Artist Statement: Beauty

Beauty is a series of modern iconographies that visualizes existence not as a hierarchy of “above and below,” but as an unbroken continuum. Blending the human form with cosmic landscapes, organic decay, and geometric textures, these surreal portraits capture the sheer flux of creation. By dissolving the boundaries between the figure and its elemental environment through halftone patterns and radiant light, the artworks represent humanity not as a separate mirror to nature, but as an intrinsic wave within its vast spectrum. It is an attempt to capture the pure “isness” of reality, where birth, life, and decay are viewed without differentiation – simply as a continuous flow.

Conceptually, this work is rooted in frameworks of non-duality, echoing the Vedic understanding that the individual (Atman) and the universal (Brahman) are woven from the exact same fabric. It also draws on Gnostic thought, which perceives a divine, animating intelligence immanent within all matter – whether a shifting sand dune or a blooming poppy. Psychologically, the series reflects a transpersonal maturation of perception: the developmental shift from observing the universe as a collection of isolated “particles” to experiencing it as a unified “wave.” The visual language acts as a poetic bridge, collapsing the distance between the observer and the observed until only an unconditional awe for the continuous whole remains.

Navigating this continuum raises enduring questions: What shifts in our consciousness when we surrender the analytical urge to categorize and control? If every phenomenon is an extension of the same underlying essence, how do we reconcile the harsh reality of decay with the radiant spark of life? These works serve as meditative anchors, inviting viewers to drift beyond the rigid edges of reason and into a space of visual poetry – where images function as nodes connecting us to feelings and profound experiences that logic cannot contain. Ultimately, Beauty asks whether our most accurate apprehension of existence is not achieved through logical dissection, but through a quiet, poetic recognition of its inherent perfection.

Most of the works in this series have some form of ‘poetry’ accompanying them. The text is a symbolic reflection of the actual meditation during the making of the Iconography.

This ‘text’ below is part of the work ‘MAYA’ inn the series:

 

_WITHIN THE SPIN OF MAYA

A roiling ocean of glossy perspiration shook me awake…

from a dream of 1001 amazing illusions…

illusions of mind-blasting shapes and forms, shades and tones

it spun me here and swung me there – cast about – upon everywhere

 

I recalled it – while I chased my breath as a child its kite

I was the silly little mountain stream – which babbling sang with the birds, I was the patient river which sculpted mighty rocks, I was the vast ocean too, which toyed with the brave sailor’s ship.

I was too the bright sky above those ships for the birds to glide free upon, while my feathers gently stroked the serene clouds – and the dark sky too, upon which the shiny stars hung – the fearless warriors following unto home.

 

I recall it – chasing my breath again, through fields of sparkling fields and dark valleys – climbing the greatest hills and mountains, of magical sand a child’s hand made.

I was a dandelion clock blown apart to fulfil a wish – the cocky wind conveyed me over endless playgrounds until my eyes could see…

all of Me, playing hide and seek.

Here a tree, there a tiger

The Carnival of silly games that never seemed to linger.

 

I recall it – riding, taming dragons disguised as that cocky wind, then transformed into a raging beast – to chase tumbleweeds, to shape the deserts, to make whirlpools in the sea…

From roaring wind into racing breeze, whistling between fronded trees as the Sun set, to let the Moon throw its silver Kashmir net…

 

I recall it – I was a heavy winter fog, hiding the winding road beneath me in the forest from the hunter’s sight, like a mother’s skirt would her child from the imaginary wild.

I also was a golden stag that cut the fog to lace, while I was leaping long my love – stealing of its gaze…

And the snowflake too, ice-skating through the frozen, gloomy air towards the sleepy mountains to cover them, “good night”.

 

I recall it – wandering around like some old sage does – skipping about like fools would do – then running for it like a hero set free – jumping, flying, chasing dreams – the illusion of my wanderlust – wonder lost in mazy streams?

I was not sure who was who or what was what

– but when I glanced within the mirror still there I saw… God!

 

What a dream – a scene – it was, a silly play disguised as life and death.

 

I recall it all now – I saw imagination and curiosity hand in hand, chasing rainbows turned to fireflies – on and on – and – on and on – forever and ever… Foreverever.

 

My thoughts caused vertigo – they made my ears ring its dizzy bells

casting sweet spells in swells and yells…

So strap up your belts and place your bets, once more begins the riddle-ride.

 

 

 

The first version of the total of infinite one. A continuous recollection of the dreams …of God.

 

 

 

_WITHIN THE SPIN OF MAYA by Gabor Paszti

The part of the artwork “MAYA”.

FERTILITY
Sowing life – sowing death,
difference there is not.
Celebrate both at once –
and (“worry”) will you not.
Life is abundant and fertile –
Miss it you cannot.

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ARTIST STATEMENT: TABOO

TABOO operates as a satirical intervention, adopting the ubiquitous, sterilized language of corporate customer service to explore the ultimate commodification of human existence. By framing life itself as a managed subscription service – complete with patronizing troubleshooting for existential doubt – the work constructs a dystopian mirror for contemporary society. The text, presented as a response to a “user’s” complaint about their reality, reveals a systemic drive to reduce the complex, contradictory human experience into a predictable, serviceable metric. Paired with a fragmented, shadowy photographic portrait, the piece visualizes the stark alienation that occurs when an individual is processed not as a sovereign being, but merely as a manageable component within a larger, optimized societal machine.

