Magyar News, 2001. szeptember-2002. augusztus (12. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2002-02-01 / 6. szám
Sculptor Gyuri Hollóssy at work in his studio Hungarians doing battle with the Soviet Union. "This cemetery is to be a memorial for those hundreds of thousands of our countrymen who have died and whose burial places do not even have a simple marker. I am referring to those men who rest in the soil of Eastern Europe, mainly Russia, often in the field or trenches where they perished over 40 years ago not even a wooden cross to mark their graves. This memorial should also stand for those thousands who died of disease, starvation, or sheer physical exhaustion in the notorious prisoner war camps of the Soviet Union, their crime being no greater than that they did their duty in a war that was not of their making," Domonkos said at the dedication. Sunset Memorial Park takes pride in the memorial. "It is a privilege to have Sunset Memorial Park chosen as the site for the National Hungarian Memorial honoring Hungarian heroes that perished against the communist takeover," said Sunset Memorial Park Association President Bryn Baracskai. About the artist, Gyuri Hollóssy Gyuri Hollósy's sculpture career spans over a period of 35 years. Bom in 1946 in Bad-Aibling, Germany of Hungarian parents. With his family he relocated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1955. During the summer of his high school, Gyuri began his sculpture education as an apprentice to the noted sculptor Frank Varga of Detroit Michigan. Gyuri attended the Cleveland Institute of Art majoring in sculpture and painting. Later, he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Following five years service in the U.S. Coast Guard, Gyuri earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Having descended from two, turn of century, Hungarian painters Simon Hollósy and Csontváry Tivadar Kostka. Gyuri's choice of being an artist came early in his life. He has studied sculpture, ceramics, painting, and drawing, but selected sculpture over the other mediums as his favorite form of artistic expression. His range in the medium of sculpture has extended to major public art commissions, numerous solo exhibitions, visiting lecturer, as well as teaching. Gyuri has taught at a number of schools, among them Tulane University in New Orleans, Washington University in St. Louis and Bethany College in Lindsborg. Kansas. He is presently with the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture as Academic Program Coordinator. Hollósy's work and interest in sculpture has been focused primarily on the human figure. "I have been constantly intrigued by interior and exterior spaces, and I feel these two elements of the human figure as expressed in my sculpture, can exist solely as rhythm in space". We are very grateful to Attila Simontsits, author of the 1144 page book, The last Battle for St. Stephen's Crown, to call our attention to the Hungarian events in Cleveland. Also for getting us in touch with the outstanding Hungarian Sculptor Gyuri Hollóssy These memorials represent the everlasting spirit of the Hungarians doing everything in their power for freedom and to honor those who gave their life defending the Hungarian people. These monuments are to remind the world of all the suffering and victories of an exceptional nation. God bless them. Editor Above: Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Memorial in Cleveland. Right: 1956 Hungarian Memorial in Liberty Square Park, Boston, Massachusetts. This huge bronze statue is 19 feet tall. Page 5
