ILDIKO KOVACS

ILDIKO KOVACS’ FORTHCOMING survey, at the Orange Regional Gallery in Central-West NSW, and soon after that at the Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra, will be a fascinating re-investigation of the ideas which drove her work up to her previous survey, roughly ten years ago. Bold and fresh as the new work is, its impact is amplified by the way it links back to earlier work.

Surveys such as this can represent a sharp and potentially lethal focus on an artist’s career, for what we are looking for in a survey is a consistency of concern. Any lack of conviction, any wavering from the core mission