The exhibition has been extended an extra week due
to its popularity:
September 20 - November 12, 2005
Art Gallery of The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, NYC
Gallery Hours:
Tuesdays – Saturdays, 12:00 - 6:00 PM
ISTVÁN FARKAS EXHIBITION
Hungarian Modernist
Photos: Courtesy
of the István Farkas Foundation
Photographer: Gabriella
Gyorffy
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A rare opportunity to see
this extraordinary group of 50 paintings, water-colors and drawings
by István Farkas (1887-1944).
"Between the two world
wars, István Farkas created a remarkable body of work which today is
largely unknown. Much of the acclaim he received from 1926 through
1932 as a prominent figure in the École de
Paris was forgotten after his departure from that city, and upon his
return to Budapest, he did not participate in contemporaneous groups
or movements. Compelled to assume responsibility for his family's
publishing company, he had limited time for making art. Nonetheless,
Farkas forged a deeply personal and symbolic visual language during
this difficult and ultimately tragic period."
Expert from the
Foreword by Diane Kelder, Curator |
Vilma in Pink Hat, 1923
"Correspondences", a series of lithographs, were
published in
Paris, for which André Salmon wrote poems in prose, 1928
Two Self-Portraits, 1928-29, Black Woman, 1930
Black Women, 1931
Drunk Poet and his Mother, 1932
Szigliget, 1937
On the Seashore, 1937
The Márkuses with Barcsay, 1938
Woman at the Window, 1939
THE OPENING:
Erika Koncz, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Hungary
After greetings by William Kelly, President of The Graduate Center, CUNY
and an introduction by Diane Kelder, Curator;
Ms. Koncz expressed her enthusiasm for the exhibition as a great
opportunity
to share Farkas’s work and
continue rediscovering his once forgotten art
Charles Farkas, son of István Farkas, a sculptor
himself...
...his wife and niece were among the guests
Diane Kelder, Curator of the István Farkas Exhibition
| "First and foremost, we are indebted to
Charles Farkas and the members of his family for lending so many
works, for securing critical loans from the Kecskemét Museum (home
of a permanent István Farkas Exhibition), and for involving the
American Friends of the István Farkas Foundation in the
organization of this exhibition." states Ms. Kelder in the
catalogue. She also expresses gratitude for the "enthusiasm and
knowledge of Janos Gat, for the support of the Hungarian Ministry
of National Cultural Heritage, Malev Hungarian Airlines, and the
Consulate General of Hungary, Katalin S. Nagy, Peter Fitz and
Peter Mattyasovszky" among others. |
Charles Farkas and Erika Koncz
Peter Fitz, Director of the Museum Kiscell, Michael Szarvasy (Hungarian Art
Foundation)
and Janos Gat, owner of lots of exhibited paintings
(Janos Gat Gallery, NY) standing in front of:
Lights (Chestnut Roasters), 1941
The painting belonged to Gizi Bajor, the great Hungarian actress.
Via collaboration of Mr. Szarvasy, Mr. Gat and as a gift of the
most recent owner Ms. Carol A. Ross, now it is on permanent
exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York
v. Imre Pakh, art collector, Michael Szarvasy, Erika Koncz,
Jakab László
Orsós, Director of the Hungarian Cultural Center, NY, and György
Szotyori
