Opening: Maria Bartuszová – Being Nature

“I want to work with clean principles. I believe that shapes, in and of themselves, have a powerful psychological impact – for example: angular, sharp, inorganic shapes convey a sense of coldness; rounded, organic shapes convey warmth; and touching rounded shapes can evoke a feeling of a tenderness, an embrace – perhaps even erotic sensations.”

Maria Bartuszová

The exhibition uses a holistic approach to explore the theme of humanity’s relationship with nature. It examines abstract, geometric, and biomorphic forms, while reflecting on themes of ecology and feminism. Nature was an essential part of the artist's creative thinking; the idea of the world as an infinite space, a universe that expresses itself imaginatively. From the beginning of her career as a sculptress, Maria Bartuszová (1936–1996) focused on natural phenomena and cycles, such as rain, wind, and, later, melting snow. She embodied their changeable and ephemeral nature, their movement, temporality, rhythm, and power, sculpting them into solid, fixed forms and masses in the shapes of raindrops, grains, and eggs...

More about the exhibition Maria Bartuszová – Being Nature ↗.

The works presented at the exhibition are from the private collections and from the collections of following institutions:

The Estate of Maria Bartuszová, Košice
The Archive of Maria Bartuszová, Košice
Bratislava City Gallery
The Art Collection of the First Slovak Investment Group
Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation, Vienna
East Slovak Gallery, Košice