sophia szilagyi

past places

10 november - 9 december 2017

Sophia Szilagyi's images draw on a long tradition of depicting beauty and the sublime in nature, from masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Joseph Turner to more contemporary artists such as Bill Henson.

Her prints are not merely pretty or sentimental; they are as much about the power and danger of nature as they are about a search for beauty and truth communicated through images of the natural environment. A sense of wonder and awe at the drama of the natural world infuses her works. Sophia also creates an impression of impending danger, of encroaching darkness in the physical world that reflects an internalized topography, giving form to unseen emotional and imaginative experiences.

Her prints have an ethereal atmospheric beauty, created by overlaying digital images that form shifting and ambiguous surfaces, with strong contrasts of light and shadows. Sophia prints on archival rag paper, giving her images a soft, almost painterly appearance.

Sophia Szilagyi's prints can be found in over 30 important collections around Australia including Artbank, Parliament House Collection, La Trobe Regional Gallery, Print Council of Australia, Burnie Regional Art Museum, Charles Darwin University, Geelong Art Gallery, State Library of Victoria, Curtin University and the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum. She studied Fine Art at RMIT in Melbourne, graduating with Honours in 2000. This is her 14th solo exhibition, and her second at Turner Galleries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory edition 5/15 digital print on rag paper 44 x 61cm 2013 $1,220 sold
tender edition 2/10 digital print on rag paper 60 x 83cm 2015 $1,855	long shadows edition A/P digital print on rag paper 21 x 21cm 2014 $600
warm winds I edition 2/10 digital print on rag paper 99 x 99cm 2016 $2,950	warm winds II edition 3/10 digital print on rag paper 100 x 103cm 2016 $2,950
shifting edition 4/10 digital print on rag paper 65 x 60cm 2015 $1,450	place edition 5/15 digital print on rag paper 70.4 x 70cm 2013 $920
nature hesitate variation edition 9/20 digital print on rag paper 57.5 x 82cm 2010 $1,360 sold