"The channels of water appeared,
the foundations of the world were exposed"
– Psalms 18:16

The "geological wonderland" that lies to the north of Lake Balaton is one of the densest volcanic fields in Europe. Before millions of years of eruptions, however, it was covered by the waters of the enormous Pannonian Sea, and its present-day surface was shaped by further forces, such as wind and water, and finally by man, in the era now called anthropocene.

It is in this eventful landscape that Julia Nema found her source and partner in creating her latest sculptural works presented here. She has been collecting samples from the region's varied rocks, sedimented clays and sands which she melts and turns into glazes in her high temperature wood-fire kiln. In this way, she records a fictional re-enactment of volcanic activity on the surface of her artworks, while exploring, at the same time, untrodden pathways leading back to the origins of ceramics as an artistic medium.

Working in the spirit of geometric abstraction, the artist creates porcelain and stoneware objects whose fundamental forms reveal the painterly characteristics, colours and textures of glazes made from volcanic minerals, uncovering their regularities and patterns. Through the coherence of this body of work, a sculptural landscape emerges where inorganic nature merges with the organic, and intimate links are established between contemporary concrete art, geological heritage and ceramic traditions.

Upon entry, a smaller section of the exhibition is dedicated by Julia Nema to Japanese ceramic culture for its deep connections to earth, landscape, and natural sources. A selection of ceremonial tea ware and a few art pieces combining Japanese and Hungarian materials serve as preliminaries to the major part of the show.