A graduate of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, 34-year-old artist Luca Sára Rózsa planted wheatgrass into ceramic sculptures of human heads and hands at Double Q Gallery in Hong Kong. In Christian iconography, the plant is a symbol of resurrection and life. Growing from the sculptures of Rózsa’s installation You Start Where I End (2021), it suggests renewal amid the remnants of a lost civilization.
You Start Where I End is part of Rózsa’s first solo exhibition in Asia, “Five Deep Breaths,” which also features lush paintings portraying nameless, often nude figures. These subjects inhabit paradisiacal landscapes, existing outside hierarchical structures and envisioning a more equitable world. Through their enigmatic activities—like wading through a pond in Stillness of the Forest (My Son, VN)(2024), or collectively carrying a figure through the woods in Leave (Enter) (2024)—they evoke a sense of struggle, survival, and, ultimately, renewal.
Rózsa’s visual style—characterized by vibrant colors, fluid forms, and a dreamlike atmosphere—enhances the sense of a liberated world. Her figures, depicted without distinct identities or status symbols, move freely and harmoniously with nature and each other.
Rózsa’s mysterious work has previously been the subject of solo exhibitions at galleries such as VILTIN Gallery in Budapest and Steve Turner in Los Angeles.
