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Originally showcased in Grounds For Sculpture’s exhibition, Balanced Dialogue: 10th Anniversary of the Hungarian Sculptors Society (2005/06), Béla Fűkő’s Internal Evolution joins the sculpture park’s outdoor exhibition. Appropriately sited in an environment that encourages tranquility and contemplation, Fűkő’s sculpture inspires introspection. Influenced in part by the psychology of Carl G. Jung, Fűkő is interested in the search for spiritual meaning and the collective unconscious. Fűkő describes Internal Evolution:
The fitted blocks of stones…refer to the heart of the hurricane, to the central truth, to the childlike intactness of our ego, to the darkness of things full of secrets which are beyond the conscious remembrance. The spiral, however, speaks to the continuously widening nature of our self-improvement as well as the ever-changing viability of our internal evolution. The coexisting spirals of the stone merge into each other, and this symbolically relates to the phenomenon that happens among social beings. …the wonderful metamorphosis that passes from time to time in us…generated by an individual being at a higher level of existence. Finally, I aspire to emphasize the power of the complex and of the person shaping the intellectual vitality in the matched forms and in the relationship of the splayed spirals.
Furthermore, in his work as a sculptor, Fűkő states:
… To conceive and create something from within and through myself is an ecstatic feeling for me. … The whys of the search and the discovery of more whys is a mission crammed with excitement. As a young sculptor I would like to display such sculptures that move people to thought … I call my sculptures: touchable objects for meditation. I would like to … call peoples’ attention to the hidden secrets of the Collective Unconscious… The ongoing observation and speculation about existence will keep my sculptures alive. The observation of the spiritually charged, touchable, energy-filled objects for musing will be a personal affair. Hopefully through this individual searching, you will appreciate the experiences that are encoded in the sculpture and a joy that is fleeting will live again.
Born in 1969, in Hungary, Béla Fűkő studied at the University of Pécs. He earned a degree in drawing and visual education with a concentration in experimental sculpture instruction in 2001. While at the university, Fűkő also studied with masters István Bencsik and Colin Foster. Select exhibitions include solo shows at the Gallery of Breuner Palace, Bécs, Austria and the ZÁRT Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; as well as group exhibitions in Japan (International Sculpture Biennale); Germany; and Hungary (Meeting of the Arts and Mediterranean Greetings from Pécs). The artist currently works and resides in Hungary.
Works by Béla Fűkő currently on view in the sculpture park:
Internal Evolution, 2005
basalt
38” x 30” x 12”
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