博通·科勒塞斯：几次瞌睡后沉睡的缪斯

X美术馆欣然呈现罗马尼亚裔匈牙利艺术家博通·科勒塞斯（Botond Keresztesi）迄今为止规模最大的职业生涯个展“几次瞌睡后沉睡的缪斯”，这也是他在中国的首次机构个展。展览于2025年2月28日至5月11日在北京X美术馆的二层开放。

本次展览精选了科勒塞斯过去十年创作的十六件作品，通过他独特的“精神图像重构”视角展现了他独特的、富有远见的美学。展览标题“几次瞌睡后沉睡的缪斯”取自于现代雕塑之父康斯坦丁·布朗库西（Constantin Brâncuși）的雕塑作品《沉睡的缪斯》（Sleeping Muse），呼应了科勒塞斯将艺术史典故与当代数字文化相融合的实践。他不断演变的图像创作实践深深根植于对当下的反思，将观众带入一个推测性的未来。“几次瞌睡”则直指艺术家的实践叙事，超现实的梦境与乌托邦游离往复在现实与非现实之间，在不确定性中抵达暧昧的边界。

在此次展览中，科勒塞斯以一种梦幻而深刻的方式反思了数字时代，并将古典艺术、当代流行文化和推测性的未来主义元素交织在一起。通过这十六件作品，他构建了一个生动的宇宙，将历史回响、技术焦虑和超现实幽默汇聚一堂。科勒塞斯邀请观者游走其中，以期触发对他所设想的未来以及身处当下迅速变化的现实的思考。科勒塞斯的创作植根于达达主义、超现实主义深厚的土壤之中，并深受勒内·马格里特（René Magritte）、乔治·德·基里科（Giorgio de Chirico）等超现实主义大师的影响。在他的画作里，艺术史经典名作中的非人主体跨越时空为其所用，耳熟能详的视觉元素以一种诡谲晦涩的方式变形、解构、替换，与偶然元素并置，最终呈现出梦境般反逻辑的奇特景观。

科勒塞斯试图以这种方式消解艺术精英主义，天线宝宝重现亨利·马蒂斯（Henri Matisse）的《舞蹈》（La Danse）；机器人-马-蛇的混合体取代了马格里特画中骑马的女子；而“缪斯”的变体则多次出现在画作的边缘、中心，或隐藏在扭曲的角落。这些线索持续地向人类已有的文化成果发出呼应和嘲讽，并通过重新定义将人类剥离这一步骤。艺术家的近期创作则逐渐向未来主义和后人类美学靠拢。流动的立体金属色泽构建出一个人类消亡后的乌托邦，游戏、影视、汽车部件、雕塑，这些属于集体记忆的人类遗产以一种千禧年的怪物美学糅合在一起，永恒地存在于虚构的世界。对人类权力的反叛在彻底的忽视中达成，动荡的不安延续在科勒塞斯的创作之中，生物、机械与其他模棱两可的无机物构成了一幅可怖的图景：死亡终将无可避免，或许只有机械永生。

X Museum is delighted to present 'Sleeping Muse After Several Snoozes' the largest survey exhibition to date by Romanian-born Hungarian artist Botond Keresztesi and his first institutional solo show in China. This exhibition is on view from February 28^th to 11^th May 2025, on the second floor at X Museum in Beijing.

This exhibition features sixteen works spanning the last decade and showcases Keresztesi's distinct visionary aesthetic, which is shaped through his unique 'mental-photoshop' lens. The title of the exhibition, 'Sleeping Muse After Several Snoozes', is taken from the sculpture Sleeping Muse by Constantin Brâncuși, the patriarch of modern sculpture, and echoes Keresztesi's practice of blending art historical references with contemporary digital culture, his ever-evolving image-making practice transports viewers into a speculative future deeply rooted in reflections on the present. 'Several Snoozes' is a direct reference to the narratives of the artist's practice, in which surreal dreams and utopias flit between reality and non-reality, arriving at ambiguous boundaries in the midst of uncertainty.

With 'Sleeping Muse After Several Snoozes', Keresztesi crafts a dreamlike yet incisive reflection on the digital age, weaving together elements of classical art, contemporary pop culture, and speculative futurism. Through these sixteen works, he constructs a vivid universe where historical echoes, technological anxieties, and surrealist humor converge. As we navigate this exhibition, we are invited to ponder not only the future Keresztesi envisions but also the rapidly shifting realities we already inhabit. Keresztesi's creation is rooted in the rich soil of Dadaism and Surrealism and is deeply influenced by Surrealist masters such as René Magritte and Giorgio de Chirico. In his paintings, non-human subjects from classic masterpieces of art history are used across time and space; familiar visual elements are deformed, deconstructed, and replaced in a bizarre and obscure manner, juxtaposed with random elements, ultimately presenting a dreamlike and illogical spectacle.

In this way, Keresztesi attempts to dissolve artistic elitism: the Teletubbies recreate Henri Matisse's La Danse; a robot-horse-snake hybrid replaces the horseback rider in Magritte's paintings; and variations of the 'Muse' appear in multiple times on the edges, in the center, or hidden in distorted corners of the paintings. These threads continuously echo and mock humanity's existing cultural achievements, and the step of stripping humanity away is achieved through redefinition. The artist's recent works gradually lean towards futurism and post-human aesthetics. Fluid, three-dimensional metallic hues construct a utopia after the demise of humanity. Games, films, car parts, and sculptures—this human legacy of collective memory is integrated into a millennial monster aesthetic, eternally existing in a fictional world. Rebellion against human power is achieved through utter disregard, and the turbulent unease persists in Keresztesi's creations. Living Creatures, mechanics, and other ambiguous inorganic substances constitute a terrifying scene: death is inevitable, and perhaps only machines are immortal.

Botond Keresztesi

博通·科勒塞斯（Botond Keresztesi，1987年生于罗马尼亚）现工作和生活于匈牙利布达佩斯。科勒塞斯在2012年于匈牙利美术大学取得硕士学位。艺术家的创作领域包括绘画、素描和场域特定的绘画装置等等。近期个展包括Seventeen（伦敦）、Longtermhandstand（布达佩斯）、The Hole（纽约）、Kosice Kunsthalle（斯洛伐克）、lítost（布拉格）、WT Foundation（基辅）。他的作品被X美术馆（北京）等机构收藏。

Botond Keresztesi, b. 1987 in Romania, lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. Keresztesi has graduated with a Master's degree from the Hungarian Fine Arts Academy in Budapest in 2012. The artist is working in painting, drawing, and site-specific painting installations. Recent solo exhibitions include Seventeen, London; Longtermhandstand, Budapest, Hungary; The Hole, NYC; Kosice Kunsthalle, Kosice, Slovakia; lítost, Prague, Czechia; WT Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine. His work is included in the public collections of X Museum (Beijing).