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Ely Magos
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Biography
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2006 permanent Exhibitions in the Gallery Kunsthandel Graz
2005 19.Juni Tag der offenen TA¼r Atelier / Galerie
2005 Gallery 47 London Group Exhibition
2005 Projekt Stubenberg Konzeption & Gestaltung einer
multikonfessionelen Kapelle Andachtsraum
2004 Gallery 47 London
2004 Cyberloft Gallery New York
2004 Arte Casa Port Andratx
2004 Exhibition in The ART DOMAIN GALLERY
Port Andratx Mallorca Spain
2004 Painting and Drawing in The Museum Liedtke
Port Andratx Mallorca Spain
2003 Studio Opening from 1.December - 20 . December
in Magos Atelier everyday from 10:00 h am - open end
ART + TALK + PUNSCH see the latest ARTWORKS in the
Studio of Mago
2003 Forum Economy & ART Austria
with
PrAsident der Akademie Graz Emil Breisach
Mag. Michael Wachsler Markowitsch CO
Austriamicrosystems
Mag. Cristoph Papousek CO Constantin - Film
Cineplexx Austria
Mag. Jandl Municipality Voitsberg
Art Resort
Rikki Schwab Painter & Writer
2003 Group Exhibition with Perduraboart Gallery
in Chelmsford ESSEX UK
2003 Group Exhibition at ART DOMAIN GALLERY
Port Andratx Mallorca /next Exhibition
2004 April / May
2003 Vernissage "Atlantis Undressed Seadog"
Alex Gallery Washington DC USA
http://www.alexgalleries.com/aga.html<
2002 Bronce Sculpture in Order of austriamicrosystems,
a Sculpture with Signs of the earlyst Cultures
the Minoic culture of Creta,made on a Disc 17cm
Diameters,together with a Wafer of the Semiconductor-
Industry with Signs and Microchips of the Presenttime.
A Figure stands and holds its Hands against the Sky,
praying and thanking for the InitialIdeas,geting the
Energy. Made for the austriamicrosystems Award.
2002 Art-Fair Salzburg 25.October-27.October 2002
2002 Raiffeisen Galerie St. Anton am
Arlberg
"St.Anton Day Dreams" 1.July-31. July 2002
2001 Expo: Austriamicrosystems, SchloAY PremstAtten
the Paintings used for the "drive" Webpages
are from Ely Magos .
His Work where merged with technical pictures
of the automotive industry.
to see :www.austriamicrosystems.com
department "drive"
2001 Bronze Sculpture for the "Hl. Benedikt of
Menni" Konvent der Barmherzigen BrA¼der Graz
Kainbach Styria
2000 "History of Ski" Posters and Series
of wine labels,designed for the
Ski-World Championship 2001 in
St. Anton/Arlberg Austria
Expo:Opening of the New Synagogue Graz
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten
"genetic Codes & Signs "
1999 Expo: MAK- Museum of Modern ART Vienna
Kunstmesse "Motions&Emotions"
Academia Vienna
Several Works by order of the
Austrian and Styrian Industry
1998 International Symposium of Sculptors
Heimschuh Styria
EXPO: Galerie Art Trend Graz
EXPO: Kunsthalle Leoben
EXPO: Gallery Preiner Graz " Signs"
1997 Graphics for the Magazin " STERZ-
Magazin for Literatur-Art&Art-Politics" Graz
EXPO: BAWAG Graz
1996 Sculpture for the Fountain of Lieboch
"1000 Jahre A-sterreich" Milleniumssculptur
of the Republik of Austria,and the
Region Styria
Expo: Lieboch /Austria
1995 Expo:
Galerie PAttler Styria
1987 Painting Ithaca/ New York
1978-81 Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem /Israel
born , 1960 Styria/Austria
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Statement
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Web site: www.alexgalleries.com
Tue-Sat 11-5 and by appt Dir: Victor Gaetan
National and international contemporary artists: painting, sculpture and drawing in representational, figurative, impressionist, abstract and expressionist styles. G/D/C
Artists exhibited: Connie Bryson, Frank Cappello, Olivier Debre, Madalina Nicola, Mago Ely Magos, Hannu Palosuo, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, Linda Touby, Hans Versteeg, Maciek von Ato
Eleanor Kennelly writes for ARTnews, Art & Antiques, and Art & Auction. She served as art critic and columnist for The Washington Times.
There is a strong, playful streak in Magoâ?Ts mixed-media paintings. A swaying lobster, a birdâ?Ts eye view of traffic, a seal tossing off colorful clothingA_these are carefree images made by a thoughtful artist who enjoys a sense of humor. Mago is Ely Magos. Heâ?Ts a clever Austrian artist with a commanding variety of styles and interests.
Vivid yellow pigment makes a buoyant background for the funny picture Atlantis Undressed Seadog which can be read as a trained seal shedding speckled apparel in several directions. (The word seal in German is seehund, which can be translated into English, literally, as seadog.)
But itâ?Ts also a serious painting bringing together several important themes. First, it is part of the Atlantis series of paintings produced by the artist over the last few years. Atlantis is a lost paradise, first described by Plato in the 4th century BC as a continent which had sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. In Platoâ?Ts telling, Atlantis is not just a historical civilization, but a symbol of spiritual quest, especially, the quest for knowledge about the origin of the universe.
For Mago, the act of painting is a function of his spiritual quest, one which has led him around the world from New York to Finland, from Egypt and Israel to France and Ukraine.
In Atlantis Undressed Seadog, the eye is led dynamically from the central subject to radiating shapes, out and back, in order to solve the question, â?oWhat is going on here? What is this?â?? As human beings, we are constantly in his position: trying to make sense out of information fragments. In Magoâ?Ts piece, the title provides a narrative â?ohookâ?? that gives the viewer one solution. The title is not essential, though. Between the contrasting colors yellow and gray, and the diagonal composition of shapes, the eyeâ?Ts adventure is also the point.
