Gyárfás Oláh: "Vertical Expression of Horizontal Desire"

November 27, 2024 | Cosmina Marcela OLTEAN ArtPage

Sector 1 Gallery in Bucharest presents artist Gyárfás Oláh’s first solo show with the gallery, titled "Vertical Expression of Horizontal Desire", opened at the end of October.

"A highly versatile artist whose works effortlessly glide among different artistic expressions, materials, techniques and references, Gyárfás Oláh’s oeuvre consists of carefully built sculptures and installations. Taking as starting point the process of creation within a certain material -be it hemp, recycled fibers, self-made clay, wood, or a combination of all the above, the artist challenges us to explore a transitional space between different worlds. 

We invite you to come discover the newest body of work by the artist, a fascinating universe consisting of carefully built sculptures and installations in a variety of materials and experimental techniques" - states curator Cristina Bută.


Gyárfás Oláh is a visual artist from Tușnad, Harghita county RO, mainly working with organic materials. His archaic, hybrid sculptures open up a transitional space between different worlds, societies and eras. He is also inspired by his background in fashion design, which is reflected in some of his works evoking garments or utilizing recycled fibers from the fashion industry. 

Gyárfás Oláh studied textile arts and fashion design at the West University in Timisoara/Romania. In 2000 he received a scholarship of the University of Applied Arts in Budapest/Hungary. After his studies Gyarfas Olah worked as a fashion designer for Heretique and Wanguardia, Bucharest/Romania (2004). Since 2006 Gyarfas Olah has been part of the fashion label Rozalb de Mura that recently changed into the art and fashion collective Apparatus 22.

Besides using old textiles to (re)create ghosts from the past or mythology, he creates his own composites and experiments with form and representation. Referencing a variety of resources, from traditions, myths, classical art or Japanese culture, his works possess the quality of appealing to the collective imagination.

„Taking as starting point the process of creation within a certain material - be it hemp, recycled fibers, self-made clay, wood, or a combination of all the above, the artist challenges us to explore a transitional space between different worlds” - curator Cristina Bută about Gyárfás Oláh’s work.

The exhibition Gyárfás Oláh: Vertical Expression of Horizontal Desire is open until 14 December, Tuesday to Saturday, from 2 -7 pm, at Sector 1 Gallery, Bucharest.

Photos by Darius Iova


               𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 2024 / hay, wood
Heart, 2020 / stone
     𝘔𝘉𝘐𝘙𝘐 𝘗𝘈𝘈𝘙𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘌𝘕, 2022 / mixed-media installation: hemp, cotton, linen, Gyárfás Oláh                               (@gyarfol) in collaboration with Melinda-Mária András (textile master)
DIO, 2024 / wood, textile, clay, plants, plaster, glue

by Cosmina Marcela OLTEAN ArtPage
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