Stefan Bertalan Untitled (Studies of Birds), 1981

The work is characteristic of the Stefan Bertalan's near obsession with the growth and decomposition of biological structures and animal life, creating with his drawings meticulous visual records of a plant’s life cycle, common shapes found in flora and fauna, or forms created by animal behavior. His drawings are like seismographs, endlessly recording biological processes. They are half-way between a diary entry and a scientist’s notes, personal and speculative, filled with diagrams and theoretical reflections.