Mirrors are actually quite interesting creative materials. In addition to their plasticity, the reflective effect of mirrors often has unexpected applications. For example, Hungarian artist István Orosz is very good at using trompe l'oeil art techniques. He places cylindrical mirrors on top of seemingly incomprehensible paintings. Through the mirror, delicate and vivid faces or landscapes are reflected. It really makes people curious whether there is a bright mirror in his heart. Only then can I draw these seemingly abstract patterns.
The most exquisite thing about István Orosz’s reflection works lies in the storytelling in the picture. In addition to the distorted reflection, sometimes the base picture itself is a meaningful painting. After being distorted by the curved mirror, it is added to the central column. Forming another pattern, the skill is really high!
Orosz graduated from the University of Arts and Design in Budapest in 1975. After graduation, he worked in theater stage design and poster design. Orosz was very fond of using optical illusion effects when using traditional printing techniques, which also laid the foundation for his later trompe l'oeil art creations.
Orosz often uses the pseudonym Outis or Utisz. Outis is the English writing of the Hungarian Utisz, which means "no one". In Homers epic Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus once used this pseudonym when he blinded the Cyclops. When the Cyclops was injured and shouted for help, shouting "No one is attacking me", he was treated as a joke by the other giants. Orosz uses this pen name because he believes that his works, like Odysseus, challenge everyones eyes.
Is it the entity that is seen with one’s own eyes or the illusory mirror reflection image that is the reality that can be believed? Perhaps this is the most interesting part of the art of trompe l’oeil!
