Instinct – First Transylvanian Art Exhibition

Duration of the exhibition: 17th of September 2021 – 22nd of October 2021

Curator: Madaras Péter

Opening: 17th of September 2021, 6 pm, ground-floor and third floor exhibition halls of the Transylvanian Art Centre

The guests were welcomed by dr. Bordás Beáta, director of the Transylvanian Art Centre. The exhibition was opened by sculptor Hosszú Zoltán, and Perkucigo by Fekete Zsolt contributed to the athmosphere.

Artists:

BAÁSZ Orsolya (Sfântu Gheorghe), Nicu BARB (Sfântu Gheorghe), BELÉNYI Szabolcs (Cluj-Napoca), BETUKER István (Cluj-Napoca), BODONI Zsolt (Oradea), CSILLAG István (Miercurea Ciuc), CSÓKA Szilárd Zsolt (Târgu Mureș), DOBRIBÁN Melinda (Cluj-Napoca), FAZAKAS Barna (Sâncrăieni), FERENCZ S. Apor (Miercurea Ciuc), FILEP Norbert (Cluj-Napoca), GAGYI Botond (Cluj-Napoca), GÁSPÁR Szilárd (Cluj-Napoca), GERGELY Zoltán (Cluj-Napoca), HERMAN Levente (Târgu Mureș), INCZE Mózes (Isaszeg), IZSÁK Előd (Oradea), JUHOS Sándor (Cluj-Napoca), KIS Endre (Văleni), KÖTELES Robert Pál (Salonta), KUDOR DUKA István (Cluj-Napoca), KUTI Botond (Sovata), LÉSTYÁN Csaba (Miercurea Ciuc), MADÁR Réka (Timișoara), MAKKAI István (Târgu Mureș), POKORNY Attila (Budakalász), POLGÁR Botond (Budapest), RIZMAYER Péter (Arcuș), SÁROSI Mátyás Zsolt (Târgu Secuiesc), SZABÓ András (Cluj-Napoca), SZIGETI Gábor Csongor (Budapest, Eger), SZILÁGYI Rudolf (Eger), TÓDOR Tamás (Budapest), VASS-VAJNA RÁKHEL Anna (Eger), vaSSSándor (Budapest)

Since 2017, the curators of the Transylvanian Art Centre curators brought together in the upstairs exhibition space of the Arcade House (Lábasház) the works of young artists closely linked to Transylvania, realizing a total of 19 solo and 5 group exhibitions, which were intended to reflect the current state of the work of young artists, in some cases giving them a chance to make their debut.

Mózes Incze – Together, 2019, oil, canvas, 55x50 cm

Csaba Léstyán – Apollo, 2020, mezzotint, 46x61 cm

Zsolt Bodoni – The nightmare behind the scenes, 2021, mixed media, canvas, 135x165 cm

István Kudor Duka – Mirroring portrait I, 2019, acrylic, canvas, 116x95 cm

Rákhel Anna Vajna – The situation is the same, 2021, mixed media, 100x300x100 cm

Szilárd Gáspár – Action wall, 2018, action, photodocumentation, 40x75,5 cm

The curator, Péter Madaras, as the employee of the Transylvanian Art Centre, for the last two years has been actively researching and following the work of Hungarian artists with Transylvanian ties, and, following a subjective selection process, thirty-five young artists were invited to showcase their work at the present exhibition. The aim of the Instinct exhibition is on one hand to take stock of the current state of the work of the artists addressed in the call, providing a framework and an opportunity to show the fruits of their current creative activity, and on the other hand, to give a more or less comprehensive picture of the different artistic expressions of the Transylvanian zeitgeist.

For the virtual tour of the exhibition follow this link: www.sepsi360.ro/emuk

Organizers: Sfântu Gheorghe City hall, Transylvanian Art Centre Association

Supporters of the events: Hungarian Government – State Secretary for National Policy, Bethlen Gábor Fund