Artists Space

Episode

October 12 – December 8, 2007

Hungarian artist Judit Kurtág’s videos foster a consciousness of time in which the moving image is a keeper at the border between the immediate and memory. Her work presents an idiosyncratic harmony of sound and image, and an uncanny digital manipulation that reflects contemplation upon subjectivity. “For me reality is what really happens, what we think is happening, and what happens in our memories . . . so these three layers are mixed, in a Cubist way.” Being introspective yet open to wider explorations, Kurtág’s works play within the limits of expression where the differences between artist, narrator and audience become blurred. Taking motion as the ultimate point of reference, Kurtág embraces a liminal perception of reality instead of a true depiction of the world.

A black and white image of a person
Judit Kurtág. Still from Episode, 2007. [A black and white image of a person's face against a white tiled wall, with water pouring down over her.]

Judit Kurtág’s videos have been shown in Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Reykjavik, among other locations. Episode, a new video work, will mark her first exhibition in New York.

A dark screening room with a single brown couch. An image is projected on the wall, showing a hallway with a slightly ajar door, through which blue light is filtered.
Episode. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [A dark screening room with a single brown couch. An image is projected on the wall, showing a hallway with a slightly ajar door, through which blue light is filtered.]

Exhibitions at Artists Space are funded, in part, by Altria Group, Inc.; Harriet Ames Charitable Trust; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; Florence V. Burden Foundation; CAMPARI; Carnegie Corporation Inc.; Con Edison; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Cowles Charitable Trust; Credit Suisse; The Danielson Foundation; Danish Council; Elaine Dannheisser Foundation; Debs Foundation; Easton Foundation; Foundation for Contemporary Arts; Gesso Foundation; Stephen A. and Diana L. Goldberg Foundation; Herman Goldman Foundation; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the FineArts; Greenwich Collection, Ltd.; Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown; Jerome Foundation; JetBlue Airways; Virginia W. Kettering Fund; JP Morgan Chase; MAT Charitable Foundation; Mondriaan Foundation; Betty Parsons Foundation; Puffin Foundation Ltd.; Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation; Strypemonde Foundation; Trust for Mutual Understanding; Verizon Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This exhibition was made possible through support from CAMPARI.

    A black and white image of a floppy, stuffed rabbit toy. It is sitting on fabric and leaning up against a wall with faint floral design.
    Judit Kurtág. Still from Episode, 2007. [A black and white image of a floppy, stuffed rabbit toy. It is sitting on fabric and leaning up against a wall with faint floral design.]