Szittyakürt, 1981 (20. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1981-01-01 / 1. szám

Page 2 FIGHTE* NOV.-DEC., 1980 Modern Hungarian Art History, as well as the Art History of the world, is fast gaining a new name into its broad and varied lexicon: this new and major addition is the name of an abitious young man, László Dús, who first saw the world on July 15, 1941 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. I first wrote about this talented young visual artist in the Fighter (“László Dús-His Victory in Art”, June, 1978, pg. 6), two and a half years ago and predicted then that he would go far and achieve great heights in the sphere of art. I was not wrong and I am glad, but then, I know this man well. I wrote about him then: “This artist, László Dús, although barely in his thirties, already has demonstrated an abund­ance of expertise in draftsmanship, color-control, and the understand­ing of the physiognomy of spatial relationship, in his drawings, paint­ings, and graphics.” (Ibid., pg. 6), Since then he was proved himself and his expertise even more. Dús came to the U.S.A. via Ger­many in 1973 and settled with his family, wife Kathy and daughter Bernadette. They settled in Cleve­land, Ohio, the third largest “Hun­garian town” in the world. (Buda­pest, the capital, and Miskolc, an industrial town in Hungary, are the other two.) Soon after László Dús arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, I met him in the Classic Printing Corp.’s printing shop where the print-master L. Berta called my attention to this artist and introduced us. Mr. Berta commented: “This man is some­thing else and you will enjoy talking to him...” As it turned out, I have talked to Dús many times since and I liked it but further more I saw his art and I loved it from the first moment. László Dús is a wonderful man to talk to, if one knows how to, because he is most sincere about what he says and what he believes in. He is full of wit and loves humor. He loves to laugh and tells the best stories but he also has the greatest sense of sympathy and detests grief. When he and his family befriend you, you have the dearest friends in them. They are dedicated and morally staunch. They are greatly moved by the suffering of other fellow human beings or when another human soul has been wronged. Dús and his family are proud Magyars and feel a close affinity to Hungarian com­patriots everywhere in this world. He talks respectfully of his teachers such as Aurél Bernáth, Miklós Borsos and Gyula László, and of his new acquaintances. Others talk about him with great anticipation and express their profound confidence in him, his art and appreciate the rich abundance of this artists self-con­fidence. 1980 has been an important turn­ing point in the artistic life of László Dús: a book has been written about him and he is not yet 40 years old! Five years ago as I visited with him in his small and modest attic apart­ment I already assured him that there will be books written about him and that foresight proved to be correct. The first book appeared with a bang! Although it is a 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inch hardcover and color jacketed book with 97 pages, what is more important about it is that it has 76 high quality colored plates, the 42nd being a triple centerfold, and was published in five languages. In addition, there are 11 black and white plates. The former dipict 76 monotypes and compositions such as paintings and lithographs from the recent period of the artist and the latter show the artist at work in his Cleveland studio. Considering that the cost of publishing high quality edition books today is formidable and that all these 76 works illust­rated in the book had been presently exhibited in the newly opened out­standing Albert Scaglione Park West Gallery in Detroit (Dec. 6, 1980 to Jan. 24, 1981) makes this book one of the most unique publi­cations in the field of modern fine arts. Both the Hungarian com­munity and American civilization should receive this fine addition of a young artist into the ranks of artistry with great pride and joy. In the pages of the Fighter (June, 1978, pg. 6) I already wrote that: “The influence that the art of Dús will bring to bear on the approaches of painting and graphics will be a ‘future shock’ in the western art world, particularly in a technologi­cally wondrous America where cul­tural innovations are often received with cautious enthusiasm.” Now, the authors of the book, Dús, think so too! Albert Scaglione, Ph.D. and editor of this book and the director of the Park West Galleries, wrote (pg. 11), “The most satisfying aspect in editing this book was the realiza­tion that the artist could create such a large body of work, and yet his ideas and intensity never slowed down or diminished. Also, a com­pletely different collection than what is shown could have been selected with the same impact and effect as is achieved on these pages. ” Then on “The Art of László Dús” the art historian Chiyo Ishikawa, Ph.D. writes in part the following (pg. 13): “ With the images of László Dús, one becomes an explorer embarking on a journey into the remnants of the past to the premo­nitions of something as yet undis­covered. They hold for the viewer a certain mystery that goes beyond the technical process involved, leaving us with a haunting sense of recogni­tion as they present images never before seen... By exploring the images of László Dús our view of the world is made richer. ” Further more, the editor of the Kresge Art Center (Michigan State University) Joseph Ishikawa wrote the following (pg. 19): “His work is unique in two senses of the word: they are works that are not in an edition of repeats and therefore, are not multiples', they are individual­istic creations and despite the great variety in his work, his authorship is unmistakeable. ” — in additon I say that they should be called “Exam­ples of Dúsism!” Time ahead is unknown for most of us. No humans have been there and there are no experts now days from the future but as the now is rooted in the past so the future is rooted in the now! Right now the art of Dús is on the upswing, getting well-established and the future art world will not be immune to his art and style. The artist’s art is the closest link with time. From his/her art his/her person and name gain Energy; Time; Timelessness. Dús’s art is both demanding and reward­ing. The artist Dús himself com­ments: “An artist is a human being who has a gift to see something more from life and who can show it. Those who can enjoy it have the same quality. ” But as one watches him work readily notices that he does not think of limitations in art and techniques: he simply breaches the barriers! Until Dús, there had been barely a dozen and a half lithographic techniques and proces­ses known, but by now, with the diligent assistance of Mr. Berta, the creative master printer, Dús has established some 30 additional litho­graphic modes. Thus, his technical innovations and keen composition­­color sense become fused into a dis­tinctive new style that is strictly his own which soon will be termed “Dúsism. ” It is no wonder that already most of his exhibited works in the ultra­modern Park West Gallery (South­­field, Michigan) have been sold! Henry Geldzahler, the curator of the Twentieth Century Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, wrote about some of the upcoming modern artists he knew and respectes, that: “The thing that’s nice about all these people is that they follow their own paths, they are not members of a move­ment, they don’t make works in series, where each one looks exactly the same as the others and their art has nothing to do with Soho. ” (Fran­cesco Scavullo, Scavullo on Men, Random House, N.Y., 1977, pg. 88.) Mr. Geldzahler could have written these words inclusively of the Hungarian artist László Dús who’s works already have been adapted into an impressive list of private public, and museum collections in­cluding the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in 1979. By ANDOR P-JOBB Associate Professor of Art Clarion State College Clarion, Pa.

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