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Maria Szakats

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maria Szakats, UNTITLED II, 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maria Szakats, UNTITLED II, 2024

Maria Szakats

UNTITLED II, 2024
Mohair embroidered on cotton toile
20.5 x 28 cm
8 1/8 x 11 in.
Unique
Courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Maria Szakats, Snap Dragon V, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Maria Szakats, Snap Dragon V, 2023
In UNTITLED, Maria Szakats draws inspiration from Agnolo Bronzino's Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child (1544), reimagining the young boy cradling a small bird. Through the technique of...
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In UNTITLED, Maria Szakats draws inspiration from Agnolo Bronzino's Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child (1544), reimagining the young boy cradling a small bird. Through the technique of embroidering and brushing mohair over a printed image, Szakats renders the scene with a hazy softness, creating an ephemeral, dreamlike effect. The cropped image, which highlights the child’s hand and the bird, suggest that the viewer is peeping at the scene as if the child and the bird are enveloped in an otherworldly dimension of memory or myth. The fragile bird nestled in the child’s hand hints at themes Szakats explores throughout her exhibition Romance Apocalypse: care and control, intimacy and vulnerability, hinting at the delicate balance at the core of romantic relationships.
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Exhibitions

Romance Apocalypse, Brooke Benington, London (2024)
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