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SAMU, Géza
SAMU, Géza
sculptor
(2 Dec., 1947, Kocsola – 6 Oct., 1990, Békésszentandrás) Self-Educated. 1975: 1983: Award of the Studio of Young Artists; 1985: Award of the Spring Show in Salgotarján; 1986: Award of the Summer Show in Debrecen. 1988: Award for Hungarian Art. 1989: Mukácsy Award; 1990: the Grand Award of the 1st Hungarian Sculpturing Biennial and the Main Award of the 20th Open Air Sculpture Exhibition in Salgotarján. 1991: Biennial Award of the 12th National Small Sculpture Exhibition in Pécs. He received the posthumous Life-tree Award. Samu’s career began in the beginning of the 1970’s. He produced sculptures, which formulated the items and tools of fading peasant culture, the requisites of folk culture. He built elements of folk tales and ballads into his works resembling idols, puppets and dolls. His primary material was wood, but he also worked with metal, stone, bones, and made use of seeds from plants, bird feathers in his works, as well as bronze and alabaster, later on in his career. In his installation entitled Vörös szerpentin /Red Serpentine/, of 1967 he brought forth a summarization of his previous works, and bid farewell to the direct mode of composition referring to folk culture. He began producing installations, environments, and assemblages incorporated into open air and exhibition interiors from then onwards. He created his anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sculptures in both small and large sizes. His most significant exhibition in Hungary was the Installációs kisérlet /Installation experiment/ of 1983, while abroad, his participation at the 43rd Biennial of Venice. His most significant work entitled Kisördög /Small Devil/, was prepared in a number of variations and sizes, from different materials. An elemental force radiates from his works, and his unique, unmatched style makes him one of the most significant sculptors of Hungary in the 20th century.
One-Man Shows:
1971 • Vasas Community Centre of Pesterzsébet, Budapest
1972 • Derkovits Youth Club, Budapest
1973 • FMK – Club of Young Artists, Budapest • Gallery of Színház Square, Pécs (HU) • Community Centre, Debrecen (HU)
1974 • Community Centre, Pécsvárad (HU) • Kassák Community Centre, Budapest
1975 • Community Centre of Hajdú-Bihar County, Debrecen (HU) • Studio Gallery, Budapest • Blue Chapel (Kék kápolna), Balatonboglár (HU)
1976 • Gallery of Szoboszló, Hajdúszoboszló (HU) • Municipal Youth and Pioneer House, Zalaegerszeg (HU) • Sculpture Garden, Tata (HU)
1977 • Mihály Babits Community Centre, Szekszárd (HU)
1978 • Attila József Community Centre, Szeged (HU) • Béla Bartók Community Centre, Szeged (HU)
1979 • Workshop exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1981 • Open-air Gallery of Vas Street, Budapest • Blick Auf Ungarn, Galerie der Künstlergruppe Experiment, Stuttgart • Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1982 • Pataky Gallery, Budapest [with Imre Bukta] • Ferenc Liszt Music School, Győr (HU)
1983 • Műcsarnok, Budapest
1985 • Kaesz Gy. Vocational Woodworking School • Óbuda Gallery, Budapest • Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen (HU) • Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) [with Vera Székely]
1986 • Municipal Community Centre, Gödöllő Gallery, Gödöllő (HU)
1987 • Gallery of Endre Ady Community Centre, Miskolc (HU) • Church, Mánfa (HU)• Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros (HU) • Andor Gábor Community Centre, Nagyatád (HU) • Péter Veress Community Centre, Balmazújváros (HU)
1988 • Mihály Babits Community Centre, Szekszárd (HU) • Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest • Ernst Museum, Budapest • Zsigmond Móricz Community Centre, Heves (HU) • Ludmilla Zsivkova Culture Palace, Sophia
1989 • Lunds Konsthall, Lund (SVE) • Hungarian House, Berlin • New Art of Hungary - Four Artists, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco • Taitellijat edustivat Unkaria 1988, Taidesalonki Bellarte, Helsinki • Castle Gallery, Veszprém (HU) • Community Centre of Kemenesalja, Celldömölk (HU)
1991 • Nature Myths in Fine Arts. ~ and the „Fáskör”, Műcsarnok, Győr (HU) • The „Fáskör” (The Wood-circle), Gallery of Budatétény, Budapest
1992 • Imagen del Otro Mundo, Expo '92, Sevilla • Műcsarnok, Palme H. [with József Gaál and Menyhért Tóth]
1998 • Memorial exhibition of ~, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU)
