un modo diverso ed emozionante di costruire e riflettere sulla realtà.

Sabine Gamper

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Alexander Tinei was born in Moldavia in 1967 and has lived and worked in Budapest for several years. His spacious studio allows him to create lar- ge-scale works while carrying on with others of various sizes in parallel. Hence sets of paintings that may be summed up according to the subjects addressed. Galleria Doris Ghetta is delighted to dedicate a one-man show to this great painter in his spaces at Pontives. Specially for the exhibition Alexander Tinei has produced a brand-new set of works paintings that, albeit echoing them in terms of content and technique, represent a major development from previous ones. "measuring the roots" is the title some of the works in the new set. The subjects depicted are holding a folding rule. The roots hinted at in the title characterise the background of the paintings and define the space that surrounds the figures. Unlike Tinei’s previous works, in which it was possib- le to see these roots through the bodies of the subjects represented like visible veins, now they break free from the bodies and become an element to determine space. Symbolically, the roots and the folding rules refer to the artist’s pursuit of his own identity and cultural origins. At the same time, this new set of paintings also reveals an interest for tradition and the possibilities offered by the medium of painting itself. These works contain important elements that touch on the very method of painting, such as experimentation with the concept of portraiture and a new way of treating colour, structure and surface. Portraiture is Alexander Tinei’s great passion and one of the leitmotivs of his production. For many years he has addressed this classic canon, analysing it in all its nuances, possibilities and historical and artistic dimensions. Tinei explores the way in which major classical and contemporary painters – from Velasquez, Goya and Modigliani to Gerhard Richter and Marlene Dumas – approach por- traits, repeatedly integrating their pictorial strategies into his own works. For some time now, Tinei has been painting portraits of young people: models, bloggers and anonymous figures taken from the social media, all from a world characterized by self-portraits, advertising and marketing, thus reflecting modern times, our attitudes and our modes of represen- tation. If the backgrounds in previous paintings were realistic spaces and landsca- pes, now figures are surrounded by an abstract world characterised by

- 11 - fields of colour that contrast with the black and white surfaces. Painting with bold colours, which is new for Tinei, is an important factor in the new paintings. Here the function of colour is as an emotive medium transmit- ting joy or sadness, fright or tranquillity and so on, much as in the paintings of Edward Munch. From a technical point of view, Tinei recently began to work with adhesive tape, which he uses to add rhythm and stricture to the images. His pain- tings are now more concerned with structure, texture and the infinite pos- sibilities that pictorial technique offers, whereas the narrative aspects fade into the background. Important support is also provided by the technique of collage. with Tinei now exploring and superimposing not only contents typical of painting but also different surface structures in a combination of different pictorial techniques and variegated and exciting textures. Despite a long and complex production process in which he assembles single parts of a picture as in a puzzle, Tinei’s works look as light and fresh as if they had been created in the course of a single day. With this set of works, Tinei is embarking on a study of painting seen as an exciting, different way of building and reflecting on reality.

