Csontó Lajos - Verba Andrea szerk.: Csontó Lajos: Munkák (PMMI kiadványai - Kiállítási katalógusok 16. Pest Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága, Szentendre, 2005)

1999

toots of technical realization are "ancient" pic­tures manipulated by computer: reminiscences, or, if it wouldn't sound high-brow, I'd say arche­typical images. These photos are highly readable, their narrativity is popular and they unfold famil­iar situations, which obviously owes to reflexes cast aside by mass communication. This famil­iarity seems to reflect an old method, the projec­tion of image and text onto each other. And even the possibility of a classic, art history-based answer is hidden in the way these explain and complement each other, or hide contradictions. II was 16th century emblematic literature that used the combination of image liconj and textual explanation (lemma}, and its partly logical, part­ly pagan-mythological-magical functions have opened a field of association that left the inter­pretation of the emblem open in spite of the fixed form - white the image and the idea were never­theless forgotten. Since these problems were just as enigmatic as their interpretation was cul­turally coded, they gained incredible popularity during the century that followed. Everyone knew what to think if "love" was written above fire and JOT TESZEK / I 00 0000 fl fotó / black and white photo. 98x98 cm Paksi Képtár, Paks / Paks Gallery

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