Fool face paintings - 2019
The painting series that began in 2017 started with the participation of the Foolface, the Future Ghost, and the Butcher. Currently, it has reached two seasons, including numerous drawings and paintings. At present (2023), the artist has discontinued the production of this project for financial reasons. However, there is no need for concern; despite the difficulties surrounding production, preparations for the third season are underway. Franchise production has become a common practice in the film industry, with major film production companies consciously embarking on universe building. In the process of devising a unified story, they also develop standalone films that are connected to the meta-narrative, leading the way to the common storylines and providing explanations. This provides time to build the characters' backgrounds, motivations, traumas, and explain the governing laws that shape the world. During my time at university, I realized that everything is a story. That's when it dawned on me, that the artistic system was structured along similar lines, especially in times when the Christian Church was the main patron of artists. Examining this thought further in the context of the contemporary visual arts scene, I realized that universe-building is very strong, and even "big stars" create along these lines. Around 2018, this wasn't noticeable among many in Hungary, although it was already present in Hungarian artists who also participates in the international contemporary art scene. However, at the university, it was entirely absent. This has changed since then, and now (2023) everyone is storytelling, using recognizable and distinct motifs, and building their own universe's meta-narrative through various media.