TELLING STORIES

Erika Deak Gallery
2025. February 14. - March 7.

The group exhibition focuses on contemporary alternatives of personal storytelling. It explores in various ways how an artwork can reflect on social and cultural phenomena today, whether personal stories are still relevant, and if there still is universal truth, knowledge, and understanding in a world of isolated bubbles and total dissonance.

The exhibited works seek answers to dilemmas that affect everyone today, such as the changing role of knowledge and culture, the total transformation of the reality we once knew, the climate anxiety, the overwhelming presence of mass media, and the possible role of art in today’s chaos, while also addressing timeless, personal questions of private existence. A significant portion of the works feature text—a sentence or a word that fits precisely into the fabric of the work. The text, a brief and clearly formulated message, functions not merely as a visual element but as an essential part of the work’s meaning, offering viewers a guide to its interpretation.