From the Author
The year 2020 was special for everyone. For Fat Heat, it was because the missed trips gave him the opportunity to create images in a studio setting. This type of methodology confronted him with completely different challenges than the firewall-painted roads. It gave him a chance to escape and served as therapy in the monotony. Some of his paintings respond to the pandemic loneliness experienced in big cities and the virtual crowd of social media.
The machines have taken control in Szeged as well... Well, there's no need to be afraid! So far, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi world of the movie Terminator has only appeared on the legal wall of Zápor-Tó in unique depictions by local artists.
At various points in the city of Pécs, portraits and sometimes texts of Hungarian authors appear. We managed to get to PaintTheTownPécs, the person behind the literary street art project, who told us about his work - keeping his incognito, of course.
Batman showed himself in Szeged as well, although not in the person of the iconic superhero known to everyone, but as a graffiti artist who goes around the nights under the name of the dispenser of justice and leaves his name on the walls. He couldn't even imagine a city without graffiti or street art, as he says: "that would be boredom itself."
With another great initiative, the Aldi grocery store made the parking lot of their Solymári store more colorful. This time, the Colorfools decorative painting team brought a little fun to the customers who visited with their finished work.
The graffiti artist Zest, who mostly works in Szeged, became interested in graffiti at an early age, in elementary school. According to him, this activity is one of the most versatile things in the world, and it gives freedom in the daily grind.
With a great initiative, Jägermeister, with the participation of 7 Hungarian contemporary underground artists, helps the work of pubs, nightclubs, waiters, bartenders and bartenders closed under the restrictions due to the pandemic. A HUF 20 million fund was created from the income of the limited-edition Jägermeisters, from which they support nightlife workers.
Anyone who walks in Szeged with open eyes will surely have come across the works of street artist 9219 2112. His self-made stickers and posters can be found in many places in the city, and when he is not active on the street, he creates comics or captures his works on canvas. He thinks it's cool that you're walking down the street and there's something you've designed or drawn.
Suzie, who lives in Budapest, combined her graphic design skills acquired at college with graffiti art. He paints his characters on the walls in an individual style, in front of which even the police happily pose.