Nóra Szirmai

Nóra Szirmai’s works are based on the observation of natural motifs and networks: I am immensely interested in relationships, systems and networks including human relationships, the complex structure of the psyche, the interconnection of neural pathways, as well as emotional interconnections. Hence my fascination with forms where these things are present in tangible, visible forms, such as the veins of insect wings, vascular networks, plant elements. All of my works deal with this theme. The way nature has resolved these connections is fantastic, and for me it adds to that the mentality that focuses on connections that are intangible or only visible in special circumstances. On the one hand, the works are rewritten and magnified natural forms, based on the softest, most delicate phenomena, but also expressed in one of the hardest, most rugged and masculine materials: steel. The physically demanding working of this hard and heavy material, i.e. sculpting steel, therefore results in exciting tension with the lightness of the forms and the delicate balance that most of the works create. For many of her sculptures, Nóra draws inspiration not from nature, but from unconscious energies, perhaps not even expressed at the level of our own sensations.