Splendid Solitude by Részegh Botond
May-09
Mures County Museum is pleased to invite you to the opening of the solo exhibition signed by the artist Részegh Botond, entitled "Splendid Solitude", which will take place on May 9, 2025, at 18:00, in the History and Archaeology Section, located in the heart of the Citadel of Targu Mures.
An artist of introspection, an exhibition of human depth
"Splendid Solitude" is a visual meditation on existence, an artistic reflection on the tension between the individual and the collective, between the ephemeral and the eternal. With a minimalist graphic language, but charged with emotional tension, Részegh Botond constructs an essentialized universe, in which the human figure is reduced to gesture, to silhouette, to inner vibration. His works are marked by the introduction of horizontal and vertical lines that structure the composition and create a space of reference - a metaphor for the existential framing of the human being in the world.
The title of the exhibition, "Splendid Solitude" can be translated as a poetic juxtaposition between "splendor" and "solitude". The artist proposes a reinterpretation of solitude not as absence, but as a space of inner revelation, of personal metamorphosis, of inner order born of silence and contemplation.
About the artist: Részegh Botond
Born in 1977 in Miercurea Ciuc, Részegh Botond lives and creates between Romania and Hungary, and is currently the artistic director of Új Kriterion Gallery (Miercurea Ciuc). Represented between 2018-2024 by Yi Gallery New York, he has exhibited in important international museums and galleries: the National Art Museum of Romania, Yi Gallery New York, Gallery MC New York, Mogoșoaia Palace, REÖK Szeged, Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, among others.
His work can be found in prestigious collections such as those of the late Pope Francis, Prince Albert II of Monaco and Northeastern University in Boston.
Curator: Petrányi Zsolt Petrányi Zsolt - a leading voice in Central European contemporary art
The exhibition is curated by Petrányi Zsolt, one of Hungary's most respected art historians and curators. Former director of the Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) in Budapest, curator of the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and, since 2011, coordinator of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Hungarian National Gallery, Petrányi brings remarkable curatorial depth to the exhibition. His collaboration with Részegh Botond emphasizes the transformation of the human interior into a plastic language and the construction of a visual narrative in which silence becomes a voice.
Exhibition duration: May 9 - September 21, 2025
Free admission to the opening
An event organized by Mures County Museum with the support of Mures County Council.
An artist of introspection, an exhibition of human depth
"Splendid Solitude" is a visual meditation on existence, an artistic reflection on the tension between the individual and the collective, between the ephemeral and the eternal. With a minimalist graphic language, but charged with emotional tension, Részegh Botond constructs an essentialized universe, in which the human figure is reduced to gesture, to silhouette, to inner vibration. His works are marked by the introduction of horizontal and vertical lines that structure the composition and create a space of reference - a metaphor for the existential framing of the human being in the world.
The title of the exhibition, "Splendid Solitude" can be translated as a poetic juxtaposition between "splendor" and "solitude". The artist proposes a reinterpretation of solitude not as absence, but as a space of inner revelation, of personal metamorphosis, of inner order born of silence and contemplation.
About the artist: Részegh Botond
Born in 1977 in Miercurea Ciuc, Részegh Botond lives and creates between Romania and Hungary, and is currently the artistic director of Új Kriterion Gallery (Miercurea Ciuc). Represented between 2018-2024 by Yi Gallery New York, he has exhibited in important international museums and galleries: the National Art Museum of Romania, Yi Gallery New York, Gallery MC New York, Mogoșoaia Palace, REÖK Szeged, Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, among others.
His work can be found in prestigious collections such as those of the late Pope Francis, Prince Albert II of Monaco and Northeastern University in Boston.
Curator: Petrányi Zsolt Petrányi Zsolt - a leading voice in Central European contemporary art
The exhibition is curated by Petrányi Zsolt, one of Hungary's most respected art historians and curators. Former director of the Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) in Budapest, curator of the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and, since 2011, coordinator of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Hungarian National Gallery, Petrányi brings remarkable curatorial depth to the exhibition. His collaboration with Részegh Botond emphasizes the transformation of the human interior into a plastic language and the construction of a visual narrative in which silence becomes a voice.
Exhibition duration: May 9 - September 21, 2025
Free admission to the opening
An event organized by Mures County Museum with the support of Mures County Council.
