Ilona Kálnoky
"Der Grubenbrand ist eine alte Brenntechnik, um Ton auszuhärten bis zu einem fast wasserdichten Zustand.
Ich brenne meine Tonskulpturen in diesem Verfahren, um dem Werkstoff Ton seine Charakteristika
weitestgehend zu lassen und den Prozess des Härtens sichtbar zu machen."
Ilona Kálnoky
"Ilona Kálnoky's enigmatic clay cubes induce in the viewer a heightened awareness of their materiality.
The contrasting black and white colour of the sculptures invite the viewer to look closer at their shape and form.
They epitomise what it meant to create sculptures in an experimental manner.
Incorporating in the creative process elements of unpredictability.
Kálnoky fires the clay sculptures in a pit she makes by herself,allowing in this way
the environmental and soil to play a role in the final outcome."
Catalog text by Vassily Oikonomopoulos, 21,39 refusing to stand still
3 Grubenbrand
4 Grubenbrand | pitfire, 21,39 refusing to stand still, Jeddah, SA, 2018
5 left: cube#IV, 16x20x13 cm; middle and right: cube#III, 13x1x12 cm; all: clay, pitfire, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2018
6 left: hülsen IV, 25x8cm, 2018; middle: to memorise, 2017; right: segmente #1, #2, #3, 2017; all: clay, pitfire
7 left: plate#1, 25x20cm, clay, pitfire, 2017; right: plate#6, 35x35cm, clay, pitfire, aluframe, 2017