For more than two decades, Dóra Juhász’s works have been depicting the emblematic oval shape, derived from the egg motif in still lifes, in a myriad of sizes, colours and quantities, which has undergone numerous transformations over the years. At first, the organic oval shapes with a vertical axis were dots surrounded by an ‘aura’, a form that the artist has painted and enlarged over time in two strokes. The resulting symmetrical, imperfect, not completely closed, seed-like pattern can be interpreted as a symbol of an initial, uncorrupted state of being, in which creative energy is inherent.
Dóra Juhász’s non-figurative, gesture-based, colour-rich painting is full of freshness and vitality. She is constantly searching for ways to connect gestural motifs with the surrounding (background) space, which is also created from dynamic brushstrokes. Her art is characterised by a constant search for balance, a play of form, space and colour, brushstrokes. She creates instinctively, leaving room for free, unconstrained image-making and chance. The shapes, usually arranged in a regular grid, form rows and columns that open up the plane of the surface to infinity, creating a sense of boundlessness. There is also an intentional incompleteness to her work that leaves the viewer to continue thinking.
The artist, who has been living in the XIIth district for more than 17 years, will have her first exhibition at the Hegyvidék Gallery.