Mira Dalma Makai
(1990-)
ARTISTS
György Segesdi
(1931- 2021)
György Segesdi was one of the most authentic artists of Hungarian public sculpture of the sixties. His sculpture in Debrecen, inaugurated in 1972, was the first abstract sculpture erected in Hungary. However, the public is more familiar with the Marx-Engels, which once played on the Pest bridgehead of the Margaret Bridge. Segesdi's constantly experimenting art was influenced by the new constructivism, in contact with industrial modernity. The culmination of his oeuvre is the industrial "futurism" of the 1970s: the geometric modernity of chrome-steel structures polished to an irritatingly calm colour. His monumental works, consisting of repeating arches, can be found in Hungary: on the facade of the famous Novotel Hotel in Budapest, near the Danube, or in Szeged. This aesthetic world and technological diversity (sheet metal cutting, bending, edge welding) appear in his public and smaller studio sculptures. In addition to polished chrome steel, Segesdi also used plexiglass as a raw material for modern sculpture but worked with other traditional raw materials such as bronze, porcelain or carved wood.
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Summer Wine - Einspach Fine Art & Photography, Budapest
2005 Művelődési Ház, Balatongyörök, Hungary
2004 Vígadó Galéria, Budapest Hungary
2003 Schöffer Museum, Kalocsa, Hungary
1998 Synergon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1989 Galerie Ritzel, Frankfurt, Germany
1984 Művelődési Ház, Vác, Hungary
1983 Óbuda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1982 XL. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1981 Castle, Gyula, Hungary
1980 XXXIX. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1979 Sculpture Park of Komárom County, Tata, Hungary
1979 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Warsaw, Poland
1977 Biennale Internazionale di Piccolo Scultura, Venice, Italy
1977 Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1975 Hungarian Avantgarde, Nürnberg, Germany
1974 Galerie Beck, Erlangen, Germany
1974 Ungarische Kunst der Gegenwart, Vienna, Austria
1972 Egyetemi Galéria, Debrecen, Hungary
1972 Hungarian Sculpture, Moscow, Russia
1971 I. International Sculpture Biennale, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1970 New Works, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1970 Art Hongrois Contemporain, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1969 Biennale Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
1969 Kunst fra Ungarn, Oslo, Norway
1966 National Fine Art Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
1965 Hungarian Art Today, Belgrad, Serbia
1964 XXXI. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1964 National Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1963 Biennale des Jeunes Artistes, Paris, France
1962 National Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1960 National Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1958 Spring exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1955 VI. Hungarian Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1954 V. Hungarian Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1953 IV. Hungarian Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
1952 III. Hungarian Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
SELECTED WORKS IN PUBLIC
1990 Lajos Street, Budapest, Hungary
1985 Teve Street, Budapest, Hungary
1983 Hotel Novotel, Budapest, Hungary
1981 Sport Hall, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
1979 Monument of the Great Flood in Szeged, Szeged, hungray
1978 Hungarian Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1975 Völgy Street, Budapest, Hungary
1973 City Center, Tatabánya, Hungary
1971 Jászai Mari Square, Budapest, Hungary
1969 Kossuth Lajos Square, Budapest, Hungary
1968 Anna Presszó, Váci Street, Budapest, Hungary
