Biography of Ferenc Gögös

Ferenc Gögös was born in Budapest, came to Netherlands in 1957, at the time in his native to all freedoms were laid. On the Art Academy in Arnhem Gögös followed an apprenticeship as a painter and printmaker. In his work he draws and paints signs, groceries, the meaning of which, as it were, to read. The image replaces the language. Who it deepened soon discovers a number of recognizable images, like a man, a woman, a deer, a bird or a tree. We know the meaning of other characters, but only by the combination with the images around it creates something like a narrative. Arrows, zigzag lines, squares and straight stripes are the punctuation marks that the objects together. Are symbols have kinship with folk art or ' primitive art ' gives a universal character. Its Hungarian origin is definitely in his past work feel good. Tingling color boxes containing monumental characters testify to a larger material and color sensitivity. He exhibited many at home and abroad including Arnhem, Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Ghent, Budapest, Nishinomya and Kyoto (Japan), South Korea, California and Ohio (U.S.A.) and on the art fair in Basel. Works in museums: a.o. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Commanderie St Jan Nijmegen, Museum of fine arts and National Museum Budapest.