Page 11 - 匈牙利当代艺术 - HUngarian Contemporary Art

Barcsay is from the generation of Korniss, was a co-member of the European
School, and has been teaching almost all his life at the Art Academy in
Budapest. The art of Endre Lukoviczky - also living in Szentendre - is strongly
influenced by both Kandinsky and Kassák, as well as by surrealist from the
European School. István Haraszty is a sculptor who is famous for his kinetic
sculptures. Later, he started painting using a symbolism to express his social
criticism. Károly Kelemen is a member of the generation that popped up in
the 80’s and a representative of the post-modern art in Hungary. István ef
Zámbó is strongly influenced by Lajos Vajda and works in a pop surrealistic
style. Tzortzoglou Georgios is both a painter and a musician. In his music he
adapts traditional folk music, in his painting he started in a surrealist tradition
but now his work is characterised by the influences of contemporary (jazz)
music. Patterns are important for the youngest generation shown here. The
works of both Zsófi Barabás and András Ernszt are marked by an organic
tradition. In the case of Barabás the theme of her work is her personal life. The
works of Lajos Vajda influenced her. Ernszt is working with patterns from the
nature. His work is realised by partly conscious and unconscious interactions
of layers put on the canvas. Nóra Soós is influenced by transparency and multi
- layered figurative compositions, in which she uses different perspectives. In
the case of László Ottó the main source of inspiration would be the Eastern
philosophy. The result is an internal harmony, which sometimes resembles a
mantra. Ottó spent some time in Japan. The youngest artist on show is Éva
Szakál. The themes of her work are elements from our environment, which are
put into a different focus.

In the end, I would like to emphasize again, the exhibition is far from being a
representative presentation of Hungarian abstract, or geometrical, or constructivist
art. It is an introduction into a slice of contemporary Hungarian art.

I hope you will enjoy it!

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