Wächter Dénes és Wechter Ákos

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An exhibition resurrected from Godot Gallery’s original archive.

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Allow us to bring to your attention the forthcoming exhibition at the Godot Gallery:

An exhibition of Wächter Dénes and Wechter Ákos.

Opening: on February 7 at 18 o’clock, will be opened by János Sturcz, art historian and curator of the Hungarian pavilion at the 1999 Venice Biennale.

The twins were born in Budapest 1966. They completed their art studies at the School of Fine Arts in 1990 and have since been regular exhibitors. Both were Derkovits Fellows, and both took part in the 1997 oil and canvas show organised by the Műcsarnok as well as last year’s “Dialogue / Painting at the Millennium” exhibition. Despite their biographical similarities, their subjects and modes of expression differ.

Wächter Dénes generally applies a range of painting techniques within a single piece, layering them and at times allowing the lower layer to peek through. In this way he uses visual motifs for the layers—such as details from nineteenth‑century paintings or independent works executed in that style—alongside illustrations from children’s books or emblems and signs from early advertising. His art thereby intertwines fine art with popular culture, the past with the present.

Wechter Ákos calls his works “variálható világképeknek.” His finished pieces are composed of several canvases of varying sizes positioned side by side, each of which presents a baroque landscape, a modern layout or a decorative monochrome colour field: such artistic elements that had previously stood on their own merits. Ákos paints each one separately, then varies them at will, adapting to the exhibition space or to his own emotional mood. He creates a striking mode of expression that stirs doubt in the immersed observer about how he has previously managed to appreciate the accumulated styles individually.

We look forward to welcoming you warmly at the opening of the exhibition and throughout its run.

Open for viewing until March 9 on weekdays between 10 and 18

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