CONFESSION – A Retrospective of Lajos Szalay
The exhibition presents a selection of works created by Lajos Szalay during his years of emigration in Argentina. During this period, he immortalised the events, spirit and memory of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Drawings from Argentina
Drawings of Lajos Szalay in Memory of the 1956 Revonlution and War of Independence
,,Drawing is not an illustration, but a confession."
Lajos Szalay
Lajos Szalay always regarded drawing, his principal means of expression, a form of poetic expression. For him, the line did not merely delineate form; it was the most suitable medium for conveying thought, emotion and dramatic tension. Between 1930 and 1931, he spent nearly a year in Paris, where modern European art - and particularly Pablo Picasso’s draughtsmanship - had a profound influence on him. This period contributed to the development of his own expressive and highly personal drawing language.
The exhibition includes works from the collections of the Miskolc Gallery, the Herman Ottó Museum and the Dobó István Castle Museum.
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