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Author: Dóra Hegyi - Zsuzsa László
Keywords: abstract art, avant-garde, censorship, non-art venue, painting, performative practices, poetry, pop art, semi-public event
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Miklós Erdély: Dirac in front of the box office, November 29, 1968 (Courtesy of the Heirs of Miklós Erdély and Erdély Miklós Foundation)
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Miklós Erdély: Dirac in front of the box office, November 29, 1968 (Courtesy of the Heirs of Miklós Erdély and Erdély Miklós Foundation)
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Miklós Erdély: Presentiments, November 29, 1968 (Courtesy of the Heirs of Miklós Erdély and Erdély Miklós Foundation)
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Invitation leaflet (from the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog)
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Photo of the ’68 exhibition (from the “Dokumentum 69-70” catalog)
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Photo of the ’68 exhibition (from the
“Dokumentum 69-70” catalog)
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Cover of the exhibition catalog, 1968. Design: György Kemény.
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Invitation card of the “Iparterv II” exhibition,
1969. Design: György Kemény (from the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog)
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Photo of the exhibition “Iparterv II.” showing the works of Gyula Konkoly, Tamás Szentjóby, and Imre Bak, 1969 (From the publication “A magyar neoavantgard első generációja 1965-72”)
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Photo of the exhibition “Iparterv II” showing the works of István Nádler, Tamás Hencze, Gyula Konkoly, and Krisztián Frey, 1969 (From the publication “A magyar neoavantgard első generációja 1965-72”)
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Page from the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog showing the interior of “Iparterv II” exhibition.
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The cover of the catalog “Dokumentum 69-70”.
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The cover of the catalog “Iparterv 68-80”.
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Detail from the first page of the exhibition catalog
Iparterv 68-80
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Lajos Németh’s (1929 -1991, art historian and critic) review on the “Iparterv I” exhibition (from the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog)
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The speech opening “Iparterv I” by János Tölgyesi, art historian (from the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog)
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Péter Sinkovits’ leaflet for the catalog “Iparterv I” (from the catalog “Iparterv 68-80”)
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László Beke and Péter Sinkovits preparingthe “Iparterv 68-80” exhibition. Photo: György Makky (courtesy of György Makky)
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Tamás Hencze, István Hajdu, András Baranyay preparing
the “Hommage á Iparterv
68/69” exhibition in Fészek Gallery in 1988.
Photo: György Makky
(courtesy of György Makky)
Dates: 29 November 1968 (Do You See What I See), 22 December 1968 (Iparterv I), 24 October 1969 (Iparterv II)
Participants: Imre Bak, András Baranyay, Miklós Erdély, Krisztián Frey, Tamás Hencze, György Jovánovics, Ilona Keserü, Gyula Konkoly, László Lakner, János Major, László Méhes, Sándor Molnár, István Nádler, Ludmil Siskov, Tamás Szentjóby, Endre Tót
Organizer: Péter Sinkovits (Iparterv I and II)
Opening by: János Tölgyesi (Iparterv I)
Location: Iparterv State Architectural Office, meeting hall, Budapest
Tamás Szentjóby planned an exhibition entitled “Donor” in July 1968, in the Iparterv State Architectural Office, but it was cancelled after the invitation leaflet was printed and distributed. Three months later and three weeks before the famous first Iparterv exhibition he organized actions to be presented in the same location with Miklós Erdély and László Méhes entitled “Do You See What I See.” In the “Iparterv 68-80” catalog issued in 1980 Erdély described these actions as his connection to the Iparterv group.
The hall of the Iparterv Office was not used regularly for exhibitions and the shows were open only for a few days. The first famous group show presenting the “first generation of the neo-avantgarde” in 1968 was accompanied by a small catalog containing a short introduction by the curator, Péter Sinkovits and the reproduction of the works and the CVs of the participants.
In 1969 four more artists, András Baranyay, László Méhes, János Major, and Tamás Szentjóby accepted Sinkovits’ invitation. A year later a catalog was printed illegally in the printing house of the Iparterv Office with a slightly different list of artists (Tamás Szentjóby had a separate flyer placed in the catalog, Sándor Molnár was left out, Miklós Erdély and Attila Pálfalusi included).
In 1980 a commemorating exhibition was initiated by art historian László Beke (1944) and Lóránd Hegyi (1954). On this occasion a comprehensive English-Hungarian publication was issued containing several studies and also documents of the previous exhibitions in addition to the works of the participants. Finally, shortly before the Regime Change, in December 1988 a three-part “Hommage à Iparterv” series was organized in the Fészek Gallery by Lóránd Hegyi.
