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irreconcilable paths: that of the Brazilian outsider artist Bispo do Rosario and his exploration of the archetypal myth; and the primordial meaning of materials espoused by Italian Arte Povera artist Luciano Fabro. Thus charged, Csekö works through the Sisyphean toil of the artist’s ceaseless practice to forge a meaning from the unknowable in order to reconcile these polarities, explain the existence that she experiences, and provide sign posts for the contemporary wanderer. She understands Albert Camus’s statement that, “Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.” And, Csekö accepts this task.
In the third triptych, glistening in golden luxury, Csekö acknowledges that she revels in “existence and that alone is fascinating.” She confesses that she reveres ritual, magic, and the unexplainable. Terror and love are as close as pain and pleasure. When she confronts the unknown, she immerses herself in the irreconcilable folly of the human condition. Yet, she also demonstrates a profound appreciation for Camus’s proposition that the Sisyphean struggle is not a futile su ering, but the “hour of consciousness” when the sentient person recognizes that there is no higher destiny than to negate the absurdity, reject the sterility, and that “one’s burden.. is enough to ll a man’s heart.” In these paintings Julia Csekö speaks Straight from the Heart.
(Above) Color Study
Acrylic on canvas, metallic pigment 12” x 12”
2016
i. Camus, Albert, “The Myth of Sisyphus,” 1946.
ii. Luciano Fabro, 1969.
iii. Clottes, Jean. What is Paleolithic Art? Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, pp. 32, 28, 29.
iv. White, Randall. “Beyond Art: Toward an Understanding of the Origins of Material Representation in Europe,” Annual Review of Anthropology, v. 21 (1992), p. 560.
v. Viveros-Faune, Christian. “Roxy Paine will Warp your brain,” Village Voice, (Wednesday, September 17, 2014). www.villagevoice.com/2014-09-17/roxy-paine-denuded-lens-review/
vi. Bruce Nauman, 1973.
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