Category: Emese Krunák-Hajagos

  • Art Toronto, 2011 / Angelo Musco

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos October 28–31, 2011 METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE There is a large photograph by Angelo Musco showing hundreds of human bodies like a spider’s web.

  • ¡Patria o Libertad! Johanna Reich: ‘Monument’

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos September 9 – October 30, 2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART She steps back, looks at it for a moment and then steps up on the stool and disappears into the painting.

  • ¡Patria o Libertad! ANTUAN:‘Left or Right’

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos September 9 – October 30, 2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART A man comes into this arena and starts to punch the faces on the bags. He punches and punches them harder and harder until sweat is running down his face and his knuckles become red.

  • Richard Barnes: Animal Logic

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos Bau-Xi Photo Have you ever wanted to know what is happening in the rooms marked Closed for visitors in the museums? Internationally known, award winning artist Richard Barnes spent ten years in those rooms

  • Abstract Expressionist New York

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos Art Gallery of Ontario May 28 – September 4, 2011 what made that time unique was a capacity of artists to engage with a cosmic quest, a spiritual quest to find meaning. A total commitment on the artists’ side so painting was the only thing that mattered there was no separation between…

  • Staged Photography

    By Emese Krunak-Hajagos Looking at the exhibitions of Contact always remind me of my childhood. My relationship with photography started at a very early age since my mother was a professional photographer. She had a portrait studio from the 1950th for 40 years in Budapest. Through her work staged photography filled my life and as…