1999 • Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest
2000 • G. Samu Museum, Pécsvárad (HU) (permanent exhibition). Selected Group Exhibitions:
1974 • Studio '74, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1978 • Studio de Budapest, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris • Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1980 • Manifestation Internationale des jeunes artistes, B. de Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
1983 • Results of Art Simposions I. - Szobrászat, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1985 • Contemporary Visual Art in Hungary - Eighteen Artists, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1986 • 3. Triennale Kleinplastik, Swabenlandhalle, Fellbach
1987 • 7th International Exhibition of Small Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1988 • XLIII. Biennial of Venice, Venice
1991 • Contemporary Fine Arts. Selection from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, the Budapest Gallery and the Hungarian National Gallery, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1992 • Image of the Other World, Műcsarnok, Palme House, Budapest
1998 • Works haven’t seen long time and new acquisitions, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU). Works in Public Places:
Bearers [cast-iron, wood, 1975, Dunaújváros (HU), Duna park]
Dorottya Kanizsai (wood, 1976, Mohács, memorial park)
Bearers [cast-iron, 1976, Dunaújváros (HU), Duna-park]
Big Butterfly [wood, metal, 1976, Zalaegerszeg (HU), playground]
Folk Ballad (wood, metal, 1977-1978, Műcsarnok, Budapest)
Kőműves Kelemenné (Folk Ballad) (wood, metal, 1977-1978, Budapest, 16th Distr.)
Wheeled Angel [iron, wood, 1979, Dombóvár (HU), Community Centre]
Tokaj Pillar [wood, 1979, Tokaj (HU)]
Sun Cart (wood, 1984, Kaesz Gy. Vocational Woodworking School)
Myth Pillar [wood, metal, 1981-1985, Sárospatak (HU), Community Centre]
Bifurcate Tree [wood, 1988, Heves (HU)]
Sled (wood, 1995, Műcsarnok, Budapest). Works in Public Collections:
King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU)
Kecskemét Gallery, Kecskemét (HU)
Museum of Contemporary Art / Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Educational Institute, Heves
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Sándor Petőfi Museum, Aszód (HU)
Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely (HU). Bibliography:
Kozák, Cs.: ~, Budapest, 1999.
Film:
Csányi, M.: Ismerjük meg ~t, MTV, 1972-73.
sculptor
(2 Dec., 1947, Kocsola – 6 Oct., 1990, Békésszentandrás) Self-Educated. 1975: 1983: Award of the Studio of Young Artists; 1985: Award of the Spring Show in Salgotarján; 1986: Award of the Summer Show in Debrecen. 1988: Award for Hungarian Art. 1989: Mukácsy Award; 1990: the Grand Award of the 1st Hungarian Sculpturing Biennial and the Main Award of the 20th Open Air Sculpture Exhibition in Salgotarján. 1991: Biennial Award of the 12th National Small Sculpture Exhibition in Pécs. He received the posthumous Life-tree Award. Samu’s career began in the beginning of the 1970’s. He produced sculptures, which formulated the items and tools of fading peasant culture, the requisites of folk culture. He built elements of folk tales and ballads into his works resembling idols, puppets and dolls. His primary material was wood, but he also worked with metal, stone, bones, and made use of seeds from plants, bird feathers in his works, as well as bronze and alabaster, later on in his career. In his installation entitled Vörös szerpentin /Red Serpentine/, of 1967 he brought forth a summarization of his previous works, and bid farewell to the direct mode of composition referring to folk culture. He began producing installations, environments, and assemblages incorporated into open air and exhibition interiors from then onwards. He created his anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sculptures in both small and large sizes. His most significant exhibition in Hungary was the Installációs kisérlet /Installation experiment/ of 1983, while abroad, his participation at the 43rd Biennial of Venice. His most significant work entitled Kisördög /Small Devil/, was prepared in a number of variations and sizes, from different materials. An elemental force radiates from his works, and his unique, unmatched style makes him one of the most significant sculptors of Hungary in the 20th century.
