Kíra Krász
From Marble to Stone
2020-2025
This is a growing collection of paper sculptures and photograqphs, in connection to/ or from the Nagyharsányi Szoborpark. The images are my interpretation of what this place stood for in 1967 and what it has been reduced to, today. This project involves research, interviews with the artist and organisers still alive , and (hi)stories of the past through my medium.
Since childhood, I have been deeply influenced by the unique character of the Sculpture Park at Nagyharsány. Established during the 1970s in socialist Hungary, an international symposium was founded within a limestone quarry and, from its inception, offered a space for sculptors to experiment freely and push the boundaries of their practice.
In my own artistic journey, I have come to explore the compelling tension between the monumental stone sculptures and the ephemeral, fragile nature of photography. This duality led me to make regular visits to the park where I began to closely follow the evolving state of the works. Over the years, as my practice evolved, the fragile medium of paper was gradually replaced by the permanence of limestone allowing me not only to engage more directly with the materiality of the site, but also to reanimate a space that had long stood silent. I observed how nature gradually transformed these sculptures, reclaiming space, softening edges, and asserting its quiet dominance.
Today, much of the original creative energy that once defined the park exists only in the memory of older generations. It is this absence that compelled me to reintroduce human presence & choreography into the space—to preserve and document this temporary but ideal state through my photographs. In doing so, I aim to breathe new life into this silent sea of stones, capturing a fleeting moment of balance between art, nature and time.
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