‘monument’
Archives of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts
Makris Agamemnon, Liberation Monument (Nike), chrome steel sculpture, Pécs, Mecsek-side, 1975, photographer: Ernő Tillai
Daguerreotypes in the Collection of KEMKI ADK
Daguerreotype Series on Istvány Ferenczy's Works for the Matthias Rex Monument The series of daguerreotypes of the works of the sculptor István Ferenczy, made by Adolf Gola and preserved in the collection of the SZM - KEMKI ADK, recorded the effort attempt to erect the firsta Hungarian public monument for a Central-European national leader. The images therefore document an important phase in the formation of Hungarian national identity in the nineteenth century …
From the Archive of the Lectorate for Fine and Applied Arts: Documents on Public Art
Makris Agamemnon, Liberation Monument (Nike), chrome steel sculpture, Pécs, Mecsek-side, 1975, photographer: Ernő Tillai
From the Archive of the Lectorate for Fine and Applied Arts: Documents on Public Art
One of the most important areas of activity of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts, founded in 1963, was the coordination, judging, and authorisation of community-oriented public artworks for public spaces and public institutions, using the state budget allocated for this purpose. The Lectorate appointed the artist whose public artwork would be permanently installed. It was also responsible …
László Beke Archives
… Ironically named “World Famous World Archive” since 1972, this collection—which has grown to monumental proportions over the decades—is a unique resource for researching numerous aspects of Hungarian and regional conceptual art, mail art, Fluxus, land art, happenings, environments, and action art. In addition to engaging with traditional art forms, László Beke’s interests also extended to intermedia, i.e. to the interdisciplinary frontiers of photography and film theory, painting, …