THE CALL OF DUTY
After the presentation of young, emerging women artists, the one-year am projects exhibition programme continues with the exhibition THE CALL OF DUTY by Emese Benczúr. In Benczúr's art, texts and short slogans play a prominent role, creating a special relationship with her unique technique and use of materials, revealing the complexity of her creations.
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THE CALL OF DUTY focuses on invisible domestic work and the notion of duty, reflecting on the artist's thesis work, I am fulfilling my duty (1995), where he embroidered the title phrase on a curtain strap in repetitive fashion over a whole semester. While the focus of Benczúr's early works was on mantra-like repetitive inscriptions in the first person singular, often functioning as titles, this has now changed and he has recently been implementing meditative repetition by returning to the inscriptions and concepts repeatedly and revisiting the phrases and action sequences that create the works.
In her latest exhibition, her use of repetitive texts can be interpreted as a symbol of the never-ending chore. Her choice of materials is always carefully considered; sometimes the text comes first, sometimes the material inspires the work, but the exhibition site also influences the final result.