Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Bodoni, Zsolt |
Title |
Hall with Horses |
Medium |
acrylic and oil on canvas |
Date |
2009 |
Description |
Zsolt Bodoni (Alesd, Romania 1975; lives and works in Budapest) Hall with Horses, 2009 Acrylic and oil on canvas 80 x 114 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2010 purchase with funds provided by Cathy and Mark Hill, Livia and Marc Straus, David Butler, Susan and Kent Farris, Rosemary Gilliam, Kitsy and Lou Hartley, Penny Lynch and Kimbro Maguire, Carole and Robert Martin, Hei Park, Jenny Banner, Lane Hays, Margo Clark, Melinda Meador and Milton McNally, Laura and Shelton Davis, and the KMA Guild Bodoni has become recognized internationally for his atmospheric, painterly canvases that evoke the violent struggles of Hungary's past. The artist witnessed the fall of the communism in his country and the subsequent struggle to reclaim its history. His paintings depict shadowy streets, plazas, and warehouses littered with telltale remains of former regimes and signs marking the dawn of new ones. Depicting the dark interior of a massive foundry, Hall with Horses explores the practice of casting or melting down bronze sculptures by successive political regimes in order to re-write history. |
Catalog Number |
2010.08.01 |
Search Terms |
Oil paintings Paintings Acrylic paintings Canvas Mixed media works Horses |
Credit line |
Museum purchase with funds provided by Cathy and Mark Hill, Livia and Marc Straus, David Butler, Susan and Kent Farris, Rosemary Gilliam, Kitsy and Lou Hartley, Penny Lynch and Kimbro Maguire, Carole and Robert Martin, Hei Park, Jenny Banner, Lane Hays, Margo Clark, Melinda Meador and Milton McNally, Laura and Shelton Davis, and the KMA Guild |