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GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Arts and Crafts Company 2022
130 x 190 cm, hand-stitched carpet The Applied Arts Company (Iparművészeti Vállalat) was founded in 1954 as part of the decentralisation reforms of the arts that began during Imre Nagy’s prime ministership, under the professional supervision of the Art Fund of the Hungarian People’s Republic. Its tasks included the production of various gift and decorative items created by applied …
GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Idea, 2022
250 x 170 cm, hand-stitched carpet IDEA was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the Art Fund of the Hungarian People’s Republic and engaged in applied arts-related trade. Its tasks included the commercial distribution and sale of applied art objects. Following the change in regime, IDEA went bankrupt. Its liquidation proceedings began in 1990 and were completed in 2000, thus terminating …
GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – State Art Foundation, 2022
250 x 170 cm, hand-stitched carpet Once the Hungarian art world had been brought under state control in 1948, a large state-owned art company was created whose name was changed several times. Initially it was known as the Fine Art Fund, then—with the merger with the Literary and Music Fund—it was referred to as the Art Fund of the Hungarian People’s Republic (Art Fund, for short). Its …
GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Stúdió Gallery, 2022 2022
130 x 190 cm, hand-stitched carpet Founded in 1958, the Studio of Young Artists initially organised its own exhibitions at various venues, before establishing the Studio Gallery, which primarily hosted the solo and group exhibitions of its members. From the 1980s onwards, the Studio Gallery became one of the most prominent and influential exhibition spaces on the Hungarian contemporary art …
GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Studio of Young Artist and Designers 2022
130 x 190 cm, hand-stitched carpet The Studio of Young Designers (Fiatal Iparművészek Stúdiója, FIS) was founded in October 1982 as a member organisation of the Art Fund of the Hungarian People’s Republic. From its establishment, it had six departments: interior design, industrial design, applied graphics, textiles, silicate industry and silversmithing. Their first exhibition was held …