Painted Dreams [antikvár]

Painted dreams The fascinating world of Hungarian ardsts from the turn of the 20"'' century, whose woric has never before been seen in the UK. A curious combinadon, perhaps? Not if it is part of our festival, Magyar Magic — Hungary in Focus 2004. This year-long celebration of Hungarian culture offers a platform for real dialogue between Hungarian and British artists, ideas, and thought. We are sharing our experiences and looking for the points where our two cultures meet. In this process of cross-cultural communicarion, the exhibition in the Freud Museum is of very special significance. It gives us a real joy to unveil for the very first time in England three of Hungary's most enchanting artists in a thematic exhibition: Lajos Gulacsy, Tivadar Csontvary Kosztka and Anna Lesznai, who have their roots in nineteenth-century British art, who can be associated with Freud's theories, but who retain their own individual voices. We have already established a very creative ongoing collaboration with the Freud Museum, and this imaginative exhibition is just one of our joint presentations about the overlap between psychoanalysis and the arts. I believe that dialogue is the only route to mutual understanding, and the only way of avoiding misunderstanding. I should like to thank The Freud Museum, The Ernst Museum, the Imago East-West (Institute for Intercultural Psychodynamic Research) and the Hungarian National Gallery for having the confidence to agree to hold this joint exhibition and celebration of Hungarian art in this very special space. Katalin Bogyay Director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre