János Saxon-Szász
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János Saxon-Szász is a freelance Hungarian creative artist and art organizer.
, geometric, constructivist
and MADI
art works since the 1970s. He masters were Tibor Csiky (sculptor), János Fajó (painter) and Carmelo Arden Quin
(creative artist, theorist).
Up until the 1990s Saxon created many constructivist works. He worked for Budapest Workshop (in Hungarian: Pesti Műhely) for a while. He is a founder member of the Shadow Weavers (Árnyékkötők) Creative Group.
In 1992 he represented the Hungarian contemporary painting at the large-scale event Visions d’Europe in Paris
, at the Eiffel Tower
. Here became acquainted with Carmelo Arden Quin who is the founder of the international MADI movement.
Returning home he organized the Hungarian MADI movement and group. He and his wife, Zsuzsa Dárdai set up the International Mobil MADI Museum Foundation which would take care of the steadily growing collection of the Mobile MADI Museum. During the 1990s they organized several exhibitions from this material in Hungary and abroad too.
In 1998 Saxon and Dárdai published the first issues of the MADI art periodical which would become the forum of the international MADI movement, and geometric abstract art in general.
From 2000 he has won quite a few scholarships. He was invited to France
as a scholar in 2000. During his 5 months stay he painted, taught children, and published his art programme in a booklet: Dimension Pencil (Dimenzióceruza).
In 2001-2002 he received a couple of invitations from the USA and was resident artist in New York
(Staten Island).
In 2002 Géza Perneczky (Germany
) wrote a book about Saxon: The Poly-dimensional Fields of Saxon-Szász.
Saxon has been the managing director of the MTA-MADI Gallery (Győr
) from 2005. In association with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Centre for Regional Studies , he organized 3 or 4 exhibitions every year to introduce Hungarian and foreign MADI artist to the public.
He was one of the main organizers of the SupreMADIsm exhibition and conference held in Moscow
, spring 2006. With this exhibition he and the other participants paid tribute to Malevich
and the masters of Russian Constructivism.
In 2007 he left Budapest
and moved to Szokolya.
In 2008, at the 'Ars GEometrica' exhibition in Pécs
, children made a huge flower-bed with his geometric patterns.
| 2008
| Fortaleza (Brazil), Museu de Arte contenporanea
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| Győr (Hungary), Horváth-Saxon: "Signs of space" and supreMADI
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| 2007
| Ettlingen (Germany), Galerie Emilia Suciu: supreMADIsm
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| Montigni (France), Le Conservatoire des Arts Plasctiques: 3 artistes hongrois
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| 2006
| Moscow (Russia), supreMADIsm
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| 2005
| Győr (Hungary), MTA-MADI Gallery
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| Paris (France), ORION centre d’art: géometrique MADI
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| 2004
| Budapest (Hungary), Lauder Javne School Gallery
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| Nay (France), La Minoterie de Nay
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| 2003
| Pozsony (Slovakia), Gallery „Z”
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| Budapest (Hungary), Institut Français
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| 2002
| Budapest (Hungary), Baptist Church
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| 2001
| Komárom (Slovakia), Gallery Limes
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| Nice (France), Collèges Joseph Vernier et Victor Duruy
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| Monaco, École Municipale D’ Arts Plastiques
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| Budapest (Hungary), Island Gallery
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| 2000
| Budapest (Hungary), Light Gallery
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| Mouans-Sartoux (France), Espace de l’Art Concrete – Maison Beuil
|}>
| 2009
| Paris (France), 62. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
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| Budapest (Hungary), G13 Gallery: Black and white
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| 2008
| Brussels (Belgium), Hungarian Cultural Centre: 7 MADI 7
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| Paris (France), Maison de l’Amerique Latine: "Mouvement MADI International"
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| 2007
| Budapest (Hungary), Vasarely Museum: Black and White
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| Paris (France), 61. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
|-
| 2006
| Moscow (Russia), Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art-Hungarian Cultural Centre: "supreMADIsm" Festival
|-
| 2005
| Paris (France), ORION centre d’art, géometrique MADI
|-
|
| Győr (Hungary), MTA-MADI Gallery
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| Pozsony (Slovakia), Gallery Z: Mobil 1-2-3
