Szurcsik József: N.Y. N.Y.

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An exhibition resurrected from the original WordPress archive of the Godot Gallery.

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The Godot Gallery respectfully invites you.

József Szurcsik

N Y N Y

New York, New York

for the opening of the exhibition titled

2003. April 30th, on Wednesday at 20 o'clock.

Say an introduction.

György Szücs

art historian,

Hungarian National Gallery

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The exhibition can be viewed until 2003 May 16.

Monday to Friday, 10–18 hours.

at a different time, subject to prior arrangement

The latest works of the Munkácsy‑prize‑winning painter Szurcsik József will be exhibited at the Godot Gallery in Budapest from 2003 April 30 to 16 May.

In recent years, Szurcsik has spent more time in the United States, exhibiting the majority of his American‑made works to a New York audience in four solo exhibitions.

This multicoloured city of the world, with its skyscrapers, countless faces, and pulsating bustle, remains a heavily influential metropolis today.

The city’s characteristic, symbolically significant tower buildings inspired the artist to create works with a constructive, futuristic ambience.

As with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in the past, and the Italian futurists’ speculative faith in the future, unfortunately the recent dramatic events, the terrorist attack, have also placed skyscrapers in the centre of interest.

The previous theme of Szurcsik, the individual, a person‑image stripped of individuality and forced into stereotypical patterns, is paired with the new expressive motif of power, a monumental building monster.

The exhibition circumnavigates the motif of the “big city.” In addition to presenting the theme, Szurcsik also examines traditional painterly problems.

It analyses the relationship between colours, their effects, and weighs the balances of the composition.

It lists a series of works that examine the expressive power of materials, techniques and dimensions: we can see acrylic‑oil‑canvas paintings, charcoal drawings.

Powerful, tension‑laden works, an exciting exhibition evoking the Renaissance of panel painting.

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