THE INSPIRATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS OF TEXTILE ARTIST ERZSÉBET KATONA SZABÓ
THE INSPIRATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS OF TEXTILE ARTIST ERZSÉBET KATONA SZABÓ

Summary/Abstract: From apparel design to sacral banners, from performance fashion shows to landscaping and philosophical poetry, the work of Erzsébet Katona Szabó (b. 1952) stretches a uniquely wide spectrum. Compellingly elegant and refined yet contemplative and melancholic at the same time, her creative stance draws on the complexity of a life style defined by a masterful touch with colours, light and materials, sensitivity and sensuality, a penchant for intellectual adventure and private mythology on the one hand and active involvement with the community on the other. As the artist is still in full possession of her creative powers, this essay is not intended to be a summation so much as an attempt to outline a few dominant sources of inspiration and trends in her work that have ensured for her a prominent position in contemporary Hungarian art.

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