- Dates
- 26 October 2017 – 25 November 2017
- Venue
- Godot Galéria · 1114 Budapest, Bartók Béla út 11–13.
- Press contact
- [email protected]
Short listing
Magyarország feltámad
Full exhibition text
Hungary rises again.
100 × 80, acrylic, pearl, canvas, 2017
Love never goes out.
The exhibition of Dr Mária's latest paintings and prints at the Godot Gallery will be opened by philanthropist Ágoston Attila on 26 October at 20 o'clock.
The opening is supported by the Pósta Borház in Szekszárd.
The exhibition is open for viewing until November 25. From Tuesday to Friday it is open from 9 to 14, and on Saturday it is open from 10 to 13.
Saint Matthew Peter hands over the baton of love to Saint Elton John.
100×80, acrylic, pearl, 2017
From Paul's letter to the Corinthians, we took the quotation from the hymn of Love, which gives our exhibition its title, because we can also see quotes on the wall. It is a reference to biblical stories in which new characters step into the old narrative frame, thereby breathing new life and meaning into them. In works that recall Ms Máríás’s colouring books, the experience of children’s good‑natured belief and naivety collides with the great forces of history, show‑business, war and entertainment and their hypocrisy; with the perennial truth of the present; with the historical allusion to humour; and with despair, turned into caress. Continuing the tradition of creator‑poetry, it again opens a world that carries the viewer on a voyage, keeping him alert, where sooner or later he sees himself caught in that state where the idealised, fairy‑tale, desired world and the grotesque, raw, sometimes banal reality merge together.
A priest deeply in love with Jesus
100 × 80, acrylic, pearl, canvas, 2017
drMáriás's large‑scale paper‑snip motif paintings are still on display at the Beijing Biennale, while an exhibition of prints made from his older works by the Vinczemill Paper Cutting Workshop of Szentendre opens in New York on 3 November. A first glimpse of the latter will be available in the Godot Gallery during this exhibition.
Stalin is praying in Chaim Soutine's studio.
100 × 80, acrylic, canvas, 2017