Attila Kertész’s latest artworks explores the perpetual drive for creation found in nature, as well as the desire to bring new forms into existence and leave a lasting mark, through his monumental sculptures and paintings.
Deep within human instinct lies the urge to leave something behind in the world: to multiply, to create, to bring forth. This drive is also the engine of nature, as every living being’s purpose is to proliferate and give life to new generations. It is through the act of union that new life emerges, ensuring the continuity of existence.

Kertész’s sculptures embody an imaginary organism that unites the attributes of both male and female characteristics, which he merges into a system of botanical motifs. These mythical entities have possessed the ability for continuous reproduction since the dawn of time, giving them the power to populate the world. Branch-like protrusions, representing stamens and sprouts, rise from the totem-like trunks of the sculptures, reaching upwards toward the sky, yearning for eternity.

The artist shapes his pillar-like sculptures from pigmented clay, texturing the surfaces with thousands of tiny gestures. The matte ceramic surfaces are contrasted with patches of glossy glaze.

In his oil and acrylic paintings, Kertész captures the portraits of these sculptural organisms, presenting them as mystical snapshots that evoke an ancient state of being, an essence preceding creation itself.