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The Estate of Lajos Vajda
Lajos Vajda (1908–1941) was a prominent figure of the Hungarian avantgarde who did not receive the recognition he deserved during his short lifetime. His wife, Julia Vajda, spent her entire life trying to rectify this, not only in Hungary, but in Europe as well. It was thanks to her perseverance that the majority of his artworks, which were known only to a close circle of friends and professionals, were eventually transferred to the Lajos Vajda Museum in …
Contemporary Art in KEMKI
… of Bonyhád, which is still operational today, and where much of the public art of Hungarian neo-avantgarde artists (including those affiliated with the Pécs Workshop) were created. The tapestries were made using a tufting gun, employing a hybrid of industrial technology and handicraft. By invoking the artists’ earlier experiments and installations (which also bring into play traditions from the history of institutions, collections and cultural education, and which can be found in the …
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