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ON SATURDAY 15 JANUARY 2011 7 PM TOOT YUNG GALLERY

Opening exhibition of Hungarian artist SI-LA-GI and performance by French artist SKALL

On the theme of society secrets, Hungarian artist SILAGI produced an in situ work during two weeks in the Toot Yung Gallery.

source: http://tootyung.blogspot.com/2011/01/skall-silagi.html

The book will be ready for the visit of His Holiness Dalai Lama‘s visit to Budapest (Hungary) on Sept 17th to 21st , 2010 and published by KA TEN O SAL LING (Karmapa’s new center in Hungary).

SI-LA-GI will give  - as a present to each buyer of the book – one of the 300 original ink calligraphies that he just finished. Each calligraphy is unique, signed, and sealed.

Practicing giving, being less selfish and inspiring people to do a same

http://romokon.blogspot.com/2011/02/tai-situpa-si-la-gi.html

DHARMA: Buddhist teaching

Confidence (Dignity): Unconditional confidence contains gentleness, because the notion of fear does not arise

HUM: This is the Mandala which is never arranged but is always complete

HRIH: Because things have a self-existing simplicity, they do not need any reference point

Chökyi Gyatso (SI-LA-GI’s Tibetan teaching ‘Dharma’ name): The translated meaning is  ”Ocean of the Dharma, Dharma Ocean”

His Eminence Beru Khyentse Rinpoche and SI-LA-GI creating a 200cm x 580cm art work (calligraphy) called “Roaring Lions”. Watch the video here

All his pieces are hand-made using the best materials.

If you want to buy a modern and contemporary furniture please contact SI-LA-GI to discuss your project.

More pictures of the artist’s hand-made modern furnitures are available at the end of the portfolio section.

"Queen & King" - Modern Furniture by SI-LA-GI

Kurui-Zaki - Modern furniture by SI-LA-GI

October 12 – November 15 at the Radford University Art Museum Downtown, 1129 East Main St., Radford. An opening reception is Thursday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.

The artist and filmmaker says, “The task of a work of art is to emanate positive energy, to pull down walls and in certain cases, to create firm spiritual foundations in others.”

The exhibition is part of the International Education program’s year-long focus on Eastern-Central Europe.

Dr. Preston Thayer, director of the museum, is in charge of all material that enters the museum.

“I became acquainted with his work while attending an international art exhibit in Venice, Italy, last year, and we invited [SI-LA-GI] to exhibit with us,” Thayer said.

“His work creates tension between western art and eastern philosophy,” Thayer said. “Western art always has content (tells a story), whereas Buddhist philosophy teaches that spiritual success is obtained only by emptying oneself of content.”

Any kind of art form, whether it is painting or sculptures, can be a form of therapy or stress-reliever.

“From a Buddhist meditation point of view, artistic creation has no significance,” said SI-LA-GI. “On the other hand, art is a kind of meditation for me.”

There are two pieces of film at the exhibit. One, entitled Empty Sky portrays three men standing in a hole resembling a grave. The film begins with one man. The man is then joined by two other men at different times during the film. The films are projected from the ceiling onto a rectangular screen placed on the ground, forcing the audience to look down while watching it. The artist requested that it be set up this way.

“He did not want this film projected against the wall like the other,” Thayer said. “He asked to have it specifically on the floor.”

While the men repetitively make similar actions throughout the film, they stand in the hole as they raise their hands toward the sky and appear to be shouting, but there is no sound; Empty Sky is a silent film.

“They seem to be complaining and railing against their misfortunes,” Thayer said. “If you didn’t get a response, you might think it was an empty sky.”

In addition to his work with film, SI-LA-GI is also involved in photography.

A photograph entitled “Tower of Silence, Hanging Garden” depicts a moving Zoroastrian religious ritual performed in India. This ritual is based on the person’s soul after death, not the actual body. In Zoroastrianism, it is believed that on the fourth day after death, the soul leaves the body. The body is then considered an empty shell and left in a dokhma, or Tower of Silence. The photograph shows a large, circular, opened-top area where skeletal remains lay.

“The task of a work of art is to emanate positive energy; to pull down walls; in certain cases to create firm spiritual foundations in others,” SI-LA-GI said.

“Heart Sutra” is a 49-by-63-inch photograph that hangs on the right wall of the exhibit and is the last piece of his work shown in the exhibit. The Heart Sutra, a main Buddhist text, states that there is nothing that lies outside the five aggregates of human existence, which are form, feeling, volition, perception and consciousness.

The display of each piece of art is individualistic. The description of each piece of art is written on what appears to be a large blackboard. A nude man stands in the bottom central area of the photograph. The text does not hide behind him, but instead continues to overlap his body.

“It’s almost as if he is so totally enmeshed in the philosophy that he became part of it,” Thayer said.

The exhibit also holds a variety of different works done on paper. Marcel + Joseph 1 is done with light, paint, crayon, acrylic and spray. There are Buddhist words of wisdom, dualistic view and equanimity written on the canvas.

“We try to create a mix of art,” Thayer said. “I think we’ve had a strong response overall.”

In all, the exhibit holds three works on paper, two videos and six photographs. SI-LA-GI urges people to get a better understanding and appreciation of art by simply visiting the exhibit to experience something new.

“A list of exhibitions does not help understanding or appreciating art. One should seek references in one’s own consciousness,” SI-LA-GI said.

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"Tower of silence I"

"Tower of silence II"

"Towers of silence III"

More information on Towers of Silence is available on Wikipedia

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SI-LA-GI’s portfolio

“ART can have only one task : to make sparks flare in the darkness, to make visible the invisible…”

JUDE A neutral scene. There is no hate, no fear, no love. There is nothing, in other words all that is there is what we put there. What you put there : amotions, feelings which come from us and not from others and with which we can fill the scene. It is banal, simple; banal, incredible. Look at it again, it is still and forever neutral, only imagination begins to work. I could even say, look deep inside yourself for the roots of your emotions, but i do not say it.

THE LAST SUPPER My last Supper ? Because it also exists. It will certainly come. I could even say that we should consider all our acts as if they were the last, the last before the final judgement, but i do not say it.

BOY WITH CUBE In space, in a room, a small child who sees the world through his cubes and who creates. The shadow is larger than the child. Is the shadow also a reality ? Let us dive into the hidden world of our childhoo, i could say, but i do not say it.

IMAGES OF AN INTERMEDIATE STATE We are in an intermediate state. A dream is the intermediate point between two states of wakefulness and the state of wakefulness is the intermediate point between two dreams. The state of being is the intermediate point between birth and death. Projections, meetings, signs, changes and variations in space and in the infinite stretch of time. Listen to your inner voice, your inspiration, cultivate them as fully as possible because all other things are an unusable illusion which crumbles to dust. Theory without practice is worth nothing, I could tell you, but I say it to myself.

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