Expressionist and laconic.
Are these mutually exclusive?
Strictness and chance.
Naïve and sentimental.
Natural and artificial.
Laboured and snappy.
Sombre and funny.
Inept and professional.
Are these mutually exclusive? For the most part yes, but not in Ötvös. Or maybe even in him; these qualities are nevertheless all present in his paintings. Tension, connections, boundaries, oppositions, coordinations, contrasts and, of course, harmony. No serious problem may do without that.
Farkas Zsolt: Hotel Triglav The works of Zoltán Ötvös
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Language: English, Hungarian
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ISBN: 978-963-7895-35-7
Associate professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 1994-99 degree in painting department
The Doctoral Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011 doctor’s degree
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Ötvös Zoltán – Balaton Kiállítás Alsóörsön a Török Házban, 2014. aug. 23. „24 óra munka, 24 óra pihenés, 24 óra szórakozás – ha jól csinálod.” Igaz, jó, szép, szabad. Ezek a legfontosabb emberi értékek, nem véletlen, hogy a nagy polgári filozófus, Immanuel Kant három fő művét ennek a négy dolognak szentelte. A tiszta […]
