These small-sized watercolours are my first impressions of my stay at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. All of them were made in my studio during my erasmus program, and they picture the atmosphere and life in the atelier. Some of the paintings are more like a mesmeric, fictional image based on the place’s spirit.
Bánkúti Gergő
Paintings - 2016
Untitled watercolours

watercolour, paper 46.5 x 21.5 cm

watercolour, paper 24 x 18 cm

watercolour, paper 27 x 28.5 cm

watercolour, paper 22 x 25 cm

watercolour, paper 27.5 x 21.5 cm

watercolour, paper 27 x 23 cm

watercolour, paper 23 x 27 cm

watercolour, paper 16 x 22.5 cm

watercolour, paper 15.5 x 27 cm

watercolour, paper 28 x 20.5 cm

watercolour, paper 27 x 23 cm

watercolour, paper 23 x 14 cm

watercolour, paper 22 x 21 cm

watercolour, paper 23 x 27 cm

watercolour, paper 27 x 23 cm
The ’Untitled Watercolours’ series is mostly influenced by family photographs which I have re-worked as watercolour paintings. In this series I investigate how the transcendent world appears in our everyday life. I use imaginary elements mixed with realist representation adapted from various photos. In the paintings you cannot see faces - the model's personality dissolves and a transformative force takes command of reality.
Little images
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With this series of thirty pieces I want to summon a memory about my grandmother singing Hungarian folksongs to me. Each picture has a title based on the songs I have collected from her. This excerpt is usually just one sentence from the song. I used different materials in this series, but also I painted realistic images of objects that I have found interesting. These objects have a personal story, or a feeling, an experience behind them. With the canvas as a base of the work I wanted to emphasize this subjective world - this material was often used by my grandmother and by other people living in the village.

watercolour, paper 50 x 70 cm

watercolour, paper 50 x 70 cm

watercolour, paper 50 x 70 cm

watercolour, paper 50 x 70 cm

oil, cardboard 50 x 70

oil, canvas 201 x 165 cm