As I mentioned in one of my previous post, the last exhibition I visited, had two artists' work, very different type of art I must mention. If you missed my post, it's not too late, check out the artworks I posted about because they are truly exceptional.
Today I'd like to show you something different, something I've never posted about till now and to be honest, I've never seen at any exhibition either. My knowledge about this is limited, or should I say non existent, but I'll do my best to share what I think about it.
What I'm going to show you today is a stone collection belonging to Gábor Cseh. The interesting thing about this exhibition, besides the stones was that each stone had a title.
I'm going to give you the titles of the stones, going from left to right.
The fist on the left is called Lady With A Bun.
The second is Composition.
The third is Motherhood.
The last one is Composition.
If you have a closer look, you can really see what the titles mean.
At first I thought these are sculptures, but I was wrong. This is a stone collection, which means these stones mostly have been shaped by mother nature. This means the artist or the collection owner has picked them up, collected them based on their shape and what they may mean.
Lady With A Bun really looks like a lady with a bun. Motherhood is mind blowing honestly.
Now imagine yourself walking at a place where there are stones. Walking slowly and looking at the stones to see if you can fund any interesting ones and if you do, try to recognize what it resembles to. It seems like a fine game, but you also need good eyes and a good dose of imagination to be able to give them a title, based on what they look like.
From left to right:
Leafy Tree, this s actually a lovely one. It reminds me of those trees you see in books for kids.
Heavy Stone and trust me, it looks heavy.
Trianon, this has a historical meaning. Trianon is known for the Treaty of Trianon.
The treaty regulated the status of the Kingdom of Hungary and defined its borders generally within the ceasefire lines established in November–December 1918 and left Hungary as a landlocked state that included 93,073 square kilometres (35,936 sq mi), 28% of the 325,411 square kilometres (125,642 sq mi) that had constituted the pre-war Kingdom of Hungary (the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy). The truncated kingdom had a population of 7.6 million, 36% compared to the pre-war kingdom's population of 20.9 million. Though the areas that were allocated to neighbouring countries had a majority of non-Hungarians, in them lived 3.3 million Hungarians – 31% of the Hungarians – who then became minorities. The treaty limited Hungary's army to 35,000 officers and men, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy ceased to exist. These decisions and their consequences have been the cause of deep resentment in Hungary ever since. source
The last one is Man With A Bag.
What do you think the first on the left is? Love. What do you think? Does it look like love? More important, would you have spotted it among other stones? Would you have picked it up? This is where imagination and talent shows.
The second is Sad Shepherd. This one left me speechless, because I would have never guessed the title, or the meaning, but I admire the talent.
The third one is Figure.
The fourth is Madonna. This was a lovely one, I liked it a lot. I see it as rough art.
When you think of how these stones were shaped, things get more interesting. Depending on the density and the hardness of the stone, it can be shaped by water, sometimes strong wind as well. However, these changes happen over a very long period of time and we're not talking about one century or two.
These were a bit different from the others, due to the bronze paint.
The first on the left is Snail, and it really looks like a snail.
The one in the middle is Erotica and I must admit, it's a brilliant one. I wonder where did the artist find it.
The last one is Naked.
Initially I wanted to give you the title of these too, but then I thought, let's play a fun game. I'll let you tell me the title of these tree. Let's see what you see here.
Stone Pillar, which is made of 4 stones.
Baby Stone.
Sleeping Lady.
Lady With A Scarf, this is so meaningful. Old ladies from the countryside are wearing scarves and some of them actually look like this stone. However, I'm not sure I would have seen the connection on my own, without reading the title.
Snake
Dolphin
Seal
This exhibition kind of opened my eyes and showed me there is this type of art too. It's a bit different from what we're used to, but for me it's just as important.
Let's see what you think. Have you ever seen such an exhibition?
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