The exhibition, entitled Cityscapes, consists of paintings the artist has created over the past four to five years. Ten of the paintings are on display for the first time.
"Some of the pictures have been seen at the Millennium and the Gallery IX, but there are also ten brand new pictures. I haven't even put them up on my home page," says Szűts.
Szűts's pictures present a kind of window to city life, showing, quite literally, the neighbouring street, the square across the way, the buildings all around, the passersby. The pictures draw the viewer into them and create a desire to be on the other side of the window.
CITYSCAPES
The paintings of Miklós Szűts
Aulich Art Gallery (Aulich utca 5, Disrtict V)
Aulich Art Gallery (Aulich utca 5, Disrtict V)
Exhibition opening: March 12, 18:00
The exhibition is open weekdays from 7:00 until 19:00 until April 12
"I've shown my work from the past four or five years," Szűts says. "I've selected certain series and organised them chronologically. The pictures of Paris and Kecskemét, have not been included, as these show an entirely different world than the Budaörs series, for example, which is included in the exhibition."
"There is one exception," he adds, "a picture of Tuscany. Together with my wife, Erzsébet Vojnich, who helped organise the exhibition, we felt there was place for a more colourful, more lively picture than the other pieces."
The exhibition will be opened by the famous saxophonist László Dés, who, it is hoped, will play after making remarks.
Miklós Szűts
Szűts was born in Budapest in 1945. After he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, he worked as a painter and a graphic designer. He also taught, first at the József Attila Gymnasium, then the Theatre and Film Arts University. Szűts has averaged one independent exhibition a year over the past thirty years, showing his works in Bergen, Stockholm, Paris and Rome, as well as in Budapest. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Hungarian National Gallery, Debrecen's Déry Museum, the Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre and the Janus Pannonius Museum in Pécs as well as the Carleton University Art Gallery in Canada.
Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
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