‘70s’

… transfer and its relevance to the transnational art histories of Central-East Europe in the 1970s. The program is composed of the following five sections: Theories of Translation and Transfer; Interpersonal Friendships and Dialogues; Hubs of Transfer; Agents, Vectors, Mediators; and Institutions of Friendship. The conference is dedicated to the memory and work of László Beke. Welcome and introduction: Dávid Fehér, director of the Central European Research Institute for Art History …

… of transfers between the art scenes of the countries of the so-called "Eastern bloc" in the 1970s. Speakers: Andrea Bátorová, Hana Buddeus, Katalin Cseh-Varga, Daniel Grúň, Beáta Hock, Mira Keratová, Lujza Kotočová, Zsuzsa László, Karolina Majewska-Güde, Pavlína Morganová, Jana Písaříková, Dagmar Svatošová For more details visit the   project's website.

… name from Endre Tót’s conceptual program centred on the notion of joy, which was launched in the 1970s. His early joy pieces and the minimalist actions of the TÓTalJOY series are considered among the most important works representing the narrative of Eastern European conceptual art. “My ‘joys’ are reflections of the dictatorial conditions that characterised the 1970s. The absurd euphoria of my joys was my response to the censorship, confinement and repression that – in spite of being …