The past is inseparable from us, even if we often don’t know what to do with it. It is present not only in our human relationships, bonds, stories, and history, but also in the surroundings we inhabit, defining our identity.
Ferencz S. Apor belongs to the generation that grew up in a socialist childhood and entered a capitalist adulthood. His works often focus on the period before the change of regime, the time of his own socialization, that uniquely Eastern European heritage which, even 35 years later, is still part of everyday life and an important theme in contemporary art. This relationship is inevitable, sometimes developing naturally, other times resulting in irresolvable, bizarre tensions.
Bizarre situations are part of Ferencz S.’s art. Both his photo-based works and his pictorial objects and assemblages reinforce the absurd reality of the past, creating connections that are both unpredictable and inevitable.
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