It's time for me to show you, what I saw at the third exhibition I visited at the beginning of the week. Two I already wrote about earlier this wee, so you can check those if you want.
The one I'd like to write about today was a bit unusual, but very exciting for e as I like this type of approach. Normally I would say it was a solo exhibition of Endre Simon, as the paintings exhibited were his work, but he wasn't the only artist.
With the participation of ten more artists, most of the paintings were accompanied by either a poem or prose. This type of collaboration is neither unprecedented, nor unusual, but it doesn't happen every day.
Before I go on with the topic, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of it. We had two such projects on Hive, as far as I know, one was mine. Back in those days you could trust people to write their own poems and there were people happy to team up and work on such projects. I'd do it again, but unfortunately, as poetry is not my thing, I don't know anyone who writes poetry.
Unfortunately for you, the poetry at the exhibition was in Hungarian, so there are a handful of people who would understand it. Yes, it could be translated, but you know the saying "lost in translation", right? Anyway, let's get to it.
This the first painting I saw and I'm telling you from the start, one of my favorites, one that's I'd love to own.
The painting is called Foggy Street, it dates back to 1978. The poem by Péter Demény is called Fog Dissipation and it was written this year. There's a sketch made by the artist between 1977 and 1978.
Back to the painting, at first it looks like a mess, it makes you feel like it needs cleaning, which I understand and honestly, I've never seen a similar one. What makes me love it a lot is what it is beneath the fog and those are the people, the silhouettes.
It is a streetscape from a time, when streets were not as busy as today, cars were passing by every now and then and people were dressing elegantly. Looking at the painting, it makes me want to go back to those times and live a day there.
What is interesting here is how the artist decided to paint the fog. In the center of the painting the fog is not so dense and that's what attracts the eye. It's a bit unnatural, but that's not a problem at all.
Faintly Glimmering Lights (Still Life) from 1979, accompanied by a Zalán Nagy's poem, called Saturday Choir. The first thing I noticed here was the tone of the painting, kind of similar to the previous one. These quiet, pastel colors are transmitting a certain calmness. The still life is kind of abstract, deviating from the usual still lifes we are used to.
Layers (1990) and the poem is called You Must Believe After All
At the third painting, I figured out how the poems or prose was added to the artworks. There are most likely endless ways to do this, but I'm going to only mention one. The most obvious would be to describe the artwork, or what you see on the canvas. The second, to write down how it makes you feel or what thoughts pop into your mind once you look at it and this is what the other artists have done here, which means the poem does not always describe the scene. There are no rules here, only the agreement between the parties and I think everything is possible.
The painting is called Studio Corner (2019), the poem is called An Onlooker in the Studio by Ferenc André, and the sketch is named Studio. This is fantastic if you ask me. It's like the poet goes to the art studio and writes a poem about what he sees or how the studio makes him feel.
This game feels like the next level and maybe it is. It makes the whole art world more complex.
Back to the painting, the style is very different from the previous one, but there's a distance of two or three decades between them, so it's understandable. This last one is a bit rough and loud, due to the colors, but an artist's studio is not different, so I'd say it's an accurate representation on canvas.
This is it for today art lovers. Let's see if you've ever seen such an exhibition and what you think about it. Let me know in a comment.
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