Portraits

First shown in 2017 at Cale in Higashiazabu, Tokyo, “Portraits” may in some sense be seen as a continuation of her previous works on paper on a purely aesthetic level, however, the original impulse, the process, as well as the final execution of the works comprised within this exhibition greatly differs from the previous. Emphasizing the therapeutic aspect of repetition, Nemeth decided to paint instinctively, without any direct concern for colour or composition, with the want to render the essential complexity which lies within everything, whether it be us, or nature itself, creating a set of vibrant and lively personal portraits of the vital movements which flows through the universe.

Blending and merging different art forms together in order to generate a completely unique expression, Lui Nemeth, channels through her artworks and creations a freeform, ever-evolving process, which interacts and plays with the notion of structure.

Focused on the act of painting in itself, on paint in its pure physicality, rather than on the finished image; concentrated on the succession of uncertainties and subsequent possibilities within the musical gesture rather than the completed, recorded piece, Nemeth’s vision is that of a world as making, one which finds its purpose in doing rather than being done.