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Rudolf Bone

(b. 1951)

Currently lives in Oradea. In 1984, he was a member of the Atelier 35 group. From 1993, and for 15 years, he refused to appear on the art scene, destroying most of his works. His later artistic manifestations preserve traces of his concerns related to the space-form-volume-time relationship. Through deconstructive actions (compaction, flattening, crushing, dispersion, demolition, combustion) carried out on works made of glass, aluminum and different types of metal, he frees the form from matter and gravity.

Chestnut Self-Portrait

This self-portrait of the artist, from 1983, expresses the impossibility of speaking. Bothered by barbs caught in his beard, the artist stands in front of the camera, as if he were about to deliver an important message, when he ends up giving in to the constraints and the self-censorship they bring.

Absinthe

Rudolf Bone’s performative sculpture speaks to the urgency induced by the removal of borders, which makes it a powerful work, with a political aim. Matter collides with matter and it is almost as if the solid glass structure has been shattered, and a new wave of animation and change is about to unfold. Kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy, and new forms and possibilities ensue.