Establecido en Buenos Aires desde los cuatro años de edad, estudió escultura y dibujo en las Academias Libres. Kosice, que había sido uno de los fundadores de la revista Arturo, creó en 1946 el movimiento de arte Madí, palabra inventada por él mismo. Este movimiento constituyó la primera tendencia de origen genuinamente argentino. Si bien tuvo vinculaciones con las investigaciones formales del arte concreto europeo, el Madí aportó un carácter original, que propició una apertura a experiencias plásticas inéditas.

Las obras expuestas en la primera exposición colectiva de arte Madí, que tuvo lugar en 1946, fueron trabajos realizados con materiales poco convencionales, como vidrio, madera y metal, y de formas inusitadas, como cuadros de marcos irregulares y módulos móviles, entre otras. Lo insólito de estas propuestas provocó un intenso debate en el medio artístico argentino, con adhesiones entusiastas y no menos vehementes impugnaciones. Además de Gyula Kosice, integraron el movimiento de arte Madí, entre otros, Carmelo Arden Quin, Rhod Rothfus, Martín Blaszko, Juan Bay y Salvador Presta.

Kosice fue Artista en constante renovación y teórico que ha analizado en profundidad los problemas estéticos del arte contemporáneo, en su producción artística dentro de los lineamientos formales de la estética Madí presentó pinturas articuladas (planos irregulares pintados y unidos entre sí) y esculturas realizadas con materiales industriales (maderas, metales, yeso, plexiglás, hilos), algo inusual por entonces. En su evolución posterior, siempre innovador, se vinculó al arte cinético, creando esculturas móviles en que el agua y los efectos lumínicos desempeñan un destacado papel.

Adaptada de “Biografías y Vidas”: https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/k/kosice.htm

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Gyula Kosice

Gyula Kosice was a Jewish-Slovak nationalized Argentine sculptor (1927-2016). In the 1940s he contributed to the diffusion of the European avant-gardes in Argentina. Integrated into the Madí movement and the Arte Concreto-Invención group, which only accepted abstraction, it was subsequently linked to kinetic art. He has done what he has called “hydrokinetic structures”, geometric shapes in plastic, combining sculpture and architecture, in which light effects are produced using water and mechanical means. Highlights the Mobile Hydromural (1967), in the Embassy Center building in Buenos Aires.

Established in Buenos Aires since he was four years old, he studied sculpture and drawing at the Free Academies. Kosice, who had been one of the founders of Arturo magazine, created the Madí art movement in 1946, a word invented by himself. This movement was the first trend of genuinely Argentine origin. Although it had links with the formal investigations of European concrete art, the Madí brought an original character, which led to an opening to unpublished plastic experiences.

The works exhibited in the first collective exhibition of Madí art, which took place in 1946, were made with unconventional materials, such as glass, wood and metal, and unusual shapes, such as frames of irregular frames and mobile modules, among others. The unusualness of these proposals provoked an intense debate in the Argentine artistic milieu, with enthusiastic adhesions and no less vehement impugnations. In addition to Gyula Kosice, they integrated the Madí art movement, among others, Carmelo Arden Quin, Rhod Rothfus, Martín Blaszko, Juan Bay and Salvador Presta.

Kosice was an artist in constant renovation and a theoretician who has analyzed in depth the aesthetic problems of contemporary art, in his artistic production within the formal guidelines of aesthetics Madí presented articulated paintings (irregular planes painted and linked together) and sculptures made with materials industrial (wood, metals, plaster, plexiglass, threads), something unusual at that time. In its later evolution, always innovative, it was linked to kinetic art, creating mobile sculptures in which water and light effects play an outstanding role.

Adapted from: “Biografías y Vidas”: https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/k/kosice.htm

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