"These are not animals, but cities, continents, vanished and fictional locations, cultures and stories that take shape in the image of animals." – Gábor Bellák, chief museologist, art historian

"The sculptures of Ágnes Nagy start from the anatomy of animals, but the end result will not be an anatomically clean and accurate representation of animals, but a sculpture that can simultaneously convey the animal's recognizable features and the spiritual, cultural, historical, or psychological experiences associated with the given animal. – not without humor... These are not animals, but cities, continents, disappeared and fictional locations, cultures and stories that take shape in the image of animals. Venice and Verona, Europe and Terra Antiqua. Everything that we love, that is ours, that we want to go to, and the world of which is full of secrets and stories, we are able to experience and imagine again and again. And one more important thing. Sculptures that are good to live with. They remind us of something, they communicate with us, and if we stroke them, we feel their alive pulsation." – Gábor Bellák, chief museologist, art historian, Hungarian National Gallery

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