Bukta Imre: Nagymama unokája - 2011-04-13 — 2011-05-14 - Godot Galéria

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Nagymama unokája

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great‑grandmother's grandchild

The Godot Gallery cordially invites you.

Imre Bukta

grandmother's grandchild

for the exhibition titled ___.

Vernissage: 2011 April 13, from 20 to 22

Can be viewed until 14 of May.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 14 to 19, Saturday between 10 and 13 o’clock.

Sunday

Imre Bukta’s exhibitions, held every two weeks in the Godot Gallery, find their place among the artist’s most significant shows. The creator, who moved back to his home village a decade ago, portrays the Hungarian countryside with an unmatched depth of poetic sensitivity through his visual investigations. His works testify to an honest, empathetic stance in depicting the “Hungarian staple,” whether the theme is landscape, figurative or sociographic. He builds his artistic expressive means on constant openness and experimentation, so, for example, the current exhibition titled *Great‑Grandmother’s Granddaughter* at the Godot Gallery may also prove to be a surprise.

History beneath the gardens

In his latest large‑sized paper‑based works he comfortably blends painting and drawing elements, and one might say this medium most suits the artist. By applying Chinese ink, watercolour, pastel crayons, tempera, graphite, and many other technical devices in one piece he creates a distinctive harmony – and simultaneously an atmosphere. The exhibition’s works were produced in a single batch, a finished phase in both theme and technique, so we can safely say they are regarded by those interested in contemporary visual art as a sort of treat.

Mayor Vidéki with a mascot

Imre Bukta is one of the most original creators in contemporary Hungarian visual art: a painter, performer and sculptor who appears in numerous national and international public collections as well as in private collections, and has represented Hungary three times at the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most significant international competitions. His career as a self‑taught artist began in the 1970s. His work is tightly linked to the lifestyle and culture of Hungarian people who live in rural areas and work in agriculture. From the very start, his subjects are the objects, settings and characters of everyday hard work; he uses the most varied means to depict them, freely incorporating any natural material that comes into his hands – hair, wood, corn, tiles, matchsticks, and the like – into his paintings, assembling them in an assemblage‑like manner. In his objects, installations and performances he juxtaposes the everyday tools of peasant material culture in a self‑evident way, or builds unique machine‑picture structures from them. His portraits and compositions can be regarded as particular sociological studies, yet, in contrast to the outsider and detached analytical viewpoint, Bukta sees and shows this particular world – burdened with bittersweet undertones – from within, and has to…

Young fruit seller

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