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Exhibition

Location: Vigadó Gallery Ground and Lower Level

Exhibition by Anna Kubinyi - A Thread of Prayers

Kossuth, Prima Primissima and Hungarian Heritage Awards winning artist Anna Kubinyi (1949-2015) was a unique personality of Hungarian textile arts. This exhibition focuses on her work entitled “The Prayer Textile from Csíksomlyó”.

“And then came the thought: may all the golden spots be a prayer each, a prayer to the Virgin Mary of Csíksomlyó called Babba Mária in Hungarian. Every time I take the ‘thread of prayer’ in my hand, I say the prayer ‘Hail Mary’ and I even mark this fact on the side of the carton textile so that I may know how many prayers the textile incorporates. This way a textile is created that constitutes a spiritual link between me and Csíksomlyó as well as between me and the Virgin Mary. It is, at this stage, all the same how much this is visible to others, or how much they like the image on the artwork. My work in fact moved forward, it was nearing completion, the number of prayers kept growing and growing and when I finished my work, I was satisfied. I have also counted the marks on the carton textile: 1,212 prayers are woven into this artwork.”

Ticket: 800 Ft

event-dates
2017.02.02. 09:00-2017.03.31. 19:00