ZSÓFIA KERESZTES
TREMBLING EMPIRE

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS LIBEREC, LIBEREC, CZECH REPUBLIC
28 FEBRUARY – 1 JUNE 2025

The Museum Of Fine Arts Liberec presents TREMBLING EMPIRE, a solo exhibition by Zsófia Keresztes, who is a prominent figure in the Czech art scene, where the younger generation feels a certain sense of belonging and visual identification. The exhibition will be the second solo show in the Czech Republic after major exhibitions at internationally prestigious institutions and exhibitions (e.g., the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Gianni Manhattan in Vienna, KÖNIG GALERIE in Berlin), offering a unique opportunity to see a leading figure of the Hungarian art scene, known for her distinctive sculptural style. 

© Unboxing Images by Matěj Kania

Zsófia Keresztes' style is amorphous to fluid forms, reminiscent of large bodily masses. Her volumes evoke not only surrealist bodies but also a strong reference to French Nouveau Réalisme, specifically to the artist Niki de Saint Phalle.

© Installation views Eva Rybarova

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ZSÓFIA KERESZTES
Zsófia Keresztes (b. 1985 in Budapest) lives and works in Budapest. She studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Keresztes creates large sculptural works and installations out of a combination of materials that straddle identities both virtual and real. These are often finished in pastel hues of light blue, beige, coral, and pink, adding to their appropriation of actual and imagined bodies. The large scale of these works belies their playful, otherworldly levity, open and porous to the spaces and viewers that surround them, linking disparate forms into precarious chains full of associative potential and structural insubordination....
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