AURORA KIRÁLY
  • Projects
    • Photography >
      • Architecture. Patterns. Self-Portraits, 2022
      • Stillness Studies at Villa Empain, 2022
      • History. Pain. Dust, 2022
      • Viewfinder. Diffraction, 2021
      • Viewfinder Clash, 2020-2021
      • Soft Drawings, 2021
      • Subconscious Narratives, 2021
      • Equal. Art and Feminism in Nowadays Romania, 2016
      • Reconnection, 2015-2016
      • Red Light / Green Light, 2014
      • Failed Re-enactement of Claude Cahun's Medusa, 2013
      • The Red Dress, 2001
      • Feminine Archeology, 2000
      • Kaleidoscope. Selfportrait, 1998
      • Untitled, 1997
      • Melancholia series, 1997-1999
    • Paintings >
      • Héroïnes, 2013-2021
      • Tales from a Topographic Skin, 2013
      • Claude Cahun Revisited, 2012
    • Drawings >
      • Structures, 2018
      • Viewfinder Mock-Up, 2016-ongoing
      • Viewfinder, 2014-2015
    • Textile Works >
      • How You Remember Space & Architecture (working title), 2022
      • Ideas Come & Go, 2022
      • Walking, Breathing, 2021
      • Soft Drawings _ Subconscious Narratives - Fountain, 2021
      • Soft Drawings _ Subconscious Narratives, 2020-2021
      • 50s or Soft Despair, 2020
      • ​Ee um fah um soo Foo suii too eem oo…, 2018
    • Mixed media / Objects / Installations >
      • Settings, 2018
      • News Remix, 2016-2017
      • Life-Love-Memory, 2016
      • News Convertor, 2016
      • Drifting..., 2016
      • Untitled_Mixed Diary, 2013
    • Artist Books >
      • Diary Study #1_April-June 2016
    • Research/Documentary projects >
      • WITNESSES XXI – REVISITING THE PAST project presentation, 2007-2012 >
        • Interview with Ion Grigorescu, by Magda Radu
        • Interview with Geta Brătescu, by Magda Radu
        • Interview with Peter Jacobi, by Oana Tănase
        • Interview with Constantin Flondor, by Oana Tănase
        • Interview with Gheorghe Vida, by Magda Radu
        • Interview with Ioana Vlasiu, by Magda Radu
        • Interview with Alexandra Titu, by Cristiana Radu
        • Interview with Wanda Mihuleac, by Cristiana Radu
        • Interview with Mihai Oroveanu, by Oana Tănase
        • Interview with Mircea Florian, by Raluca Nestor
        • Interview with Magda Cârneci, by Cristiana Radu
  • News / Archive
    • Paris Photo Fair with Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2022
    • Paris Photo Fair with Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2021
    • from somewhere other than myself @ Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2021
    • The Show That Never Was @ Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2021
    • Corsets Then & Now @Zina Gallery, 2020-2021
    • Xplore Festival #15 @ WASP, 2020
    • ARCO Madrid - Booth 9G02
    • Ex-East. Past and recent stories of the Romanian avant-gardes, Espace Niemeyer, Paris; 2019
    • At Different Angles @MNAC Bucharest, 2018
    • Conjectures @Anca Poterașu Spinnerei Leipzig, 2018
    • Orient / Something in Between, BOZAR, Bruxelles, 2018
    • Woman, All Too Woman @Art Museum Timișoara, 2018
    • Constructed Geometries @ Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2017
    • Ex Future @ Arcub, 2016
    • Our History about the Others @ Scena9, 2016
    • Girls with Ideas [Boys and Paintings] @ Lateral Art Space, 2016
    • Reality Check @ Calina Gallery_March 2016
    • Finalist FID Prize_March 2016
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IDEAS COME & GO
​2022
96 x 145 cm
hand-stiched drawing with applications of tulle and silk on linen

​​The work explores the creative process, the network of ideas and thoughts, and the notes and preparatory sketches that come together and overlap to clarify a project. The chosen materials emphasize the subtlety of this process, through the use of transparent materials, and stitch punctuation.






​Fragments of the architecture of the place were the triggers for the work. The outdoor lamp at the entrance of the villa, the swimming pool, the columns, and the pergola became the main characters I worked on during my residency at Villa Empain.​

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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain, 2022
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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain (sketch), 2022
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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain (process), 2022
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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain (process), 2022
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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain (triggers), 2022
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IDEAS COME & GO_Villa Empain (triggers), 2022

​The textile drawings I make have a more complex process. I often start from photographs or sketches, then work more on those and keep only the essential. I enlarge the sketch to 1:1 scale and then choose the materials - sometimes recycling fabrics with a history, cutting them out, and arranging them. When I get to the sewing stage, it means things are mostly in the right direction. The sewing process is meticulous and takes time, but it also has a meditative side. I use a type of stitching that takes into account that the back of the work can also be a drawing in itself, much more discreet and beautiful.
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IDEAS COME & GO_TRIPLE SPACE, 2022 190 x 145 cm Hand-stiched drawing with applications of tulle, silk and ​fusible interlining cotton fabric on linen
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IDEAS COME & GO_TRIPLE SPACE (sketch), 2022
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