Kincső Bede - The Art of Pista
Kincső Bede’s series, The Art of Pista, draws primarily on personal experiences - in particular
on the complicated and conflict-filled relationship between her grandparents — while opening up
different perspectives on the possibilities and responsibilities of photography. The work, conceived as a site-specific installation, takes the viewer through different spaces
and rooms, each revealing a chapter in a layered story of intergenerational dynamics. Bede
blurs the boundaries between staged photographs, fictional stories and documented events.
The installation includes not only her own photographs, but also objects, wooden sculptures
made by her grandfather Pista and a video work.
Schedule
Installation, archival pigment prints, video, objects
Courtesy of the artist and Collection of Judit Reszegi
Bede also reflects on her own position and the role of the camera, which acted as a shield in
difficult situations, providing her with both a determined perspective and the necessary
detachment. The result is a tabloid-like, complex mapping of intertwining relationships, and a
multilayered reflection on vulnerability, the relationship of individual and collective memory, and
photography as a powerful tool for a multifaceted approach to stories of abuse.
The Art of Pista is about the conflicted and difficult-to-heal experience of abuse, but also the
contradictory emotions related to the process of temporal distancing: love, affection and their
absence, hatred, everlasting and inherited fears, loneliness, selfishness, acceptance,
forgiveness.
Kincső BEDE was born and raised in Covasna (Romania). She is concerned by the country’s
communist past, the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu and the all-encompassing control of the
former Romanian secret police, the Securitate, and how this history is passed down through
generations. She studied at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. She currently lives
and works in Covasna and Budapest.
Kincső Bede is represented by TOBE Gallery, Budapest.
Curator: Lívia Páldi
Venue: Milestone Institute