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György Tóth: Portraits (1985–1991)
… available for research never-before-seen images of artists and researchers connected with visual culture, such as János Vető, László Rajk, László feLugossy, and Miklós Peternák. The portrait collection also contains high-quality previously unpublished images of many prominent artists and contributors of the contemporary Hungarian photography scene. In addition to a collection of sixty-six film rolls (over 700 frames), György Tóth also included sixty-two signed digital prints, which had …
Contemporary Art in KEMKI
… (which also bring into play traditions from the history of institutions, collections and cultural education, and which can be found in the Contemporary Collection of the Hungarian National Gallery), as well as other precursors of the neo-avantgarde (including the enamel works of Imre Bak, Sándor Pinczehelyi or Ferenc Lantos, also found in the Museum’s collection), the displayed works may inspire the creation of further pieces and exhibitions. Much appreciation is owed to Eszter …
Mission and Goals
… strategies and become thus a decisive and active participant in the Hungarian and international cultural scene: our aim is to combine the activities traditionally connected to the notion of "public collecting" with the concept of the "active archive" – a term originating from the legacy of Artpool – to explore art-historical phenomena in dialogue and context with the tendencies of contemporary art.