Beneath its bureaucratic deadpan, the artwork mounts a quiet critique of power structures and social determinism. It alludes to how heavily optimized systems – whether economic, class-based, or ideological – seek to amputate the unpredictable “fringes” of human potential in favor of safely assigned, easily governed roles. The piece subtly probes the tension between systemic control and embodied free will, functioning as a conceptual catalyst that forces the viewer to confront unasked questions: Do we accept a curtailed, frictionless existence curated by an external authority, or do we claim the heavy, often uncomfortable responsibility of self-determination? Ultimately, TABOO invites the observer to re-examine their own agency, challenging them to locate the true source of their life’s authorship within a highly conditioned world.

Artist Statement: Enhancing Trash

Enhancing Trash is a critical exploration of the modern impulse to “work on a character” by manipulating external aesthetics rather than cultivating inner depth. The work addresses the profound misalignment that occurs when the true self is confused with its visual avatar. Amplified by the fast-paced, surface-level dynamics of social media, identity is frequently reduced to a symbolic object – a pleasing facade engineered solely to captivate attention at first glance. The piece argues that this relentless focus on appearance is not necessarily a moral failure of vanity, but rather a tragic misidentification: an intense attachment to the byproduct of identity rather than its actual source.

This psychological distortion is captured in the image’s crude, smeared mask, visually illustrating the futility of augmenting a hollow exterior. The act of “enhancing trash” – applying cosmetic improvements to a superficial foundation – does not elevate the character; it merely falsifies it. No matter how heavily a facade is decorated, it remains rooted in the superficial. As part of a broader research arc encompassing identity, social biases, and the search for belonging, the artwork challenges the viewer to examine the order of cause and effect in their own lives. It serves as a stark invitation to abandon the endless polishing of the surface and instead locate the authentic core of the self that is genuinely worth expressing and cultivating.

Artist Statement: The intellect Scale

A critical exploration of how society attempts to quantify the unquantifiable – intellect, virtue, and the multifaceted edges of the self. It questions the mechanisms used to evaluate human character, highlighting how social metrics are rarely designed for genuine personal inquiry or the cultivation of self-awareness. Instead, they operate as arbitrary systems that define and confine the individual, yielding incomplete readings built heavily on collective biases and structural utility. The work exposes the inherent friction between an individual’s internal search for identity and the rigid, often flawed ways that same identity is measured and categorized by the social world.

This inequity of both motive and method is physically manifested through the sculpture’s specific, symbolic materiality. The persona – the human subject being weighed – is represented by a raw piece of coal, a nod to our foundational carbon-based life and the latent potential for transformation. It is subjected to a precarious assemblage of recycled scrap: bicycle pedal gears that evoke repetitive mechanical exertion, and parts from a vegetable market scale that reduce profound psychological depth to the level of commodified produce. By presenting a measuring device that is crude, makeshift, and inherently unbalanced, the artwork challenges the phenomenon of social analysis, asking the viewer to recognize the absurdity of trying to weigh the complexity of the human spirit on the rusty, biased scales of societal expectation.

Artist Statement: Nike

Nike is an exploration of the “readymade,” utilizing an excavated fossilized bone not as a physically sculpted material, but as a conceptual vessel. Operating within the tradition of the found object, the work demonstrates how an item can be repositioned conceptually rather than fabricated from scratch. Pulled from river sand, this weathered, organic fragment serves as a blank surface onto which specific meaning is deliberately projected. By associating its soaring, wing-like structure with the Goddess Nike, the piece adopts the archetype of victory. This act of framing temporarily shifts the object’s inherent identity, transforming an ancient biological remnant into a contemporary icon of triumph and spiritual endurance.

Beyond its mythological namesake, the bone functions as an active object of meditation. It illustrates the psychological mechanism of projection – using an external, physical medium to anchor and process abstract internal states. By casting personal significance onto the fossil, it becomes a tangible focal point for reflection, acting as a temporary scaffolding to hold ideas and emotions while they are examined. This interaction creates a reflective loop, allowing complex, unseen internal conflicts to be navigated outside the self. Ultimately, the piece highlights how our gaze can fundamentally alter the reality of an object, turning a fragment of the earth into an effective tool for emotional tangibility and inner orientation.

Early Works: The Architecture of Identity

These early pieces operate as visceral, intuitive journals, a raw mapping of internal mental, emotional, and spiritual states created before a conscious artistic methodology had fully formed. Driven by a subconscious reflex rather than top-down design, they document a turbulent period of human development and sense-making. Aligning closely with Jungian individuation and Eriksonian stages of development, the works confront origins, social pressures, and the intense friction between the desire for belonging and the reality of isolation. They function as an unfiltered, autoethnographic record of a mind processing the culture of its time and grappling with the overwhelming task of forging an identity.

During this phase, the art itself functions as a vital technology for survival and navigation. It acts as a conceptual feedback loop and temporary scaffolding; a safe, contained platform to express and mediate deeply conflicting creative and destructive forces. Before new ideas, worldviews, or psychological concepts could be fully integrated into the “Self” or outward persona, they were first pressure-tested on the canvas. Through this process, the archetype of the artist emerges not merely as a creator of images, but as an active mediator searching for personal meaning, purpose, and orientation within the noise of collective existence.

Ultimately, this body of work chronicles the early stages of a soul’s journey, using the artistic process as a compass for spiritual and personal maturation. It bridges the gap between the grounded, everyday struggles of the developing human creature and the dawning awareness of more subtle, underlying truths. By making invisible internal conflicts visible, the practice provided the necessary space to transform raw vulnerability and helplessness into the foundation for a more anchored, conscious, and expansive worldview.