Balázs Kicsiny's Phantom Twins Occupy Horizont Gallery's Antechamber to Freedom

In Budapest, the Horizont Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition by Balázs Kicsiny, which was opened by art historian András Rényi. The exhibit transforms the gallery into a space that symbolizes a passage to freedom, featuring painted figures that exist in pairs yet feel alone. These figures depict various moments of stillness: fleeing from a speed-skating rink, signaling from a semaphore chapel, guiding visitors in a looted gallery, racing in a car-coffin, facing hunger at a dining table, or playing cards with a ghostly twin in a cell. Two optical telegraphs, operational for 233 years, are included; one points to freedom, the other explores the gallery's depths with no return. The exhibition draws on Jean Baudrillard's ideas about freedom and identity, inviting visitors to reflect on their own phantom twin and the nature of liberation.