Documents:
Péter Sinkovits: Introduction of the publication Document 69–70 (1970)
Miklós Erdély describing his connection to the Iparterv Group (1980)
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Author: Dóra Hegyi - Zsuzsa László
Keywords: abstract art, conceptual art, environment / installation, experimental sculpture, irony, painting, site-specificity
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Opening of the exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Opening of the exhibition – radio action (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Opening of the exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Opening of the exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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The interior with György Jovánovics and István Nádler (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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The exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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The exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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The exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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The exhibition (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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György Jovánovics’s sculpture in his studio
before the exhibition. Photo: András Baranyai (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Event in the garden of Miklós Erdély with the sculpture of György Jovánovics. Photo: György Erdély (courtesy of György Erdély and György Jovánovics)
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Event in the garden of Miklós Erdély with the sculpture of György Jovánovics. Photo: György Erdély (courtesy of György Erdély and György Jovánovics)
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Event in the garden of Miklós Erdély with the sculpture of György Jovánovics. Photo: György Erdély (courtesy of György Erdély and György Jovánovics)
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Design by György Jovánovics for his page in the catalog Hungarian Artists (Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, 1972), for which he used a photograph taken at the opening (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Design by György Jovánovics for his page in the catalog Hungarian Artists (Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, 1972), for which he used a photograph taken at the opening (courtesy of György Jovánovics)
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Invitation leaflet of György Jovánovics’s lecture, “The Best Work of My Life”
(courtesy of György Jovánovics)
Date: 15 March 1970
Participants: György Jovánovics (1939), István Nádler (1938)
Opening action with János Frank (1925 – 2004)
Location: Adolf Fényes Hall, Budapest
The Adolf Fényes Hall was a gallery offered for the presentation of tendencies that were not supported but tolerated by the official cultural politics. In addition to István Nádler’s geometric paintings György Jovánovics exhibited a huge plaster sculpture, whose shape was repeating to the ground plan of the gallery. The exhibition was opened by a fictive radio program that – after the most important international news of the day reported on the exhibition itself . After the exhibition, Jovánovics transported the work to Miklós Erdély’s garden, where the sculpture became the setting for a number of spontaneous events, some of which were documented in photographs. Later Jovánovics called this work, more precisely the opening “the best work of my life” in a lecture reconstructing the event held in Artpool Art Research Center. In the 1980s it also inspired János Sugár (1958) to make an exhibition and shoot a film in the same location.
Documents:
Tape script of the opening action (1970)
Invitation leaflet for György Jovánovics’s public lecture at Artpool P60, “The Best Work of My Life” (1999)
János Sugár on Adolf Fényes Hall, his film Persian Walk, and his exhibition “Exhibition Scenery” (1999)
Video of György Jovánovics’ lecture at Artpool (1999)
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Author: Dóra Hegyi - Zsuzsa László
Keywords: artist run space, collective practices, conceptual art, international network, performative practices, photography, political reflection, semi-public event
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“Shaking hands” action board.
Photo: László Beke (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Center)
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Tug of War Action.
Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Center)
Date: 26 August 1972
Participants: Imre Bak, Peter Bartoš, László Beke, Miklós Erdély, Stano Filko, György Galántai, Péter Halász, Béla Hap, Ágnes Háy, Tamás Hencze, György Jovánovics, J. H. Kocman, Péter Legéndy, János Major, László Méhes, Gyula Pauer, Vladjimir Popović, Petr Štembera, Rudolf Sikora, Tamás Szentjóby, Anna Szeredi, Endre Tót, Péter Türk, Jiři Valoch
Organized by: László Beke (1944)
Location: Chapel Studio of György Galántai, Balatonboglár
During the two-day meeting an exhibition and various actions were organized by László Beke, who invited artists from Czechoslovakia and Hungary to create contacts with each other.
Documents:
Interview with László Beke (1998)
Interview with Gyula Pauer (1998)
György Galántai’s diary (1972)
Source: Törvénytelen avantgárd. Galántai György balatonboglári kápolnaműterme 1970–1973 [Illegal Avant-garde, the Balatonboglár Chapel Studio of György Galántai 1970–1973], eds. Júlia Klaniczay and Edit Sasvári (Artpool–Balassi, Budapest, 2003): 141-3.
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Author: Dóra Hegyi - Zsuzsa László
Keywords: artist run space, avant-garde, collaboration, conceptual art, environment / installation, irony, non-conformist art, semi-public event, site-specificity
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Miklós Erdély – György Jovánovics – János Major: “János Major’s Coat”
Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
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Miklós Erdély in the Chapel, above his work “God is Little”,
in the background “János Major’s Coat”
Photo: Júlia Veres (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
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János Major as a living tomb
Photo: György Galántai
(courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
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János Major as a living tomb
Photo: György Galántai
(courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
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János Major as a living tomb
Photo: György Galántai
(courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
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Tamás Szentjóby in front of his work “Be forbidden!”
Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)
Date: 24 June 1973
Participants: László Beke (1944), Miklós Erdély (1928-1986), György Jovánovics(1939), Péter Legéndy (1948), János Major (1936-2008), Gyula Pauer (1941), Tamás Szentjóby (1944)
Location: Chapel Studio of György Galántai, Balatonboglár
This exhibition – presented two months before the Chapel Studio was occupied and closed by the police – did not have any title and was completed spontaneously with works and actions during two weeks. The works exhibited were used as props for theatrical performances in the next few weeks.
Documents:
Miklós Erdély: What is avantgardism? (1973)
Tamás St. Auby – interview (1998)
György Jovánovics – interview (1998)
Source: Törvénytelen avantgárd. Galántai György balatonboglári kápolnaműterme 1970–1973 [Illegal Avant-garde, the Balatonboglár Chapel Studio of György Galántai 1970–1973], eds. Júlia Klaniczay and Edit Sasvári (Artpool–Balassi, Budapest, 2003): 150-5.
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