2024
The duo exhibition of Hungarian artists Réka Lőrincz and Dorottya Vékony at VUNU Gallery/Kunsthalle Kosice offers playful and intimate meditations on notions of femininity, fertility, healing, and the influence of the beauty industrial complex. While the two artists have previously exhibited together, Body to Inhabit marks the first time they are showcasing collaborative artworks, born from the artistic dialogue between their distinct styles and approaches.
The exhibition aligns with Audre Lorde’s concept of the erotic, as articulated in her seminal essay, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power (1978). As an opposing pole to the pornographic, Audre describes the erotic as "an assertion of the lifeforce of women; that creative energy empowered, the knowledge and use of which we are now reclaiming in our language, our history, our dancing, our loving, our work, our lives." The works in Body to Inhabit resonate with this idea, encouraging the viewer to seek the embodied knowledge of what feels good, fostering a deeper connection to their bodies in contrast to following the profit-driven interactions and rituals that distance women from each other and their inner powers.
Duo show wit Réka Lőrincz
Duo show wit Réka Lőrincz
VUNU Gallery/Kunsthalle Kosice
June 22 — August 03, 2024
Curated by Nico Bernath and Péter Bencze
June 22 — August 03, 2024
Curated by Nico Bernath and Péter Bencze
