Ana Maria Szöllösi

The Stamps, 2023

oil and graphite on canvas
5 panels, 150 x 50 cm each

Ana Maria Szöllösi’s work deals with the formation and fragmentation of memory, seen by the artist as a way of questioning her own psychology.

The Stamps consists of five vertical paintings that, when juxtaposed, evoke the representation of a familiar space. They act as an analogy to the process of introspection and to the need we might feel to distance ourselves from an experience in order to fully understand it. This time, a puzzle of recollections has been called forth, which translates into the fact that the individual elements are partially ambiguous, but still intelligible, while the work as a whole offers a more comprehensive understanding.

A common thread running through Ana Maria Szöllösi’s paintings is the depiction of an empty, abstract space, that is transitional and nostalgic. This type of space allows her to ”observe our environment within its limitations”.

Accelerator project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014-2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme and is implemented by Asociația Culturală Eastwards Prospectus.

The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards the reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe and towards strengthening the bilateral relations between the donor countries and the 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion. More information is available on www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.

RO-CULTURE Programme is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The total budget amounts to almost 34 million EUR. For more details access: www.ro-cultura.ro.

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