Who was Jozsef Jakovits?

Outside of intellectual and artistic circles, surrealist sculptor József Jakovits (1909-94) is little known in his native Hungary.

Though the Hungarian National Gallery labels him a “Post-Surrealist”, Jakovits viewed himself as a Primitivist, declaring his main sources of inspiration to be cave painting and tribal art.

Largely owing to an ascetic lifestyle and asocial tendencies, Jakovits remained, to a significant extent, unknown in his new country, the United States, despite having lived as a practicing artist in New York City between 1965 and 1987.

Come see his extraordinary work at the QCC Art Gallery, where it will be displayed until February 22, 2015.

József Jakovits: Surrealist, Primitivist, Kabalist 

December 9, 2014 through February 22, 2015