Sabine Gamper

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ALEXANDER TINEI 2018 Skin, Josef Bolf, Martin Gerboc, Alexander Tinei, DSC Gallery, Prague Diamonds in the Rough” Ferenczy Museum Center. Szentendre, Hungary 1967 born in Caushani, Moldova A life of suffering, love and passion , Frida Kahlo’s art now, Hungarian National 1988-1991 Chisinau Repin State Collage of fine Arts, Moldova Gallery, Hungary He lives and works in Budapest 2017 YIA #11, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France Disruptive Imagination, Művészetmalom, Szentendre, Hungary Solo Exhibitions Seht, da ist der Mensch, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magde- burg, Germany 2019 Sown by the roadside, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, Italy 2016 Metonia (with Johan Tahon), Galerie Dukan, Leipzig, Germany 2017 Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan The Hilger Collection. Part 2: Painted Surfaces – Hilger BROT Kunsthalle, Vienna Soul on fire, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Figural Art from the Collections of Robert Runták Castle Brewery, Litomyšl, Sky attraction. Dukan Gallery, Paris, France Czech Republic 2015 Violent Unknown Event, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France 2015 The soul once we loaded (with Johan Tahon), Erika Deak Gallery, The fantasy of representation, Beers Contemporary, London, United Kingdom Budapest, Hungary Gute Kunst? Wollen!, Auf AEG, Nurnberg, Germany The Nude in the XX&XXI Century, S2, London, United Kingdom 2014 Blue Bird, Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan What a Dream, Gallery Dukan, Paris, France This Side of Paradis, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2014 On Paper, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2013 Why do not you say hello ever again?, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary On Paper, Eigen+Art, Berlin, Germany 2012 Tinei – Szücs,Hussenot Gallery, Paris, (with Attila Szűcs), France 2013 Group Exhibition, Eigen+Art, Leipzig, Germany Strange Light, Tajan, Paris (with Attila Szűcs), France Portrait, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France

New works, Frissiras Museum, Athen, Greece Twilight, Modem, Debrecen, Hungary 2012 2011 Portraits of ambiguity, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA After the fall, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, USA Studiovisit (with Bazil Dusilkovic), Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2011 Prague Biennal, Prague, Czech Republic Ivory, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA Human, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark Spinart , Ana Cristea Gallery, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany 2010 All about me, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA East Ex East , Brand new Gallery, Milan, Itay

2009 I collect all my tears, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary After the Fall, HVCCA, New York, USA 2010 Strichtly painting, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany 2007 No distraction, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Revolutionary Decadence, Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Prague Biennal, Prague, Czech Repiblic 2006 Where have you been?, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2009 Show Me a Hero, Calvert 22, London, United Kingdom He is coming, Erlin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2008 The new force of painting, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece 2005 Lost in the Forest, Kultur Kontakt, ArtPoint Gallery, Vienna, Austria Free Post Cards, K.Petrys Ház Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2007 Eclectic affinities among European artists, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece Visual Immortality , Projektraum M54, Basel, Switzerland 2003 Spring Fields, Martino Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Parliament and Lathe, Aorta Gallery, Chisinau, Moldova 2006 Art is Always Somewhere Else, Bucharest, Romania Fresh Ground, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, Athens, Greece 2002 Big Mother, Mithras Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Shumen, Bulgaria 2005 Documenta, Regensburg, Germany

- 31 - Vernissage,Vernissage, sown by the BEWOHNT, roadside, 14.12.201830.03.2019 - 33 - ground floor, GalleriaGalleria DorisDoris GhettaGhetta -- OrtiseiOrtisei LIST OF WORKS

p. 18 - 19 p. 25 Alexander Tinei Alexander Tinei Measuring the roots, 2019 untitled, 2014 oil on canvas oil on paper 200 x 250 cm 34 x 28 cm

p. 20 - 21 p. 26 - 27 Alexander Tinei Alexander Tinei Measuring the roots, 2019 Grace growers, 2019 oil on canvas oil on canvas 157 x 140 cm 200 x 200 cm

p. 23 p. 29 Alexander Tinei Alexander Tinei Head in colors, 2018 Kiss, 2019 oil and collage on cardboard oil on canvas 48 x 40 cm 140 x 100 cm

p. 24 Alexander Tinei untitled, 2014 oil on print 34 x 28 cm

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SOWN BY THE ROADSIDE

31.03. – 20.05.2019

TEXT Sabine Gamper

EDITOR Doris Ghetta

TRANSLATION Silvia Di Giorgio, John Irving

PHOTOGRAPHER Günter Richard Wett (p. 14-15, 16-17, 32-33) Alexander Tinei (p. 18-19, 20-21, 23, 24, 25, 26-27, 29)

PROOF READING Karin Schmuck

Galleria Doris Ghetta Pontives Sud 8 39046 Ortisei Val Gardena Italy

[email protected] www.dorisghetta.com