Bukta Imre: Kibillent táj 2015-04-01 — 2015-05-09 - Godot Galéria

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Former pasture

55 × 70, tempera, ink, acrylic, watercolour, coloured pencils on paper, 2015 N

The Godot Gallery warmly invites you.

Imre Bukta

Flickering Landscape

for the exhibition titled ___, where we showcase the artist's latest works.

The Spur‑Collecting Lady

60 × 80, tempera, coloured pencil, charcoal, pastels on paper, 2015

Opening: 2015 on 1 April at 19.

Opening: Jerger Krisztina, art historian.

Open for viewing until 9 in May during the gallery's opening hours, from Tuesday to Friday 9 to 14, and on Saturday between 10 and 13

At the opening we will present the catalogue prepared for the exhibition, with a study by Gerda Széplaky.

Tiszaőrsfürdő

60 × 80, pastel, colour pencil, charcoal, on watercolour paper, 2015

Excerpt from the text in the catalogue:

Bukta Imre is an authentic chronicler of rural Hungary. He first saw the daylight in Mezőszemeré, and together with his mother‑milk he absorbed every nuance of village life, an environment that from the very beginning gave his artistic self‑expression ample impulse. Yet the world of rural Hungary had long begun to collapse: the peasant culture that defined village identity was largely erased during the decades of socialism, and the post‑system‑change period offered little chance to rebuild the foundations. It is therefore customary to flee from that world. Bukta lived in Szentendre for more than ten years, then moved back around the turn of the millennium. Returning to his roots brought a significant change in his art: in his reflections on social issues, alongside irony that plunges to the grotesque brink, he introduced a lyrical undertone of empathy. In his increasingly narrative compositions, the characters of village life appear, with whom the artist, identifying himself, now creates life stories for us. He depicts the experience of poverty, the lack of opportunity, the decline of those living in hardship, but not with dark hues; on the contrary, he paints with vivid colours, allowing the glimmers of happiness to pierce the surface of things that are vanishing.

Without Mountains (by Kollár Lajos)

70 × 80, oil, canvas, 2015

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