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The images were inspired by a visit the artist made to the area in Transylvania from where his ancestors came. They feature a number of portraits of everyday people.
The exhibition opening was attended by former New York governor George Pataki and several well known collectors.
?I wanted to present this exhibition for the first time in a city like New York, where the roots of every family are different, where Italians, Hungarians, French and Irish live next to each other. These Transylvanian faces, the Transylvanian roots are simple facts but they also have a deeper aspect which is about Hungarian culture,? said Molnár.
Molnár was born in Budapest in 1957, but spent much of his childhood in Africa. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Budapest in 1983. The United Nations offered him a job as a graphic artist in Geneva in 1986. He brought his family to the city in 1988.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
