Kendel Geers | The Treason of Images
Kendel Geers' solo exhibition The Treason of Images at acb Plus. Opening: 6 March 2025 (Thursday) 18:00 - 21:00
Schedule
acb Plus
March 6 – April 25, 2025
Opening: March 6, 2025 (Thursday) 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Kendell Geers is one of the most radical and influential artists of his generation, exploring the breaking points between language, history, and power. His work aims to subvert conventional narratives, urging the audience to confront the contradictions within art, politics, and culture.
The Treason of Images is not merely an exhibition but also a manifesto for a world in crisis—one where images, words, and ideologies have themselves become weapons in the battle over meaning. The title references René Magritte’s iconic painting, in which an image of a pipe is made ambiguous by the inscription “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe). However, Geers shifts the focus from the image to its title, posing a fundamental question: how can an image commit treason? This inquiry becomes especially relevant in an era increasingly shaped by AI-generated imagery, deepfake technologies, and manipulated media, all of which challenge our perception of reality.
Kendell Geers: Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachtani, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 170 x 140 cm
acb Gallery
Founded in Budapest in 2003, acb Gallery has consistently grown in the past two decades establishing itself as one of the leading actors in the Hungarian and Eastern European art market. Initially, the gallery’s focus was on Hungarian and international emerging and mid-generation neo-conceptual artists, who became active after the political changes in the former Eastern Bloc in 1990. Since then, the gallery has expanded its focus, and now represents numerous Hungarian neo-avant-garde artists who have left their mark on art history since the 1960s and 1970s, as well as members of the youngest generations beside the already established ones.
Since the autumn of 2022, acb runs three exhibition spaces: the main gallery space, acb Attachment, which serves as a project space, and acb Plus, dedicated to large-scale solo and group presentations.
acb’s research and publishing department, acb ResearchLab was founded in 2015. This platform within the gallery aims to fill the gaps in the reception and publication of Hungarian neo-avant-garde and post-avant-garde oeuvres by studying bodies of works and art phenomena previously treated as peripheral.
The gallery holds significant importance within the global art market, actively promoting its artists nationally as well as internationally and engaging in art fairs, such as the Art Basel in Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, the Frieze Masters London or the ARCO Madrid.