Between heaven and earth - where art bridges the gap between the visible and invisible worlds. Where roots cling to the earth and dreams soar to the sky. Where colours tell stories, shapes evoke memories, carved lines whisper ancient tales. Where behind every image lies a world, behind every shadow a question, and in every light a possible answer flickers
The latest exhibition of the FlowBalaton community of artists takes visitors through the subtle layers of nature and the human soul through paintings, photographs, woodcarvings and other works.
Exhibiting artists: József Boros, Viktória Koltai, Péter Kónya, Hajnal Miklós, Ida Németh, Beatrix Péter, Zsófia Punk
The exhibition will be opened by Ákos Tóth Gábor (writer) and Csaba Bardócz L. (singer-songwriter)
Opening: 4 July 2025 (Friday), 17:00
The exhibition is open free of charge until 3 August.
For more information about the members of the FlowBalaton community and their creations, please visit https://flowbalaton.art/ on the website.
Csaba L. Bardócz English teacher from Keszthely, writes serene-winey-cheerful-happy-fairy-cloudy-hearty-daffy-mirrory-twisty-cheesy-angelic songs.
Opened for guitar.
On a train, in a café, on a sofa, on a bench, on a cloud. Pardon.
In English, in Hungarian.
When he starts writing, he is curious to see how it will end.
When you know what it is, you are welcome to perform.
He is happy to talk between and after the songs.
He loves good coffee, fine wine and what he calls chance meetings.
This summer Csaba will perform - among others - at the Night of Museums in Kecskemét, at the Leskowsky Instrument Collection on 21 June and at the Keszthely Festival on 5 July.
Gábor Ákos Tóth of his 25 volumes published so far, the Freshwater Mediterranean series stands out, with which he became the creator of the genre of the Balaton experience novel. His critics like to refer to him as the literary ambassador of the lake.
Péter Beatrix (Keszthely)
"Since childhood I have been fascinated by colours and shapes; even then, art was an expression of my inner world. I did my first oil painting when I was in the 7th grade - a church - and it still lives with me as a life-changing experience. Although life took me in other directions, my passion for painting remained. For me, creating is a joy, a source of inner strength and a means of expression. Through my paintings I want to bring joy and inspiration to others."
Miklós Hajnal (Artist)
I was born in Transylvania, and now I have found a home and a creative space in the silence of the Balaton highlands. The closeness to nature has always been a defining part of my life. For me, painting is a kind of inner journey, a connection to silence, to myself and to the world around me.
I am currently studying for a Master of Yoga at the BHF, and in my recent paintings these two paths have become particularly close: painting and yoga. Both are for me a practice of presence - a kind of meditation in movement and colour. Through the canvas I seek the same as in yoga, inner balance, stillness and that subtler connection.
www.mikloshajnal.com
Péter Kónya, portrait photographer.
In my travels, I have spent more and more time getting to know people, as well as the landscape and culture.
After a while, I found that a pair of eyes, a smile, meant that I was getting to know a country, a culture. Whether it is a Nepalese child, a Tibetan monk, a Peruvian Indian or a Bolivian farmer, their eyes hold happiness and unhappiness, hope and despair, fire or fear. And the eyes never lied!
Ida Németh
"For me, creation has many functions: it helps me to think differently, to rise from the material world of everyday life into a universe of my own, it is a meditation activity, a way of communication, a way of knowing myself, a game and so much more. My works in pastel technique are connected by a "feeling of home". I want to convey impressions, moods, emotions. To remind myself how important it is to notice the everyday beauty around us, to find the joy and value in the everyday, and to see how, despite our superficial differences, we are drawn together by so many common feelings, life experiences and thoughts."
József Boros (woodcarver)
Until July 2014, a giant wooden sword stood on a high point in the village of Sóly (Veszprém county). Famous as the sword of St Stephen, it was the most famous sword in the world. the longest wooden sword in the world, until a storm knocked it down.
Since 2016, however, an even taller 18.2 metre sword, a replica of Attila's sword, has been in place, a tribute to the work of József Boros. A 110-year-old, 8-tonne larch tree was transformed under his hands and given a new shape. Its base is made up of seven reinforced concrete blocks, referring to the seven tribes of the Hungarian nation. The record-breaking work is a worthy new symbol of the small town.
Joseph can also be justifiably proud of his many other woodcarvings, but the wooden sword of Sochi is undoubtedly the most outstanding work of his life.
Zsófia Punk, the creator of the concert series "Tuned to Nature", macramé creator
"Adapting to nature is part of my everyday life. I believe that the closer the closer you get to nature, the closer you get to yourself, to your thoughts. Sometimes you have to take a step back to make new discoveries, then a curious step and a half forward... That's how I got closer to the imperfect yet perfect world of knots, the macramé. I am fascinated by the diversity and variety of techniques. I use recycled cotton yarns, raffia, hemp twine, bamboo and wood materials found in nature."