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Stephen Friedman Gallery presents Ilona Keserü for Frieze Masters 2022.

With a career extending over seventy years, Keserü is one of Hungary’s leading post-war abstract artists. This exhibition focuses on works from the 1970s and early 1980s and demonstrates the breadth of her practice, spanning multiple disciplines including painting, sculpture and work on paper.

Keserü’s distinctive approach combines references to Hungarian folk culture with Western European modern art and historic architecture. The artist’s organic abstract style developed in defiance of Soviet rule following the …