The Eighth Tribe, 1977 (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1977-05-01 / 5. szám
1974 the monograph, “Dómján, In The Forest Of The Golden Dragon” by the well known French art critic, Pierre Mornand was published. Dómján has several dozen books to his credit, books were written about him and Dómján has written and illustrated books in woodcuts. The latest book is “The Artist And The Legend”. In this book Dómján tells about his experiences in China and his meeting with the world’s greatest woodcut Master, the at that time 98 years old Chi-Pai-shi. Among the many prizes and awards which have come to Dómján are the Kossuth Prize, Hungary’s highest honor in 1956; the Rockefeller Foundation Grant 1957; ACPS Sonia Watter Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Societe d’Encouragement au Progres, Paris, 1969; George Washington Award; International Academy of Literature, Arts and Science “Tommasso Campanella”, Rome, 1970. His books and illustrations were awarded by the National Educational Society, the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Illustrators. Dómján represents the United States of America in major international exhibitions abroad, like the Mostra Inter nazionale Della Xilografia, Castello Sforzesco, Milano; the Triennale Inte nazionale Della Xilografia, Carpi; and the Exposition International De La Xilografa, Museo Espanol, Madrid, on a tour of 12 cities in Spain; also the Festival International De La Peinture, Paris, since 1972. At this moment Dómján represents the U.S.A. at the very prestigious invitational International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Biella and the International Exhibition of Exlibris in Lisbon. * * * The Dómján Oeuvre: Dómján prepared himself to be a painter and he is a painter in every one of his numerous activities, extremely prolific and creative, his work consists of woodcuts, color woodcuts (critics like to say he is painting with woodblocks) oil paintings and gobelin tapestries. We have to add the books he wrote and illustrated; their number is increasing each year. Dómján is at the peak of his artistic creativity; enriching his oeuvre with series of new work all the time. Through exhibitions, one-man shows and works in private and public collections, Domjan's inspiration, his unique world of forms and colors have spread first through Europe and Asia then reached every State in the U.S.A.; what he says is understood by many different peoples of the Earth. Domjan’s pre-historic sun symbols, motifs in his woodcuts may be related to woodcarved door posts of Transylvania, Scandinavian salt boxes, or the art of the American Indian as if an ancient inspiration of remotest time s would have been the clear source of which so many peoples have drawn their art. Dómján brought elements that are a living force of his soul into his art, ancient motifs got enriched by his fantasy and so he built a world of his own — his own universe where incredible things become natural, and unrelated things get together in interwoven ornaments. His stars — you can hold them in your hand,
