Permanent Exhibition of Vertel Andrea
Pannónia House • Sajdik Collection
Vác, Köztársaság út 19.
In the Fairy Garden dreamed up by the creator, the fisherman is fishing by a small lake, in the company of a reclining frog, peacocks peek out from among bushes and ceramic trees, and the sunbathing lady sits on a stone bench with small birds. The five-meter-high Tree of Life, visible on the wall behind the garden section, with its many buds, large, spreading, fiery red flowers, nesting and flying birds, is the vibrant, radiant center of the space.
Andrea Vertel was born in Budapest in 1953. She was introduced to clay as a means of expression at the Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts as a student of István Sándor and Győző Lőrinc. She learned to draw from Pál Mizser and Huba Bálványos. She has been organizing solo exhibitions and participating in group exhibitions since 1979.
She primarily makes figurative ceramics. She is interested in people, their relationships, their relationship to themselves, to other people, to the world. During her studies, in addition to drawing, she also dealt with sociophotography, which was very important for her in delving into a specific situation and in getting to know it.
He uses semi-porcelain, porcelain, and high-fired chamotte clay. He fires his objects at 1100-1300 degrees Celsius, which compacts the clay so much that it loses its ability to wick water, making his garden ornaments frost-resistant.
The collection, located in the corner of the cozy courtyard of the 18th-century building, can be visited free of charge during the opening hours of the Pannónia House.
