Utisz
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Utisz (the Hungarian spelling of the Greek name "ουτις," or "OYTIΣ", pronounced: "outis") often used pseudonym of István Orosz Hungarian visual artist. The ancient Greek name means "Nobody".
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[edit] Origin of the name
It was the Homeric hero Odysseus, who fought Polyphemus Cyclops, had used this name, and had put out the monster's eye. Polyphemus shouted in pain to the other Cyclopes of the island that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so no one came to his rescue. The story of the Cyclops can be found in the song of the Odyssey, chapter 9 (in the Kuklopeia). The hidden meaning of the ancient tale is very close to the visual pitfalls created by István Orosz. He likes to use visual paradox, double meaning images and optical illusion – all of them are some kind of attack upon the eye, an Odysseus' gesture in a symbolic way.
[edit] Others with the same pseudonym
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) In the New York Evening Mirror (January 14, 1845), Edgar Allan Poe launched an article denouncing the well-known poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a plagiarist. Longfellow remained silent on the matter, but a defender for Longfellow did appear, an anonymous writer who signed his letters only as "Outis," meaning "nobody." A great deal of speculation has centered around the identity of Outis, several scholars agree that he was none other than Poe himself. They believe that Poe himself wrote the defense of Longfellow, so Poe and Outis are the same person.
- Henry Stevens of Vermont (1845 - 1886) American rare bok dealer in England. He graduated from Yale. In 1845 he went to London 'on a book-hunting expedition' and remained there until his death. As an antiquarian he helped to build up several great American libraries. In 1877 under the pseudonym of ' Mr. Secretary Outis,' he projected and initiated a literary Association entitled The Hercules Club.
- Hablot Knight Browne (1815 – 1882) British graphic artist, well known as Charles Dickens's illustrator. Among others he illustrated The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield and Martin Chuzzlewit. Browne adopted the pseudonym "N. E. M. O." (Latin for "Nobody." Soon, however, he became "Phiz," this artistic pseudonym well suited for the creator of "phizzes"—delightful caricatures, as seen in in his illustrations.
- Camille Claudel (1864 –1943) French sculptor and graphic artist (she was Auguste Rodin's model, student and lover) had a domesticated canary (Serinus canaria) with this name: Nemo. The small songbird was mentioned as alter ego of Camille Claudel in some personal letters by Rodin.
- Justin Page (1976 - ) – visual artist in Florida adopted the Latin version of the pseudonym used by Ulysses: Nemo.
- No One is a nu metal music group from Chicago, Illinois. The original name of the four-piece band was Black Talon. They are active from 1994.
- Captain Nemo is a fictional character of Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island . "Nemo" is Latin for "no-one". Captain Nemo is a mysterious hero and a scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, which he built on a deserted island.
- Little Nemo is the main character in a series of the comic strips by Winsor McCay (1871-1934). The weekly comic strips appeared in the New York Herald between 1905 and 1913. The strip related the surreal dreams of a little boy: Nemo (meaning "no one" in Latin.
[edit] Career
Utisz (b. October 24, 1951 Kecskemét) studied at the Hungarian University of Arts and Design in Budapest, graduated in 1975. He is known as painter, printmaker and illustrator. He has also published short stories and a collection of poetry. Film director at the Pannonia Film Studio in Budapest, Habil. professor at University of West Hungary in Sopron, member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI) and Hungarian Art Academie.
[edit] Books
- OYTIΣ - Orosz István. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1994.
- István Orosz, Exhibition Book, Hammerpress – GrafikArchive, Kansas City, 1998.
- Vladislav Rostoka: István Orosz / Posters. Rabbit&Solution, Bratislava, 2002.
- Al Seckel: Masters of Deception Sterling Publishing Co. New York, 2004.
- Deep Down - István Orosz. Catalogue of "Orosz bij Escher" exhibition, The Hague, 2004.
- Clouds for Polonius. Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, 2006.
