This year at Printa, we are celebrating self-care on Valentine's Day! We tend to forget about this part of love, so Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to remind ourselves of its importance. What loving and filling yourself up means to someone depends on the individual, and experiencing this takes time. Five artists have already presented what self-love means to them during the opening of the Mental Hygiene . Printa exhibition, and now Anna Szabó takes the lead role, with her SELF-LOVE graphic collection , which will debut on Valentine's Day. On this occasion, we also prepared an interview, in which we can understand her works more deeply through Anna's own words.
How long have you been a member of the Printa team, what tasks do you perform?
I joined Printa a little over a year ago as a store clerk. It's pretty easy to deduce what I do, but for example, I package orders, brand clothes, and keep our monstera alive.
Name your favorite object from Printa!
This is pretty impossible to answer, but if I really had to, I'd probably say Reni's popcorn bag . :)
What theme do these six prints address, what inspired you?
These drawings were made last fall during a difficult time, when I felt that I needed to change, that the situation I was in was not good. Unfortunately, there are things that are out of my control, but I changed what I could. For this state, I managed to find the perfect #inktober list, which focused on this changing, self-care, self-love thing, so I tried to take advantage of it and draw everything from myself, really everything that hurt, what I loved, what I missed and what I needed.
Your graphics were created in sunny yellow and cobalt blue. Why did you choose these two shades?
There is no shade of blue that I don't like, but there is something definite and bold about this deeper blue, which I especially like to use when I draw/paint. It is a safe point for me, a base. The blanket that you hide under if you want to disappear for a bit. I feel that if I use blue, there can be no big problem.
And sunny yellow is happiness. It's like when you pull back the curtains in the morning and see the sun shining and putting a smile on your face. It's a small thing, but it's good for your soul, and I think that's what self-love is all about. These two colors together are a kind of "safe place" for me, and that's exactly what I wanted to portray.
Which print is closest to you and why?
It's called " Shame ." It's sad, it's depressing, it's depressing, but the thing is, when I drew it, I felt relieved. I had to draw it out of myself, and it was really good that I did.
Anna Szabó's entire SELF-LOVE graphic collection can be viewed on the webshop or offline at Rumbach Sebestyén Street.