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Almine Rech

Szabolcs Bozó Busójárás (Carnival)

Dec 9, 2021 — Jan 15, 2022 | Brussels
Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com In accordance with the current regulations of the Federal Government regarding COVID, you must present your COVID SAFE TICKET to access the gallery. For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance and hand sanitiser will be provided at the door and throughout the gallery. The gallery is open from 11 am until 7 pm.

Almine Rech is delighted to present an exhibition of works by Szabolcs Bozó on view from December 9, 2021 to January 15, 2022. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Marvelous characters populate the canvases of Bozó’s paintings. A panoply of monsters and spirits alternately charm and unsettle their viewers as they gaze from limpid eyes or bare their sharpened teeth. From Krampus to a snail god, the origins of many of Bozó’s creatures derive from the rich, folkloric mythology and tradition of the artist’s native Hungary. The vivid imagery of these stories was reinforced for Bozó growing up in Hungary in the late nineties and early aughts, when animation studios proliferated and cartoons flourished in the country following the 1989 fall of Communism. These cartoons, and particularly those produced by the famed postwar studio Pannónia, indirectly inform Bozó’s aesthetic.

– Jessica Holmes, writer and critic

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Selected artworks

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Victor Vasarely Portré” (Portrait of Vasarely), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Victor Vasarely Portré” (Portrait of Vasarely), 2021

    Acrylic and oil on paper
    50 x 42 cm
    19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
    57.5 x 49.5 cm (framed)
    22 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Maci” (Teddy Bear), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Maci” (Teddy Bear), 2021

    Acrylic and Oil on canvas
    50 x 40 cm
    19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    48.5 x 47 cm (framed)
    19 1/2 x 18 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Esik a Mecseken” (Raining on Mecsek), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Esik a Mecseken” (Raining on Mecsek), 2021

    Acrylic and Oil stick on paper
    50 x 42 cm
    19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
    57.5 x 49.5 cm (framed)
    22 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Bozó Népmeséje” (Bozó’s Folktale), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Bozó Népmeséje” (Bozó’s Folktale), 2021

    Acrylic and Oil stick on paper
    50 x 42 cm
    19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
    57.5 x 49.5 cm (framed)
    22 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      Erős Pista a Gorilla” (Strong Stephen the Gorilla), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó Erős Pista a Gorilla” (Strong Stephen the Gorilla), 2021

    Oil, Oil stick and Charcoal on canvas
    190 x 160 cm
    74 3/4 x 63 in
    193 x 164 cm (framed)
    76 x 64 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Madárfej + Liszt Ferenc” ( Bird-head + Liszt Ferenc), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Madárfej + Liszt Ferenc” ( Bird-head + Liszt Ferenc), 2021

    Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas
    170 x 190 cm
    66 7/8 x 74 3/4 in
    173 x 194 cm (framed)
    68 1/2 x 76 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      “Piros Krampusz" (Red Krampus), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó “Piros Krampusz" (Red Krampus), 2021

    Acrylic, Oil and Oil stick on canvas
    160 x 130 cm
    63 x 51 1/8 in
    163 x 133 cm (framed)
    64 1/2 x 52 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      A Kereplő Orrszarvú” (The Clapper Rhino), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó A Kereplő Orrszarvú” (The Clapper Rhino), 2021

    Acrylic, Oil and Oil stick on canvas
    160 x 130 cm
    63 x 51 1/8 in
    163 x 133 cm (framed)
    64 1/2 x 52 1/2 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      A Csigák Istene (The God of Snails), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó A Csigák Istene (The God of Snails), 2021

    Acrylic, Oil, Spray paint and Oil stick on canvas
    200 x 255 cm
    78 3/4 x 100 3/8 in
    203.5 x 258.5 cm (framed)
    80 1/2 x 102 in (framed)

  • Szabolcs Bozó,                                      A Kert“ (The Garden), 2021

    Szabolcs Bozó A Kert“ (The Garden), 2021

    Acrylic, Oil, Oil stick and spray paint on canvas
    190 x 160 cm
    74 3/4 x 63 in
    173 x 194 cm (framed)
    68 1/2 x 76 1/2 in (framed)