László Beke, Miklós Erdély, György Jovánovics, Péter Legéndy, János Major, Gyula Pauer, and Tamás Szentjóby – exhibition and actions

1/6Miklós Erdély - György Jovánovics - János Major: “János Major’s Coat” Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)

1/6Miklós 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)

1/6János Major as a living tomb Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)

1/6János Major as a living tomb Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)

1/6János Major as a living tomb Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)

1/6Tamás Szentjóby in front of his work “Be forbidden!” Photo: György Galántai (courtesy of Artpool Art Research Centre)

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.