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| Sobral (Brazil), Museu MADI de Sobral: Inauguration
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| 2004
| Plzen (Czech Republik), Galerie Mésta Plzné: Geometria MAgyar/Madarská Geometrie Dnes
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| Milan (Italy), Arte Struktura: l’arte construisce l’europa 20x20
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| 2003
| Budapest (Hungary), Millenáris Park: Ars(Dis)Simmetria 3 – Mobil MADI Museum
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| La Plata (Argentina), MACLA: Movimiento MADI Internacional
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| Paris (France), Institut Hongrois: KASSÁK et MADI aujourd'hui en Hongrie
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| 2002
| Pozsony-Érsekújvár (Slovakia), Galeria „Z”-Kultúrny Institút Mad’arskej Republiky-Galéria umenia: KASSÁK a MADI dnes
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| 2001
| Paris (France), Hotel Salomon de Rothschild: Parcs et Jardins de Paris
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|
| Karlskrona (Sweden), Batsmanskasernen: Konst MADI
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| Ettlingen (Germany), Galerie Emilia Suciu: Arte MADI Freie Geometrie
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| 2000
| Mouans-Sartoux (France) Galerie Fischer: Abstraction et Figuration
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| Morsang-sur-Orge (France), Chateau de Morsang-sur-Orge: MADI l’Art Géométrique
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| Kishinev (Moldova), Galeria National: Ulei / Pánzá
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Career
He has been producing abstractAbstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
, geometric, constructivist
Constructivism (art)
Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements of the 20th...
and MADI
Madi
The Mà'dí people are found in the Magwi County in South Sudan, and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda. From south to north, the area runs from the from Nimule to Nyolo River where the Ma’di mingle with Acholi, Bari and Lolubo...
art works since the 1970s. He masters were Tibor Csiky (sculptor), János Fajó (painter) and Carmelo Arden Quin
Carmelo Arden Quin
The artist Carmelo Arden Quin was born in Rivera, Uruguay. Before he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina during the early 1940s, he lived in Uruguay and Brazil. In 1946 Arden moved to Paris and returned to Argentina during the 1950s. He has been a poet, political writer, painter, sculptor and...
(creative artist, theorist).
Up until the 1990s Saxon created many constructivist works. He worked for Budapest Workshop (in Hungarian: Pesti Műhely) for a while. He is a founder member of the Shadow Weavers (Árnyékkötők) Creative Group.
In 1992 he represented the Hungarian contemporary painting at the large-scale event Visions d’Europe in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, at the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
. Here became acquainted with Carmelo Arden Quin who is the founder of the international MADI movement.
Returning home he organized the Hungarian MADI movement and group. He and his wife, Zsuzsa Dárdai set up the International Mobil MADI Museum Foundation which would take care of the steadily growing collection of the Mobile MADI Museum. During the 1990s they organized several exhibitions from this material in Hungary and abroad too.
In 1998 Saxon and Dárdai published the first issues of the MADI art periodical which would become the forum of the international MADI movement, and geometric abstract art in general.
From 2000 he has won quite a few scholarships. He was invited to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as a scholar in 2000. During his 5 months stay he painted, taught children, and published his art programme in a booklet: Dimension Pencil (Dimenzióceruza).
In 2001-2002 he received a couple of invitations from the USA and was resident artist in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(Staten Island).
In 2002 Géza Perneczky (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) wrote a book about Saxon: The Poly-dimensional Fields of Saxon-Szász.
Saxon has been the managing director of the MTA-MADI Gallery (Győr
Gyor
-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the...
) from 2005. In association with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...
Centre for Regional Studies , he organized 3 or 4 exhibitions every year to introduce Hungarian and foreign MADI artist to the public.
He was one of the main organizers of the SupreMADIsm exhibition and conference held in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, spring 2006. With this exhibition he and the other participants paid tribute to Malevich
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian painter and art theoretician, born of ethnic Polish parents. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the Avant-garde Suprematist movement.-Early life:...
and the masters of Russian Constructivism.
