Gyula Kosice, born Fernando Fallik (April 26, 1924) in Košice

Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

 (Slovakia) is a naturalized Argentine

Argentina

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 sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet, one of the most important figures in kinetic

Kinetic art

Kinetic art is art that contains moving parts or depends on motion for its effect. The moving parts are generally powered by wind, a motor or the observer. Kinetic art encompasses a wide variety of overlapping techniques and styles.-Kinetic sculpture:...

 and luminal art and luminance vanguard.

He used his natal city name as artist name. He was one of the precursors of abstract and non-figurative art in Latin America. He used, for the first time in international art scene, water and neon gas

Neon

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 as part of an artwork. Light and movement are also present in his works.

He has made monumental sculpture

Monumental sculpture

The term monumental sculpture is often used in art history and criticism, but not always consistently. It combines two concepts, one of function, and one of size, and may include an element of a third more subjective concept. It is often used for all sculptures that are large...

s, hydrospatial walks, hydrowalls, etc. He made more than 40 personal and 500 collective exhibitions all over the world.

Kosice keeps making art pieces and has transformed his workshop into a museum.

The 40’s

1940

• First non figurative drawings, paintings and sculptures. Study and investigation of Leonardo Da Vinci
  Leonardo da Vinci
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  ’s work. Poems and texts about interdisciplinary art.

1944

• Röyi. Articulated and mobile sculpture, invented name.
• Cofounder of Arturo Magazine.

1945

• Cofounder of "Arte Concreto-Invención" (Concrete Art Invention) in Dr. Enrique Pichon Riviere’s house.
• Organizes the 2º exhibition of "Arte Concreto-Invención" in photographer Grete Stern’s house, in Ramos Mejía, Argentina.
• Publishes "Invención" (Invention). Poems, movable sculptures ant theoretical texts.

1946

• Founder of Madí
  Madi
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   Art Movement. Exhibitions at the French Institute of Superior Studies – Van Riel. Author of the Madí Manifest and designation of the name Madí. Madí paintings ant articulated planes and color.
• Use of neon lighting
  Neon lighting
  Neon lighting is created by brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other gases. Georges Claude, a French engineer and inventor, presented neon tube lighting in essentially its modern form at the Paris Motor Show from December 3–18, 1910...
  
   in art-works for the first time in the International Art-Scene.

1947

• First personal exhibition of Madí Art at the Bohemien Club in Galerías Pacífico
  Galerías Pacífico
  Galerías Pacífico is a shopping centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located at the intersection of Florida Street and Córdoba Avenue.-Overview:...
  
   (Buenos Aires, Argentina), which was the first totally non-figurative exhibition in Latin-America.
• Founder of “Universal Madí Art” and its publication of its eight issues.

1948

• Madí exhibition at Réalités Nouvelles, Paris. He was invited by Del Morle and the governing board. He received the collaboration of the France Cultural Attach in Buenos Aires, M. Weibel Reichard.
• Drawings and proposal of the Hydrospatial City which relates its declaration in Arturo: “Man will not end on the Earth”.

1949

• "Hydrokinetism". Water
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  , Light
  Light
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  , Movement
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  .

1950

• Making of monumental sculptures of Ferro concret, polyester and marble, water fountains with Plexiglas, Hydrospatial designs, etc.

Small list of Exhibitions

1947

• Galerías Pacífico
  Galerías Pacífico
  Galerías Pacífico is a shopping centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located at the intersection of Florida Street and Córdoba Avenue.-Overview:...
  
  , Buenos Aires. (First all non figurative, abstract and kinetic exhibition in Latin America).

1953

• Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires.

1960

• Kosice, Galerie Denise René, Paris.
• Exhibition of spatial constructions and first hydraulic sculpture, Drian Gallery, London.

1963

• Galerie L'Oeil, Paris.

1964

• Galerie La Hune, Paris.

1965

• Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York.

1966

• Galería de Arte Moderno, Córdoba, Argentina.

1967

• Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires.
• Kosice, Sculpture: water, light, movement. Galería Bonino, New York.

1968

• "100 obras de Kosice, un precursor", Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires.
• Kosice, Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires.
• 150 meters of rain, Florida street, Buenos Aires.

1969

• Bijoux et sculptures d'eau, Galerie Lacloche, Paris.

1970

• Galería Estudio Actual, Caracas, Venezuela.

1971

• "La Ciudad Hidroespacial", Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires.

1972

• Galería de Arte del Banco Continental, Lima, Peru.
• G.K., Foyer del Teatro Municipal General San Martín, Buenos Aires.
• Exhibition organized by Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.

1973

• Luis Arango Library, Bogotá, Colombia.

1974

• Kosice, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
• Kosice bijoux hydrospatial, Espace Cardin, Paris.

1975

• La cite' hydrospatial. Espace Cardin, Paris, France.
• Kosice Works, Galería Pozzi, Buenos Aires.

1977

• Exhibition Kosice, aluminum relieves. 1945 - 50. Documents about Madí art. Departamento Cultural Librería de la Ciudad, Galería del Este, Buenos Aires.
• Hydrospatial Exhibition organized by Argentine "Confagua" and the ONU
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   for the "Water World Conference", Mar del Plata, Argentina.

1979

• “Esculturas insólitas, pequeño formato, piezas únicas” Galería Birger, Buenos Aires.
• Hydrokinetic works, Galería Unika, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Hydrospatial City, City of Buenos Aires Galileo Galilei planetary.

1982

• Kosice, Hakone Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

1985

• Kosice's Monumental Works, Centro Cultural de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

1991

• Retrospective Exhibition, 1944 - 1990. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires.

1999

• Anticipations, more than 80 works. Centro Cultural Recoleta
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  , Buenos Aires.

2003

• “Homenaje a un creador multifacético. 62 años de trayectoria. Obras Digitales.” Centro Cultural Recoleta
  Centro Cultural Recoleta
  The Recoleta Cultural Centre is an exhibition and cultural events centre located in the barrio of Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina....
  
  , Buenos Aires, 2003.

2005

• Little Kosice Room. Latin-American Art Museum, Austin, Texas, United States.
• Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez – 82º Annual in Santa Fe, Argentina. Special Guest.

2006

• Madí Walk, at Florida Street (Buenos Aires).
• Tribute to Master Gyula Kosice in Culture and Art, Nation’s Senate, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2007

• Merryl Lynch Arteaméricas, G. Kosice special guest representing Latin America. Miami, United States.

Published books

• Invención (1945)
• Golse-Se (1952)
• Peso Y Medida De Alberto Hidalgo (1953)
• Antología Madí (1955)
• Geocultura De La Europa De Hoy (1959)
• Poeme Hydraulique (1960)
• Arte Hidrocinético (1968)
• La Ciudad Hidroespacial (1972)
• Arte Y Arquitectura Del Agua (1974)
• Arte Madí (1982)
• Del Arte Madí a la Ciudad Hidroespacial (1983)
• Obra Poética (1984)
• Entrevisiones (1985)
• Teoría Sobre El Arte (1987)
• Kosice (1990)
• Arte Y Filosofía Porvenirista (1996)
• Madigrafías y otros textos (2006)

External links

• Gyula Kosice’s Personal Page
• Kosice’s Blog, both Spanish and English
• Gyula Kosice at inIVA
• Gyula Kosice at ArtFact