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Artist Statement:
Although I derive inspiration
form various sources- e.g.,
music, nature, the human
condition-I try to find the
balance between mind and
spirit. My goal is to involve
viewers in a creative game
where both the mind and the
heart are stimulated.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hungarian by birth, Susan
Dobay currently resides in
California. After studying
graphic art both in Hungary
and the U.S. in 1963 she
received diploma from the
Famous Artist’s School,
Westport Connecticut in
graphic arts and served as an
illustrator for advertising
agencies, magazines, and
newspapers.
Wanting to explore more
creative options, Susan Dobay
moved from commercial art,
studied at Virgil Haas’s
studio.. In 1968 she was
invited to join and exhibit
with the Alliance of Hungarian
Artists both in the United
Sates and abroad.
A member of the New York
Artist’s Equity, she exhibited
works with the group.
In Los Angeles Dobay helped
found the Arany Janos
Hungarian Literary and
Cultural Circle.
Dobay’s art is represented in
collections in London,
Switzerland, Hungary, Canada
and Los Angeles.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Highlights of Dobay’s numerous
exhibits are:
· 2001 Hungarian Consulate,
New York
· 2001 Lurdy House Gallery,
Budapest
· 2001 Bergamot Station Arts
Center, Santa Monica, CA
· 2001 Pincetarlat Gallery
Budapest
· 2000 Deri Museum, Debrecen,
Hungary
· 1999 Priory Gallery, London,
England
· 1997 Museum of Arts.
Downtown Los Angeles
· 1996 Invitational guest
artist...
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Artist Galleries:
Koncz Gallery, Ltd.
4024 Debrecen, Battyany u. 5.
Hungary
phone/fax: (36)52/411-223
email: Koncz@acelero.hu
http://koncz.mataav.hu
Mystic Sisters Gallery2
417 S. Myrtle Ave California
91016
Phone 626-256-1212
email:
mysticsisters@earthlink.net...
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Coming Soon!
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INTRODUCTION TO SUSAN DOBAY'S EXHIBIT AT THE FINE ART PUBLISHER'S BUILDING IN BUDAPEST, 1990 GIVEN BY GABOR O. POGANY, ART HISTORIAN, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY.
Viewing the paintings of Susan Dobay, one realizes the variety and richness of her art.
Susan Dobay allows herself to listen to her intuitions, visions, and her heart and of course, her thoughts and associations. Thus, whatever she paints and however she paints, every painting is a confession, an accounting of her absorption of these impressions.
She speaks with a spontaneity that we rarely experience presently in the visual arts. There are many that swear to a certain idea, which they repeat again and again, composing the same tune they expressed before. Susan Dobay isn't afraid to listen to and express her inner voice. She doesn't discipline herself. That is not to say that she doesn't pay close attention to composition and construction. She arranges the elements of a given picture plane very consciously, deliberately, but beyond this she has the courage to use the visual tools and forms to say many things in many different ways.
If I want to look for labels, I can find them all in Dobay's work. There is cubism; there is expressionism. There are different tendencies; currents and I still have to say that in every one of them she is present with her directness, her matter of fact openness and her revelation. There is no tightness to her works and yet they remain solid. They are substantial and even so their manner; their whole existence possesses something, which draws one close to her and her art. It is impossible to look at her paintings without feeling her presence. It is generally so with every strong individual, but in her case it comes across even more personal. I find this very moving and to be the most characteristic of her creations.
Painting is a wonderful instrument to expose the human soul. The colors, like musical strains, almost immediately, spontaneously work their effects on the person's nerves, and Susan Dobay is doing this to us very effectively with the honesty of her expression, the freedom of her brush strokes, and the signature of her individuality.
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