Gábor KOÓS’s work is unique in the history of printmaking in Hungary. Instead of prints that are usually small in size, the young artist makes vast works that often utilize the third dimension and are always one-off creations. This work is part of his Budapest Diary series, which he started in 2013, and which won him the prize of the Foundation for Hungarian Graphic Art at the 26th Miskolc Triennial of Graphic Art in 2014. Made with the slightly old-fashioned technique of the woodcut, the works evoke the everyday surroundings of the artist (underground carriage interior, front doors, the walls of buildings, yards with open corridors). Each of these works comprises two parts that form a whole: the block and the print (the original and the copy) are displayed together, and only one print is made with each block. The piece in our collection is one of the last in the series, depicting a building on Andrássy Avenue. His works blend conceptualism with his personal past and a photographic effect.
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