Driftwood, Pebbles and Snails... Land Art by Tamás Kánya
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:44 am
Near the north rail bridge at Római Part – the locally beloved riverfront recreation area of northern Budapest – there was recently a truly special stone garden of splendid sculptures made by Hungarian artist Tamás Kánya - a goldsmith by profession- , all created with driftwood and stones, until it was washed away by the raging river. Fortunately, the all-natural artworks are not gone for good, as from time to time new land art still appears on the shore and in photos posted online.
https://welovebudapest.com/en/2016/09/0 ... omai-part/
This artform is called land art, meaning that the artist only uses materials made by nature, and sets the pieces amid the environment where their components were collected. This movement started out in America in the ’60s, as a protest by artists against materialistic and often expensive forms of art. Most of these artworks are made in secrecy, in order to leave it to nature to gradually take its pieces back, rather than letting people destroy the sculptures.
Destruction was a problem at Római Part, especially due to parents letting their children roam around the sculptures as though they were on a playground. “Children caused the biggest damage, which is of course not their fault, but the fault of their parents, who did not tell them to be more careful,” says Tamás. “Adults mostly took the sculptures apart to see that the pieces were not glued together.”
Tamas' Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/romaipartikokert/?fref=ts
