Csaba Markus
Grecian Muse
Mixed Media
48" x 72"

$60,000


I grew up in an oppressive, communist system that did not encourage individual achievement. As a young artist, I became extremely frustrated by the opposition I encountered whenever I applied to the various state-run art academies. Instead of encouraging and nurturing the unique qualities of a promising artist, these institutes desired only to control student creativity and to force upon them the prevailing party ideology. Though I was disappointed by this experience, I just as quickly realized that were I to join one of their schools, I would never have become the kind of artist I am today. What I did possess, however, was an unwavering belief in my dreams and an unyielding determination that nothing was going to prevent me from accomplishing my goals.