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Gallery director Rita Halasi suggested the exhibition in order to show the broadest section of Hungarian carpet design, Brinkus told culture.hu. Brinkus noted that her own work and that of Füzesséry and Gulyás are vastly different. Each of the artists took diverging paths after graduating in different years, she added.
Brinkus said the exhibition would fill a gap in the calendar of shows for applied arts students.
Brinkus's carpets contain 52,000 knots per square metre, the same as a Persian rug. The only difference is that Brinkus uses a machine which uses air to "shoot" the threads through the base of the carpet. Brinkus also uses some unconventional materials to make her carpets. Recently she started experimenting with illuminated carpets which use 5 millimetre LEDs. Swarovski crystals feature in other of her works, all of which can be walked upon.
"A carpet is not just a piece of knotted threads on which I walk. It's a game," says Brinkus.
The Ponton Gallery, which is operated by the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, is located at Batthyány u. 65 in Budapest's District I.
Author: Valaczkay Gabriella
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