One-Man Shows:
1971 • Vasas Community Centre of Pesterzsébet, Budapest
1972 • Derkovits Youth Club, Budapest
1973 • FMK – Club of Young Artists, Budapest • Gallery of Színház Square, Pécs (HU) • Community Centre, Debrecen (HU)
1974 • Community Centre, Pécsvárad (HU) • Kassák Community Centre, Budapest
1975 • Community Centre of Hajdú-Bihar County, Debrecen (HU) • Studio Gallery, Budapest • Blue Chapel (Kék kápolna), Balatonboglár (HU)
1976 • Gallery of Szoboszló, Hajdúszoboszló (HU) • Municipal Youth and Pioneer House, Zalaegerszeg (HU) • Sculpture Garden, Tata (HU)
1977 • Mihály Babits Community Centre, Szekszárd (HU)
1978 • Attila József Community Centre, Szeged (HU) • Béla Bartók Community Centre, Szeged (HU)
1979 • Workshop exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1981 • Open-air Gallery of Vas Street, Budapest • Blick Auf Ungarn, Galerie der Künstlergruppe Experiment, Stuttgart • Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1982 • Pataky Gallery, Budapest [with Imre Bukta] • Ferenc Liszt Music School, Győr (HU)
1983 • Műcsarnok, Budapest
1985 • Kaesz Gy. Vocational Woodworking School • Óbuda Gallery, Budapest • Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen (HU) • Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) [with Vera Székely]
1986 • Municipal Community Centre, Gödöllő Gallery, Gödöllő (HU)
1987 • Gallery of Endre Ady Community Centre, Miskolc (HU) • Church, Mánfa (HU)• Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros (HU) • Andor Gábor Community Centre, Nagyatád (HU) • Péter Veress Community Centre, Balmazújváros (HU)
1988 • Mihály Babits Community Centre, Szekszárd (HU) • Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest • Ernst Museum, Budapest • Zsigmond Móricz Community Centre, Heves (HU) • Ludmilla Zsivkova Culture Palace, Sophia
1989 • Lunds Konsthall, Lund (SVE) • Hungarian House, Berlin • New Art of Hungary - Four Artists, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco • Taitellijat edustivat Unkaria 1988, Taidesalonki Bellarte, Helsinki • Castle Gallery, Veszprém (HU) • Community Centre of Kemenesalja, Celldömölk (HU)
1991 • Nature Myths in Fine Arts. ~ and the „Fáskör”, Műcsarnok, Győr (HU) • The „Fáskör” (The Wood-circle), Gallery of Budatétény, Budapest
1992 • Imagen del Otro Mundo, Expo '92, Sevilla • Műcsarnok, Palme H. [with József Gaál and Menyhért Tóth]
1998 • Memorial exhibition of ~, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU)
1999 • Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest
2000 • G. Samu Museum, Pécsvárad (HU) (permanent exhibition). Selected Group Exhibitions:
1974 • Studio '74, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1978 • Studio de Budapest, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris • Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1980 • Manifestation Internationale des jeunes artistes, B. de Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
1983 • Results of Art Simposions I. - Szobrászat, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1985 • Contemporary Visual Art in Hungary - Eighteen Artists, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1986 • 3. Triennale Kleinplastik, Swabenlandhalle, Fellbach
1987 • 7th International Exhibition of Small Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1988 • XLIII. Biennial of Venice, Venice
1991 • Contemporary Fine Arts. Selection from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, the Budapest Gallery and the Hungarian National Gallery, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1992 • Image of the Other World, Műcsarnok, Palme House, Budapest
1998 • Works haven’t seen long time and new acquisitions, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU). Works in Public Places:
Bearers [cast-iron, wood, 1975, Dunaújváros (HU), Duna park]
Dorottya Kanizsai (wood, 1976, Mohács, memorial park)
Bearers [cast-iron, 1976, Dunaújváros (HU), Duna-park]
Big Butterfly [wood, metal, 1976, Zalaegerszeg (HU), playground]
Folk Ballad (wood, metal, 1977-1978, Műcsarnok, Budapest)
Kőműves Kelemenné (Folk Ballad) (wood, metal, 1977-1978, Budapest, 16th Distr.)
Wheeled Angel [iron, wood, 1979, Dombóvár (HU), Community Centre]
Tokaj Pillar [wood, 1979, Tokaj (HU)]
Sun Cart (wood, 1984, Kaesz Gy. Vocational Woodworking School)
Myth Pillar [wood, metal, 1981-1985, Sárospatak (HU), Community Centre]
Bifurcate Tree [wood, 1988, Heves (HU)]
Sled (wood, 1995, Műcsarnok, Budapest). Works in Public Collections:
King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU)
Kecskemét Gallery, Kecskemét (HU)
Museum of Contemporary Art / Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Educational Institute, Heves
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Sándor Petőfi Museum, Aszód (HU)
Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely (HU). Bibliography:
Kozák, Cs.: ~, Budapest, 1999.
Film:
Csányi, M.: Ismerjük meg ~t, MTV, 1972-73.