‘avant-garde’
Zsuzsa László
… decentralized approaches to Central and Eastern European art history and exhibition history, neo-avant-garde, conceptualism, cultural diplomacy, progressive pedagogy and art theory. She works at KEMKI since 2021, between 2019 and 2022 she was museologist at Artpool, between 2009 and 2019 she was curator at tranzit/hu, between 2006 and 2008 she worked at the Studio of Young Artists, and she was a guest lecturer at the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts …
Petra Csizek
… As assistant curator, she participated in the realisation of research-based exhibitions ( Parallel Avant-garde – The Pécs Workshop 1968-80 ; Bosch+Bosch Group and the Vojvodina Neo-avantgarde Movement ). Her curatorial interests have also focused on the relationship between contemporary art and public spaces, as well as explorations of possibilities for cooperation and the examination of current social problems ( Winterreise, Budapest Gallery, 2022; Slow Life – Radical Practices of the …
Resonances
… of the region in the ’70s to compose a new, transnational, and dialogical history for neo-avant-garde art of Central-East Europe. Running from 2021 to 2024, this collaborative research project will first take the form of a traveling four-chapter conference in Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, and Poznan, followed by a prospective traveling exhibition and catalog. This project applies theories of cultural transfer (cross-border contacts triggering mutual changes in cultural concepts and …
Judit Galácz
… a staff member of the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Center (ADK). Her field of research includes avant-garde theatrical experiments in the interwar period, their art-theoretical background and international relations. In 2013-2014, she completed a one-year MA programme in Comparative History at the Central European University. From 2014 until 2021, she was a staff member for popular education at the Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute – Gizi Bajor Actors’ Museum. In 2017, she curated …
Magdolna Gucsa
… Loránd University (ELTE, Budapest, interdisciplinary history). Her research focuses on the avant-garde movements of the first half of the twentieth century. She is mainly interested in the politics of artistic practices (creation, collection, criticism, and institutionalisation) considered avant-garde in a broad sense. List of publications Publications