Forbidden City   Eszter Bornemisza   65 x 45 inches   2012 ARTIST STATEMENT This piece was started by drawing the ground plan of an ancient building. As the red round city map found its place, [...]

  Emerging Past   Eszter Bornemisza   28 x 60 inches   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT The base of this work is a collage of old urban maps and architectural elements evoking layers of history. The schematic modern [...]

  Point of Reference   Eszter Bornemisza   36 x 72 inches   2021 ARTIST STATEMENT Maps as a metaphor for finding our place both physically and mentally have been the focus of my interest in recent [...]

  Looking Back   Eszter Bornemisza   28 x 56 inches   2016 ARTIST STATEMENT In 1996 I visited an art quilt exhibition in Lyon for the first time in my life. It was a revelation that [...]

  Inner Mapping   Eszter Bornemisza   80 x 76 inches   2017 ARTIST STATEMENT In my recent series, I'm reflecting on my map-inspired works of the last 25 years. Using the silhouette of my own profile, [...]

  Icon Maze   Eszter Bornemisza   40 x 120 inches   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT On orthodox icon walls, the icons represent characters of good deeds. The humanoid icons in this maze are filled with city maps [...]

  Extracts   Eszter Bornemisza   38 x 52 inches   2022 ARTIST STATEMENT This quilt is an abstract cityscape with some extracts or fragments of its map, like windows allowing some insight into urban life. [...]

  Next Page   Eszter Bornemisza   36 x 80 inches   2014 ARTIST STATEMENT This work expresses my concerns about how and where the city is being developed. Urban planner’s ideas are crossed by business interests [...]

  Descent   Eszter Bornemisza   31 x 52 inches   2021 ARTIST STATEMENT While descending in memory we encounter some crisp and clear events, but many others remain in the shadows. Whether we can access them [...]

  Derivatives   Eszter Bornemisza   40 x 80 inches   2012 ARTIST STATEMENT Three women’s nightshirts behind each other reflect my ideas about generations of urban settlements following one another. The shirt fronts show the layouts [...]