2023-10-14 16:04:46
Sándor Lezsák, the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, has decades of working relationship and friendship with the artist couple. In his opening speech, he called them eternally shining twin stars who linked their lives and talents to each other.
They drew me into their circle of light, they didn’t let me go, in the last more than two decades we visited the Carpathian Basin from Hungarikum Liget in Lakitelek to Gelencé in Székelyföld and Szentkereszthegy in Poland. Every statue inauguration was a pilgrimage
said Sándor Lezsák. He also told how he was influenced when he saw the statue of Cardinal József Mindszenty being made in the creative workshop, the first work to be placed in the Christian sculpture park in Lakitelek. – Works that fill the historical force and our historical memory, strengthening and disciplining were born under his hand – said the vice-president of the Parliament.
It’s hard to stand here alone. Pista and I met more than fifty years ago, and since then we have lived together 24 hours a day. I bury myself in work, but I always feel that he is here, he has not gone away
Györgyi Lantos put it modestly.
István Máté’s public works decorate many settlements, and they can also be seen in Attila Tésik’s photographs. In addition to Györgyi Lantos, the family exhibition shows works by sculptor Máté Hunor, visual artist Márk Máté and graphic artist Beatrix Máté Fodor.
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