The collage is purchased with a frame.
Size: 2 pieces x 100 x 70 cm, 2 pieces x 39.37 x 27.56 inch
Oder works from Stella Koleszár on 1stDibs presented in the product gallery:
-the Volcano series
-collages
-glass sculptures
MISDEED
"The collages in my exhibition MISDEED deal with weeds as symbols, linked to an unpacking of the concept of the Fall and allegorical figures of sin. How much can weeds be said to be harmful and useless, when their presence can play an important role in achieving balance in the plant world. It can provide shade and reinforce the tolerance of cultivated plants, but it can also destroy those around it: it can deprive them of food and reduce the fodder value of pastures and meadows.
The perception of weeds can also vary from country to country, for example, in Canada, the Canadian goldenrod is a valuable garden and cut flower, which has become a widespread weed in our country in a short few years, but there are also parasitic weeds such as Aranka, which is one of the most damaging weeds. The collage as a technique is linked to the expression of the symbol. The papers I worked with were mostly photos of my great-grandmother’s Women’s Magazine from the 1960s, cut up and found in a large wooden box in the attic.
The pictures show motifs such as fire, hands, feet, wreath, sun, moon, nuance the symbolism of the weed and place them in a story. Specific weeds appear in the material of the exhibition: dandelion, in the collage Deep Roots, river dandelion, whose coiling forms a wreath in the centre of the picture, the parasitic plant Aranka, which, appearing harmonious on the surface, coils itself onto the host plant while its roots are poisoned."
ARTIST STATEMENT
Stella Koleszár graduated in 2016 from the Department of Drawing and Art History in Szeged with a degree in visual representation, then in 2019 from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design as a glass design artist. The main media of her creative practice are glass and paper-based works, whose starting point is the instinctiveness of drawing. In her glass pieces, she explores themes such as allegorical interpretations of sin and the Fall, as well as symbolic phenomena related to myths and fairy tales, which range from the personal to the universal. In her collages, she is interested in the happenings of the plant world and in questions concerning the human-centred perception of weeds. In 2020, she was an artist-in-residence in Salzburg, supported by the Budapest Gallery. In 2023, she received the Elle Deco EDIDA Young Talent of the Year award. In 2024, she represented Hungary as a glass artist at the international glass art symposium in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, organized under the auspices of UNESCO. Alongside her individual artistic practice, she also participates in community projects in the field of street art under the name Muralinas.
EDUCATION
2016- 2019 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest / Product design / Glass design
2012- 2015 University of Szeged / Visual Representation Artist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Unreceived flowers, Kis Présház literary cafe, Budapest
2022 Born of slime and decay, duo with Eszter Metzing, curator: Annamária Szabó, ISBN book+gallery, Budapest
2022 Misdeed, Horizont Gallery, Budapest
2021 I wanted to be a mermaid, Dorottya Kanizsai Museum, Mohács
2017 Some kind of booklet, sketchbook exhibition, Labor Gallery, Kunst Küche, Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Connected by Hands and Hearts, International glass symposiom from Jablonec, Royal Glass Factory of La Granja, Segovia, Spain
2025 After Laughter, Schaumbad Atelierhaus, Graz
2025 XXVI. Hegyvidéki Nemzetközi Művésztelep, Hegyvidék gallery
2025 Dis/order, acb gallery, Budapest
2024 Connected by Hands and Hearts, International glass symposiom, Lemberk, Czech Republic
2024 In flower language, Arts and Crafts workshop in Gödöllő, Old art colony in Szentendre
2024 Safe Space, The Space Budapest
2024 After sight, Jurányi drawing school is 10 years old, Artus Studio, Budapest
2023 Connected by Glass, Museum of Ancient Glass, Zadar, Croatia
2022 HUGlass, Exhibition of the Hungarian Glass Art Society, Saint Stephen’s Basilica knight’s hall
2022 YOUTH 2, Horizont Gallery
2022 Plant Kingdom, Budapest Gallery
2020 GlasSpring contemporary glass art exhibiton, Tér-Kép Gallery, Budapest
2019 CONNECTION International Glass Art Exhibition, Gallery Neon, Wroclaw, Poland
2018 NKA 25 group exhibiton, M21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs
2018 Glass art group exhibition, Design Week, Szimultán School of Art, Budapest
2018 Project 833 artist group SZAB Cultural Center, Szeged
2018 N2/MOME exhibiton of product designers, MOME Campus, Budapest
2017 Glass under water, group of glass designers, Design Week, MOME Z, Budapest
2017 F***K_hegyeshalom_doc, FKSE Gallery, Budapest
2015 Partiumi Scientific Student Conference, Nagyvárad, Romania
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