Szabolcs Kisspál's work engages with the social and political circumstances in which he lives and the rôle of the artist in society, particularly in the post-communist world. Working with photography, moving image, and sculpture, Kisspal’s work questions not only the legacy of Communism, but also the legacy of the recent failures of capitalism. Like many artists in former eastern Europe his work displays some ambivalence about the current situation as well as hope for a more structured and controlled continuing emancipation.