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ALBERT Ádám: System Analysis (KEMKI) I–IV, 2022–2023
… “The aim is no longer to make the letters legible, but to create new systems. Just as in a research report, what is presented is not the raw data itself, but their interpretation from a certain perspective.” (Ádám Albert) It is by abandoning the traditional, linear principle of reading, by breaking away from the usual process of perception, and by interpreting the letter-structures as puzzles, that we—detached from the constraints of interpretation—can avail ourselves to the patterns …
Explore the Archives
Prior appointment is required for research at KEMKI. Archive and Documentation Center Appointments: adk@szepmuveszeti.hu Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10-16h KEMKI, mezzanine Artpool Art Research Center Appointments: artpool@szepmuveszeti.hu KEMKI, 1st floor Location : 33 Szabolcs Street, 1135 Budapest, building D.
Contemporary Art in KEMKI
… enamel art created by Ádám Albert, Ferenc Gróf and Zsófia Gyenes are site-specific pieces based on research conducted in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Gallery, and the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK). These works provide the opportunity for institutional self-reflection through the use of records and materials from the past, explore possible points of connection, and seek a contemporary approach. They reflect on the documents—be it in the form …
Mission and Goals
The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) was established in 2021 as an affiliate of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Our mission is to strengthen Hungary's academic discourse and represent Hungarian art and art history at a high standard globally by initiating and implementing locally focused, regional and international research projects and collaborations connected to art-historical issues. …