Géza Németh [antikvár]

The artistic career of Géza Németh began in the 1960's. it was the period when a sudden impulse was felt in the intellectual life of Hungary, when events began to speed up, and various art groups, styles, and fashion trends were taking shape. "The 1960's: a fight against alienation", as Mihály Vajda characterized the period in a writing bearing the following title-summary: "A Postmodern Speech About the Beautiful 1960's When Everything - Regardless of Being Beautiful or Ugly - Looked Unambiguous for the Last Time." The progressively-minded youth had someone or something to join. Consequently, it was also the period when avant-garde art began to unfold. At the end of the 1960's, Géza Németh already knew that he would not be able to live exclusively on art and he also knew that he would not want to yield to the demands and taste of popular galleries. It was evident to him that he would not compromise. Géza Németh has consistently made a distinction between painting and money-making. He created an independent subsistence for himself in a period when very few people dared to be enterprising. Simultaneously, he worked tirelessly on building his own painting career, proceeding from year to year along the path he had designed for himself. In 1987, at the age of 43, and still unknown as an artist, he sent color slides of some of his works to Washington D.C., as his entry in a World Bank International Art Contest. His was judged the winning entry. The publication of this book was inspired by the artist's Washington debut. It was followed by the 1988 exhibition in New York City, the 1994 exhibition in the state of Arizona, and, eventually, the most recent, 1995 Körmendi Gallery exhibition.