Statues

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Ballet

The aluminium statue entitled "Ballet" is a creation of Sándor Kígyós. The statuette shaped from two long, wavy plates was erected in 1978 in the framework of the "Open Air Exhibition of Young Pécs Artists" in connection with the programs of the Pécs Summer Theatre. Eleven artists, ceramists, textile artists, graphic designers, sculptors carried out their ideas using different materials. The majority of the creations were not made of durable materials as they were meant to be temporary. The statue of Sándor Kígyós however is an exception as it was made of a fine material with the aim of perpetuity. The two branches do not stand on a base, they seem to grow out from the ground, one of them raising into the air the other one bending backwards. The two ribbon-like shapes may just as well depict a plant blown by the wind or a dancing couple.
The young public of Pécs soon became fond of the statue so it was left on the area even after the exhibition. The statue is still standing at one of the most frequent squares of Pécs commemorating the artist who past away at a very young age. Sándor Kígyós, a fine representative of modern Hungarian sculpture started and finished his carrier in Pécsvárad. Until his death in 1984 he organised a significant cultural centre in the Cultural Centre of Pécsvárad, and he taught aesthetics at the Pécs University of Sciences.