Attila Konnyu
Vertical Silence

Vertical Silence No.: 17.0
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm (59 x 39 in)
2025
Vertical Silence investigates verticality as a perceptual and spatial condition rather than a compositional device. The works construct elongated visual fields in which gravity, restraint, and structural tension converge within a controlled atmospheric space.
Developed during a prolonged period of studio work within the upper levels of a high rise urban environment, the series emerged through an intensified awareness of elevation, distance, and suspended perspective. The relationship between dense metropolitan structures and the surrounding atmospheric horizon shaped the paintings’ sense of scale, compression, and contemplative stillness.
Rather than depicting the city directly, the works translate this spatial experience into vertical perceptual systems where urban density, atmospheric openness, and inner concentration coexist. Across the series, verticality functions as both structural axis and psychological condition.

Vertical Silence No.: 9.0
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 75 cm (39 x 26 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 1.0
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 70 cm (39 x 24 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 24.0
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 75 cm (39 x 26 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 8.0
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm (59 x 39 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 16.0
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm (59 x 39 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 39.0
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 75 cm (39.5 x 27.5 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 20.0
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm (59 x 39 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 42.0
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 75 cm (39.5 x 27.5 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 33.0
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 75 cm (39.5 x 27.5 in)
2025

Vertical Silence No.: 6.0
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 75 cm (39 x 26 in)
2025
