The exhibition entitled “The Fog Becomes an Elephant” presents a selection of works by painter Gábor Pintér from the last five years, inviting the visitor to the field of sci-fi reality.
A central feature of the exhibition is the monumental mural in the Uitz Room, which also includes a smaller-scale painting. The focal point of the composition is Ruby, the painter’s elephant figure, which unfolds as a result of Pintér’s characteristic narrative games. This site-specific work is not only the dominant piece in the exhibition space, but is also visible from outside, extending the exhibition into public spaces, a constant invitation to contemplation and contemplation.
In the adjacent room, his 150×130 cm paintings, including pieces from the “Giant Fish Shaped Memory” series, previously on view in Belgium, will be a particular focus. These bright and dynamic compositions are dreamlike images in which the artist has translated everyday scenes. As with the title of the exhibition, the artist has created a remix of Haruki Murakami’s “The Elephant that Vanished”.
The exhibition will also debut brand new works, such as “Melancholic Lab Meat (Impossible Is Nothing) or Simply Baking”, in which a couple prepares a meal using basic forms of Malevich’s suprematism. This work, like many of Pintér’s others, has a unique blend of conceptual rigour and playful irony, and invites a reinterpretation of the weight and lightness of everyday existence.
In the basement, visitors will find two large paintings, “Romeo & Eve” and “Adam & Juliet”, which stand out not only for their size but also for their unusual titles. In this gesture, Pintér challenges traditional narratives while combining humour with deeper philosophical reflection.
On view for the first time in the exhibition is an ensemble of elongated landscapes that compose memories of Pintér’s travels abroad and other web finds into a complex story. His works balance on the border between the familiar and the surreal, often forcing the viewer to perceive the depth of the works before recognising their specific pictorial elements.
In “Fog Becomes Elephant”, the painting is not only a spectacle but also an experience – a transition between the uncertain and the definite, between fog and elephant.