In Jumping Whale, a tear-shaped form dominates the canvas. As a representative picture of a whale, it reduces the mammal to pure form, one step from abstraction. The painting is elegant in its simplicity. It zooms in on an aspect of whale-ness that is strange and remarkable: the ocean-living beast breathes air. It seeks a universe beyond the one it inhabits. As the artist does.
A similar piece compositionally is Atlantis Lobster. One bold shape animates the picture plane. Numerous pieces by Mago explore the relationship between form and function. For a crustacean, form is function. Itâ?Ts efficient exo-skeleton allows it to survive and forage on the ocean floor.
In a pair of paintings, Forms and Colors I and New York City Traffic, we see an interesting relationship between abstraction and representation. Forms and Colors I is a lyrical study of organic shapes floating in a milky atmosphere. Red and yellow forms fill the foreground while black outlined boxes line up behind. Itâ?Ts a kinetic composition that could signify chemical compositions, family relations, or anything else. Mostly, it is a pleasant un-decodable piece.
New York City Traffic features similar colors and forms: but here, parading black boxes move to the front and splotches of red and yellow ooze beneath. Because a viewer approaches the piece with a story in mind (assuming the viewer reads the title), an urban landscape appears immediately. This just shows how impressionable the mind is. Hanging on a few words, the mind conjures a picture and assigns meaning to it. As a painting of Manhattan traffic, the boxes become cars and the colored shapes stand for life obscured by regiment, or limit-breaking ideas that donâ?Tt conform to the rule-oriented metropolis.
Mago works in numerous styles. His work is representational, abstract, and symbolic. He paints portraits and makes sculpture. The very fact that Mago simultaneously exhibits work in various styles suggests that exploration and discovery are what propel him to make art. Since, ultimately, meaning and the search for it are the foundation of his art, most of his oeuvre is either recognizable, or titled to create strong associations.
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Exhibitions
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2006 permanent Exhibitions in the Gallery Kunsthandel Graz
2005 19.Juni Tag der offenen TA¼r Atelier / Galerie
2005 Gallery 47 London Group Exhibition
2005 Projekt Stubenberg Konzeption & Gestaltung einer
multikonfessionelen Kapelle Andachtsraum
2004 Gallery 47 London
2004 Cyberloft Gallery New York
2004 Arte Casa Port Andratx
2004 Exhibition in The ART DOMAIN GALLERY
Port Andratx Mallorca Spain
2004 Painting and Drawing in The Museum Liedtke
Port Andratx Mallorca Spain
2003 Studio Opening from 1.December - 20 . December
in Magos Atelier everyday from 10:00 h am - open end
ART + TALK + PUNSCH see the latest ARTWORKS in the
Studio of Mago
2003 Forum Economy & ART Austria
with
PrAsident der Akademie Graz Emil Breisach
Mag. Michael Wachsler Markowitsch CO
Austriamicrosystems
Mag. Cristoph Papousek CO Constantin - Film
Cineplexx Austria
Mag. Jandl Municipality Voitsberg
Art Resort
Rikki Schwab Painter & Writer
2003 Group Exhibition with Perduraboart Gallery
in Chelmsford ESSEX UK
2003 Group Exhibition at ART DOMAIN GALLERY
Port Andratx Mallorca /next Exhibition
2004 April / May
2003 Vernissage "Atlantis Undressed Seadog"
Alex Gallery Washington DC USA
http://www.alexgalleries.com/aga.html<
2002 Bronce Sculpture in Order of austriamicrosystems,
a Sculpture with Signs of the earlyst Cultures
the Minoic culture of Creta,made on a Disc 17cm
Diameters,together with a Wafer of the Semiconductor-
Industry with Signs and Microchips of the Presenttime.
A Figure stands and holds its Hands against the Sky,
praying and thanking for the InitialIdeas,geting the
Energy. Made for the austriamicrosystems Award.
2002 Art-Fair Salzburg 25.October-27.October 2002
2002 Raiffeisen Galerie St. Anton am
Arlberg
"St.Anton Day Dreams" 1.July-31. July 2002
2001 Expo: Austriamicrosystems, SchloAY PremstAtten
the Paintings used for the "drive" Webpages
are from Ely Magos .
His Work where merged with technical pictures
of the automotive industry.
to see :www.austriamicrosystems.com
department "drive"
2001 Bronze Sculpture for the "Hl. Benedikt of
Menni" Konvent der Barmherzigen BrA¼der Graz
Kainbach Styria
2000 "History of Ski" Posters and Series
of wine labels,designed for the
Ski-World Championship 2001 in
St. Anton/Arlberg Austria
Expo:Opening of the New Synagogue Graz
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten
"genetic Codes & Signs "
1999 Expo: MAK- Museum of Modern ART Vienna
Kunstmesse "Motions&Emotions"
Academia Vienna
Several Works by order of the
Austrian and Styrian Industry
1998 International Symposium of Sculptors
Heimschuh Styria
EXPO: Galerie Art Trend Graz
EXPO: Kunsthalle Leoben
EXPO: Gallery Preiner Graz " Signs"
1997 Graphics for the Magazin " STERZ-
Magazin for Literatur-Art&Art-Politics" Graz
EXPO: BAWAG Graz
1996 Sculpture for the Fountain of Lieboch
"1000 Jahre A-sterreich" Milleniumssculptur
of the Republik of Austria,and the
Region Styria
Expo: Lieboch /Austria
1995 Expo:
Galerie PAttler Styria
1987 Painting Ithaca/ New York
1978-81 Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem /Israel
born , 1960 Austria
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Cells and Signs II 2009
New Yor City Metro
