23 March - 18 April, 2011Beyond Perspective: Photographs by Adam Magyar

06 - 30 September, 2009Defining Urban Life

Adam Magyar
Born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1972.
Now lives in Berlin.

Exhibition:
Solo
2011
'Beyond Perspective: Photographs by Adam Magyar', Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2006
'Comearound', Retorta Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2005
'TaxiJam', Miro Photo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2002
'Kashi Vishwanath Express', Miro Photo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Group
2011
'Lens Culture Int'l Exposure Awards', San Franciso, Paris & New York
'Young European Landscape', Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany
'Flashart', Whart, Toulouse, France
2010
‘Photographie Hongroise Contemporaine’, Raday Gallery, Institut Hongrois, Paris
‘Separated by Daily Life’, Rhubarb East at Mailbox, Birmingham, UK
2009
'Defining Urban Life', Karin Weber Gallery, HK
2008
Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest, Jozsef Pecsi Scholarship Annual Exhibition
2007
'It depends on your point of view', Metro Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Academy, Rome, Jozsef Pecsi Photography Scholarship Winners Exhibition
2006
'Getting Along', Island6, Shanghai, China
2004
'Press Photo Exhibiiton', Ethnographic Museum Budapest, Hungary

Award/Scholarship
2010
Honourable Mention, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards
2009
1st prize winner in both Fine Art (Collage) & Special (Aerial) professional categories in International Photography Awards (IPA) 2009
2006-07
Jozsef Pecsi Scholarship
2004
Grand Prize, Hungarian Press Photo

Art Commission
2010
'Walking As One' - Commissions in Newham, London and Birmingham, UK to create new images for the Olympic Fence near Stratford Tube Station and the New Library of Birmingham Hoarding.

Collection
His works are collected by private collectors in HK, China and Europe, Bidwell Projects Deutsche Bank and The Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

Articles
Muerto Magazin (Hungary), February, 2011
SvmMac (France), No232, 2010
Katalog (Denmark), 22.2, 2010
PQ Magazine (US), Number 99, 2010
Unit Magazin (Hungary), July, 2010
Discover Magazine (US), April, 2010
Popular Photography (US), April, 2010
Zoom Magazin (Hungary), December, 2009
LQ magazine (Ukraine), October, 2009
British Journal Of Photography (UK), 23.09.09
am Post (Hong Kong), September, 2009
HK Magazine (Hong Kong), September 4., 2009
South China Morning Post, September 22., 2009
Octogon (Hungary) - 2009/2
Fotomuveszet (Hungary), 2008/2
Fotomozaik (Hungary), 2005/5

The photos in the Urban Flow series are scans, meaning that each photo tells the viewer about the story of 2 or 3 minutes. Therefore, they are slices of life, manifestations of time, going by relentlessly. The technique Magyar used for this series is identical with modern photo-finish systems applied in sporting events. So, these cityscapes are photo-finishes taken in an urban environment without a finish line and ranks.

The Squares are photos of non-existent places. Magyar assembled each Square from dozens of photos creating an illusion of infinite space with people being only tiny particles in a system they live in. Magyar created extremely high resolution images, allowing the viewer to survey each person close-up, yet, observing these city vertigoes at close range thus making it impossible to see it as a whole. This suggestion of being unable to have both an overall and an in-depth view at the same time is puzzling.

Stainless is a quintessence of Magyar's vision today. The photos depict subway trains photographed as they were pulling in at stunning speed to the stations deep below the city. The scene seems so familiar, but in Magyar's interpretation, the trains are transformed into chemically clean mock-ups, and the people traveling in them turn into future remnants of our time. The special technique developed by Magyar enabled the realization of these staggeringly unique photos.