Andrea Katalin Gulyás’s works are generally characterized by the idea of analysis-synthesis, breaking something down into its elements (either theoretical or physical), and then putting it together according to a new system, which leads us to an inverted reality.
Her works often depict everyday objects, transposing them into a more sacral existence, to which he applies the label ‘everyday metaphysics’. Beyond the surreal, her works contain human emotions, states and aspirations, which she conveys to her audience in the form of symbolic imagery.
This is no different in his current exhibition, Fragile Stability. Almost all of the works on show deal in some way with porcelain as a utilitarian object.
These works can also be seen as a kind of recycling. Broken, cracked or devalued porcelain is given a whole new meaning, as it is stripped of its original function. This is why in the universe of Andrea Katalin Gulyás, an almost bug-shaped object is created, composed of pieces of jugs and mugs.
This kind of redefinition also occurs in her paintings, where familiar, engrained patterns are reinterpreted through associations. Patterns also behave differently than we might think, ‘floating’ off porcelain or reappearing on unusual, domestic surfaces such as dishwashing liquid bottles.
In Andrea Katalin Gulyás’s exhibition Fragile Stability, parallel dimensions meet and lead us to a reality where we reassess our own individual reality through the objects that surround us in everyday life, stripped of their function.