- Dates
- 17 September 2012 – 20 October 2012
- Venue
- Godot Galéria · 1114 Budapest, Bartók Béla út 11-13.
- Press contact
- [email protected]
Short listing
An exhibition resurrected from the original WordPress archive of the Godot Gallery.
Full exhibition text
Self‑portrait with a third eye – photo, 2012
Ericsson and the Godot Galéria warmly invite you and your dear partner to the double exhibition titled HALLUCINÁCIÓ nem HALLUCÍÁCIÓ by László feLugossy.
Ericsson Gallery
2012 September, on the 17th day, at 17 o'clock.
Godot Gallery
on the 17 of September 2012 at 20 o’clock
An exhibition that opens by itself,
what everyone opens themselves,
which of course has long been open...
The Ericsson Gallery and the Godot Gallery have, since 2004, jointly exhibited a different artist for the fifth time; the previous ones have been Bács Emese, Bukta Imre, Szurcsik József and Tamási Claudia. The essence of the collaboration is to show that even two venues with differing profiles have common ground, that there are values in contemporary visual art that carry a more universal message. One space is a major company's showcase, where exhibitions are primarily organised for its own employees and partners, according to their tastes, while the other is the self‑gallery of a national art scene with one of its most characteristic artist groups. During the joint work a catalogue introducing the specific exhibition is always produced. feLugossy’s current catalogue covers a slightly wider selection, as it contains not only the material of the two shows, but also Laca’s distinctive faces and some installations from this year’s MODEM‑life collection; the publication will be available at both openings.
Does not read acrylic, charcoal, 2012
As the title suggests, the exhibition is built from pairs of opposites, which can also be interpreted as symbols of the artist’s inner conflicts. “Odd, but I no longer enjoy being an artist.” Odd indeed from the mouth of someone who still creates today. Those who do not enjoy what they do will give up (especially since, as an artist, one occupies such a privileged position that practically anything is allowed, even a temporary “non‑functioning” as an artist). feLugossy, on the other hand, enjoys the process of creation.
The constant yearning and searching for new experiences are kept manifest this time in shiny polished scrim that is wrapped in the jaws, which themselves embody the relentless desire to create something new. The longing that lifts the artist above the ordinary and places him in a wholly other dimension.
The exhibition’s material was produced specifically for that occasion, and it deliberately focuses on installations and textual solutions rather than the paintings, creating a strange amalgam of photographs, objects, texts and images.
feLugossy etches again with his usual techniques – yet it seems that the “hand that loves to lay itself on what it finds pleasant” reaches toward new things, thereby creating something authentically, yet freshly feLugossy.
X in Ypszilonon acrylic, could be 2011
László feLugossy, the visual artist. The photographer. The lyricist. The founder (for example of the Szentendre Vajda Lajos Studio, the A. E. Committee, the New Hungarian Acrobatic music‑performance, and the Batu Kármen Band). László feLugossy, the polymath.
The defining element of his art is blurring the sharp boundaries between artistic disciplines, fusing different techniques together. FeLugossy’s work is a perfect proof that in the (post)post‑modern age, anything and everything can become the subject of art, and that the age of distinctly separable artistic styles is fading away. His creations are characterised by a mix of visual art, photography and poetry, combined with audiovisual elements, a method that produces the birth of unusual new works.
By learning autodidactically, the knowledge gained empirically constantly urges him to try new techniques, so it is unsurprising that his art is so varied.
The painter is not afraid to reveal himself, in the freest, most natural way—a candid, unrestrained display through his works.
The artist awarded the Munkácsy Prize, the Hincz Gyula Prize of the Neufeld Anna Foundation, the Media Wave Award for Parallel Culture, and the Klára Herczeg and József Ködöböcz Prize, forms the flamboyant palette of today’s Hungarian visual art. "– Tóth Dorottya
The idol falls down photo, 2012
Both exhibitions can be viewed until October 20
Ericsson Gallery
1097 Budapest, Könyves Kálmán Street 11/B.
Open on working days between 8 and 19 hours.
Godot Gallery
Budapest, Bartók Béla Street 1114-11-13.
New opening hours: from Tuesday to Friday 9 to 14, on Saturday between 10 and 13.