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Traces of reality included

The paintings in Traces of Reality Included capture moments where reality is not a backdrop but a disquieting guest: it enters, shifts, and leaves a trace behind. Everyday objects, animals, and spaces subtly distort. The series is both intimate and enigmatic — each work is a small fracture on the surface of the familiar world, where meaning appears not through declaration but through quiet suggestion.

Painting titled 'The issue' by Horhát Kund Lehel, oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2025

The issue

oil on canvas 100x80cm • 2025

"A single pigeon. Two circles — one white, one red — interrupt its body with the precision of a diagram. The background offers nothing: no landscape, no context, only a surface. What the circles mean is not stated. What they mark is not named. This is the point. The painting withholds exactly as much as it reveals, and in that withholding something opens. The pigeon is not a symbol. It is a presence that has been annotated by someone who chose not to explain their notation."

Painting titled 'Ferrari (base edition)' by Horhát Kund Lehel, oil on canvas, 70x60cm, 2026

Ferrari (base edition)

oil on canvas 70x60cm • 2026

Painting titled 'Dissolution' by Horhát Kund Lehel, oil on canvas, 90x90cm, 2026

Dissolution

oil on canvas 90x90cm • 2026

"Where the distance between self and nature dissolves, what remains becomes a moment of quiet convergence. The figure stands before the mountain not as a separate presence, but as something gradually absorbed into the landscape's shifting atmosphere. The swirling sky and illuminated peak soften the boundary between observer and environment, allowing the scene to feel both intimate and expansive. This encounter gives rise to a solitude that does not isolate but opens space — a state where the self becomes lighter, more permeable, attuned to the vastness ahead. The painting frames solitude as a form of clarity rather than withdrawal, suggesting that meaning emerges precisely when the world grows large and the self grows still."

Painting titled 'Disproportionate balance' by Horhát Kund Lehel, oil on canvas, 60x80cm, 2023

Disproportionate balance

oil on canvas 60x80cm • 2023

"Disproportionate Balance unfolds as a study in intentional disharmony, where visual order is quietly unsettled. The delicate presence of the butterfly, the soft bloom of the flowers, and the stillness of the fish are set against sharp geometric divisions and restrained, modern furniture. This contrast creates a subtle friction between organic fragility and constructed space, inviting the viewer to question how these worlds coexist. The fish placed on the table introduces a muted sense of absurdity—an object both familiar and out of place—while the butterfly's light touch suggests a moment of grace that could vanish at any time. Behind them, the fractured background of bold color fields and atmospheric abstraction reinforces the theme of imbalance, as if the environment itself is shifting. The work ultimately asks what remains when proportion falters: when serenity becomes staged, and nature is reduced to ornament. It is a meditation on the instability of harmony and the quiet tension between what is alive and what is arranged."