The Kecskemét Contemporary Art Workshops – International Ceramics Studio would like to invite you to László Öveges' soul-saving exhibition entitled "theCOUNTRYOFSMILES" - aka the Thirteenth at the Kápolna Gallery.

László Öveges is a Pro Architectura award-winning architect and architectural designer who worked as Kecskemét's master architect from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2009 onwards. Member of the Hungarian Association of Photographers since 2007. His works are not simply photographs that copy reality in a documentary style, but serious artworks in which photography and painting belong together, go hand in hand, just like illusion and reality...

„This exhibition is nothing less than an event. A consequence that stems from a desire that has probably awakened in many of us. First of all, it is worth taking a look at the pictorial torso of "Mona Lisa 2026." The grotesque reference contained therein, evoking the reality of the outside world, appears before you as you walk around the outer ring of the exhibition.
Where the uncivilized, the evil, the restless, the disrespectful, the hypocritical... nothing is sacred. It consumes your soul.
Only then, and only then, should you enter the inner world of the exhibition. But only if there is no one else there.
Be alone.
This is a one-person exhibition.
This is a personal exhibition.
Yet you will not be alone. Twelve people are waiting for you. They are ordinary people whose souls are still healthy, whose gaze is open, whose smiles are sincere, at most mischievous.
Sit down in the middle. Look into their eyes, one after the other. Keep doing this until your gazes connect. Then move on to the next person, and the next, and the next... all twelve of them.
Finally, when you have seen everyone and felt the pure energy flowing through you, start walking, step out, back into reality.
But before you step out... you will have the opportunity to face yourself.
You will have the opportunity to decide whether you could be the Thirteenth.”
/László Öveges/

Exhibition opening: Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 5 pm
Welcome speech: by: DÓRA BARTA, director of Kecskeméti Hírös Agóra
Opening by: JÁNOS BÁN, Deputy Mayor of Kecskemét
Exhibition opening times: until April 11, 2026, Tuesday through Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.