In 2007 he left Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
and moved to Szokolya.
In 2008, at the 'Ars GEometrica' exhibition in Pécs
Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...
, children made a huge flower-bed with his geometric patterns.
Individual exhibitions
| Fortaleza (Brazil), Museu de Arte contenporanea
|-
|
| Győr (Hungary), Horváth-Saxon: "Signs of space" and supreMADI
|-
| 2007
| Ettlingen (Germany), Galerie Emilia Suciu: supreMADIsm
|-
|
| Montigni (France), Le Conservatoire des Arts Plasctiques: 3 artistes hongrois
|-
| 2006
| Moscow (Russia), supreMADIsm
|-
| 2005
| Győr (Hungary), MTA-MADI Gallery
|-
|
| Paris (France), ORION centre d’art: géometrique MADI
|-
| 2004
| Budapest (Hungary), Lauder Javne School Gallery
|-
|
| Nay (France), La Minoterie de Nay
|-
| 2003
| Pozsony (Slovakia), Gallery „Z”
|-
|
| Budapest (Hungary), Institut Français
|-
| 2002
| Budapest (Hungary), Baptist Church
|-
| 2001
| Komárom (Slovakia), Gallery Limes
|-
|
| Nice (France), Collèges Joseph Vernier et Victor Duruy
|-
|
| Monaco, École Municipale D’ Arts Plastiques
|-
|
| Budapest (Hungary), Island Gallery
|-
| 2000
| Budapest (Hungary), Light Gallery
|-
|
| Mouans-Sartoux (France), Espace de l’Art Concrete – Maison Beuil
|}>
Group exhibitions
| Paris (France), 62. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
|-
|
| Budapest (Hungary), G13 Gallery: Black and white
|-
| 2008
| Brussels (Belgium), Hungarian Cultural Centre: 7 MADI 7
|-
|
| Paris (France), Maison de l’Amerique Latine: "Mouvement MADI International"
|-
| 2007
| Budapest (Hungary), Vasarely Museum: Black and White
|-
|
| Paris (France), 61. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
|-
| 2006
| Moscow (Russia), Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art-Hungarian Cultural Centre: "supreMADIsm" Festival
|-
| 2005
| Paris (France), ORION centre d’art, géometrique MADI
|-
|
| Győr (Hungary), MTA-MADI Gallery
|-
|
| Pozsony (Slovakia), Gallery Z: Mobil 1-2-3
|-
|
| Sobral (Brazil), Museu MADI de Sobral: Inauguration
|-
| 2004
| Plzen (Czech Republik), Galerie Mésta Plzné: Geometria MAgyar/Madarská Geometrie Dnes
|-
|
| Milan (Italy), Arte Struktura: l’arte construisce l’europa 20x20
|-
| 2003
| Budapest (Hungary), Millenáris Park: Ars(Dis)Simmetria 3 – Mobil MADI Museum
|-
|
| La Plata (Argentina), MACLA: Movimiento MADI Internacional
|-
|
| Paris (France), Institut Hongrois: KASSÁK et MADI aujourd'hui en Hongrie
|-
| 2002
| Pozsony-Érsekújvár (Slovakia), Galeria „Z”-Kultúrny Institút Mad’arskej Republiky-Galéria umenia: KASSÁK a MADI dnes
|-
| 2001
| Paris (France), Hotel Salomon de Rothschild: Parcs et Jardins de Paris
|-
|
| Karlskrona (Sweden), Batsmanskasernen: Konst MADI
|-
|
| Ettlingen (Germany), Galerie Emilia Suciu: Arte MADI Freie Geometrie
|-
| 2000
| Mouans-Sartoux (France) Galerie Fischer: Abstraction et Figuration
|-
|
| Morsang-sur-Orge (France), Chateau de Morsang-sur-Orge: MADI l’Art Géométrique
|-
|
| Kishinev (Moldova), Galeria National: Ulei / Pánzá
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