”DEUS EX SALIVA or the strongman of Europe, the invincible fighter of Hungary, the Maradona of Felcsút, the amateur butcher of the nation, the inventor of Dakota proverbs, the peerless orator of witticisms, the dictator of normcore fashion, the popular leader – founder of his country and of stadiums, the patron saint of oligarchs, the stuntman of U-turns, the anointed priest of illiberalism, the cheeky boy of the European Union – the one who farts in the lift, the world black belt champion of those who claim to be mere peasants, the exponent of the baggy-trousered bourgeoisie, and the devoted friend of eastern war-criminal dictators, in his dazzling green Kötcse shirt, spreads his seed in the Carpathian basin, that his people may multiply, evoking Ai Weiwei’s wonderful installation and thus entering the history of world art.” (Benedek Levente)
Levente Benedek is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer and visual artist from Odorheiu Secuiesc, who now lives in Cluj-Napoca. He studied in the Faculty of Arts of West University of Timișoara, and has worked as a graphic artist at the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara and at the Theatre of Youth in Piatra Neamț. His artistic activity includes theatre and film posters, social criticism posters, collages, paintings, works of textile art, installations, and assemblages, using a wide range of materials. He has displayed his work at personal and group exhibitions both in Romania (Timișoara, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, Târgu Mureș, Odorheiu Secuiesc, and Sfântu Gheorghe) and abroad (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Thailand, China, and Mexico).