RÈKA HORVÁTH

RÈKA HORVÁTH IS A PAINTER WHOSE COMPOSITIONS OF GLOBULAR, UNDULATING, AND GUMMY FLESH STRETCH AND CONTRACT TO BUILD TENSION BETWEEN POWER AND VULNERABILITY. MARKED BY A HAUNTING MATERIALITY WHICH COLLAPSES MUSCULATURE, CORTICAL CREASES, AND THE GELATINOUS INTO A TENDER YET ATHLETIC GOOP, RÈKA CHOREOGRAPHS DANCES OF FANATIC PIETY, SURREALIST EXPANSE, AND BODY HORROR WHICH BLAST TOWARDS THE BANKS OF ANNIHILATION. SHE CARVES SPACE INTO THE CANVAS INTO WHICH SHE VOMITS HER INTERIOR, NURTURING HER PSYCHICAL ENTRAILS TO GEL INTO A MONSTROUS FORCE OF FANATIC PUISSANCE, TEETERING ON AN IMMINENT IMPLOSION INTO THE MIND’S MOST IMMENSE RECESSES OF UNTRAVERSABLE INTIMACY.

TEXT BY EVAN KARAS