The Hungarian painter Szabolcs Bozó has become the focus of everyone's attention due to his ability to create universes far away from anything we have seen so far. Where color, movement, wildness and innocence reign.

These colorful creatures that seem to be ready to perform some prank to amuse themselves even more seem to have a surprising background. They are inspired by post-war gesturalism. The creatures of the artist known as "Szabi" derive from the history of Hungarian animation, inspired from folklore and Hungarian mythology recurring in 1910 to the anxiety and claustrophobia typical of the 1950s, when the industry was nationalized by the communist state and the peak of animation in the 1980s when it picked up all the influences of its history.

The creatures of the artist known as "Szabi" draw from the history of Hungarian animation, inspired by Hungarian folklore and mythology

The art critic Caroline Goldstein refers to Szabi's work as "A mixture of prehistoric cave drawings and Roger Hargreaves, the animals in this show are innocent and seductive, without any dark pretensions". In addition to the history of animation, the artist has drawn inspiration from puppets, first-generation video games, comic books and the fables that appeared on Hungarian television as a child, such as "Little Mole". Bozó does not simply turn his figures into a uniquely Hungarian pop culture, but extracts the melancholic, retro character of his animals and transforms them anew through an unabashed celebration of painting.

"A mixture of prehistoric cave drawings and Roger Hargreaves, the animals in this show are innocent and seductive, without any dark pretensions"