The joint exhibition by visual artist Márta Kiss and goldsmith and applied artist Brigitta B. Horváth explores various forms of human connection and ways of perception. The exhibition features Márta Kiss’s latest paintings, as well as Brigitta B. Horváth’s jewelry, body jewelry, and sculptural works. Although the two artists work in different media, their works are connected by shared questions. At the center of their practices are the invisible networks of relationships that bind the individual to themselves, to others, and to the natural environment. Through the body, memory, gesture, and symbolic meanings, their works approach experiences that are difficult to capture through the tools of reason or language.
Márta Kiss’s paintings explore the interplay between inner landscapes and the natural environment. In her compositions, the landscape becomes a vehicle for psychological processes and experiences of self-discovery. The figures appearing in the paintings are often archetypal or mythological characters who can be interpreted as mediators of inner states and universal human experiences. The embroidered elements integrated into the painted surface further nuance this layer of meaning: the needle piercing the canvas is the first step toward opening a new dimension, while the thread serves as a metaphor for connection. The networks created by the embroidery allude to invisible structures that represent humanity, nature, and personal memory as parts of a shared system.
A defining theme of Brigitta B. Horváth’s artistic practice is touch, the gestures of the hand, and the body as the primary medium for establishing connection. In her works, jewelry and sculpture function as tools for communication and self-reflection. The motif of the hand and the experience of touch explore the possibilities of exchange between different cultures, identities, and human relationships. In her most recent works, the relationship between the body and time takes center stage, with the aging, passing body appearing as a vessel of life experiences. In this context, jewelry serves as a medium that makes the body’s stories visible, reinterpreting the concept of beauty through inner content, self-acceptance, and human presence.
The work of the two artists can be compared in several respects regarding the visual articulation of connection, perception, and inner experiences. In Márta Kiss’s works, thread and embroidery serve as mediating elements, while in Brigitta B. Horváth’s works, touch and the gesture of the hand direct attention to connections that extend beyond the visible world. Both artists make perceptible phenomena that are not directly visible: inner processes, layers of memory, human connections, or the relationship to the natural and cultural systems surrounding the individual.