From the New Europe: Transylvania art in the streets of Budapest
If Hungary is on your travel list this spring, make sure to check out the open air art exhibit in the streets of Budapest.
According to the Budapest Sun Online, sculptures, paintings and photographs by Hungarian contemporary artists have broken out of galleries to enjoy the spring scenery.
Szabadság tér, the green area in front of the television building in Budapest, brings together the work of some of the best Hungarian and Romanian photographers who captured the daily life of in Transylvania, Romania, as reflected in the variety of its people, customs, landscapes and architecture. I like the way they describe it: "The 100 images depicting in positive light the Romanians, Hungarians, Roma and Jewish people, as well as the architectural remains of a once vibrant Saxon culture, are celebrated for their peaceful co-habitation within the frame of Transylvania's magnificent landscape."
Funny that they have to stress that these photographs depict the life in a "positive way." Hmm, there is a new, fresh way to look at Transylvania!
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