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László Jéga Szabó (Leslie J.Tailor) was born in 1955, in Szeged. His masters, Mihály Cs. Patai, János Hemmert, János Székfű and Győző Szőke, were Szeged's excellent artists. He studied, as self-educated artist in their free schools from 1968 until 1976. In 2007 he got the artistic award of Szeged's Cultural Base.

He is one of the representatives of the Hungarian Service Foundation and he is also member of the Order of George Saint.

In the Company of Sándor Petőfi, which is a company of amateur actors, he was scene-painter and he was also the protagonist of the following play: Queens of France, play of Thorton Wilder.

Style: His artistic style has realist or surrealist or futurist features. He established with his installations and collages the new, original, playfull and intellectual trend of postmodern.

Genre: graphic, oil-painting, installation, collage, scene-painting, decoration of outside and inside

Ars poetica: He describes his own art with the following words: 'FREE-CONTACT and PLAYFUL', which mean the finding and creating of free connections, the presentation of aesthetic and visual experience, the intellectual experience of thinging and talking. We are invited to play and to be playful by his art.

The last introducing and analyzing study of his art:

Zsuzsanna Máté: Dialogue-asking-playing, Szeged (cultural review), February – March of 2008

Zsuzsanna Máté: Playing of postmodern, Szeged (cultural review), December of 2008

The last exhibition (the presentation of the main artworks of the travelling exhibition)

Szeged: Community Center of Béla Bartók and of Petőfitelep ( From 19-Jan-2009 until 16-Febr-2009)

The last exhibition where more, different artists exhibited:

Vamdesign Center of Budapest, The title of exhibition: Make our view about future, (From 09-March-2008 until 05-Apr-2008)

The last great installation:

Szeged, Cora Department Store, The title of the installation: May-fly of Tisza river, (Sept-Oct-2008)

He is the main artist of 16 artworks, organizor and the creator of ' The new age' Hungary 2008-2009 Travelling Exhibition. The Travelling Exhibition had the following stages:

1st stage: Szeged, Community Center of Petőfitelep (16-31 January 2008)

2nd stage: The exhibition of Vamdesign Center of Budapest (VAM'ART Project), The title of the exhibition: Make our view about future (98 artists, 289 work of arts, from 09-March-2008 until 05-Apr-2008). He exhibited four artworks.

3rd stage: Kiskunhalas, Community Center (From 07-March-2008 until 09-Apr-2008)

4th stage: Keszthely, Community Center of Károly Goldmark (10-17-Apr-2008)

5th stage: Kecskemét, College of art (From 18-Apr-2008 until 30-Jun-2008)

6th stage: Szeged, Art Restaurant (From 11-Nov-2008 until 16-Jan-2008)

7th stage: Szeged, Community Center of Petőfitelep ( From 19-Jan-2009 until 16-Febr-2009)

„Double fantasy” exhibitions - 1st stage: Szeged, Community Center of Petőfitelep (15-26 February 2009)

Hemmert János and Jéga Szabó László

You can see the opening ceremony, the photos and the video recordings of the exhibitions on the following page: www.jegaleria.neobase.hu

video-klipp: www.youtube.com  vebsite ,search: Jéga Szabó László 2008

E-mail: : j.sz.l@freemail.hu