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In József Csató’s new series, there is a barely noticeable shift from his previous work: his creatures are slowly moving away from their natural habitat. Although in many of his paintings these mushroom-like, plant-animal hybrids still dwell in their own gardens, forests or underwater realms in a proliferating and carnivalesque manner, we can observe this gentle migration towards our ordinary spaces. As the outside and inside merge in Csató’s works, that’s emphasized by the sometimes more upfront, other times more obscure motifs of curtains and doors, the beings leave the groves of the forest and take their exuberant presence somewhere else: in our homes. Are they helpful souls or harmful spirits? Do they resemble the brownies or hobgoblins from Scottish folklore who perform household chores after the family goes to sleep? Are they malicious shapeshifting tricksters? Or do they refer to those moments when an object suddenly resembles a strangely familiar shape – a face for instance?
