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Egy archívum rétegzettsége. A Korniss Péter életmű megközelítési lehetőségei
… conducted by KEMKI ADK. It contains extended and edited texts from the presentations given at the conference entitled Stratification of an Archive: Possible Approaches to the Oeuvre of Péter Korniss. The diversely themed essays in the volume provide new interpretations of attitudes that prevailed in Hungarian documentary photography and photojournalism in the post-WWII period. Illustrated with images from the Péter Korniss Archive (held in the collection of the KEMKI ADK) as …
Angela Lampe: The Cold Order: A Review of Exhibition Germany/1920s/ New Objectivity/August Sander - Sociological Aspects of the Interwar Years
In summer 2022, the Centre Pompidou devoted a major exhibition to the art and culture of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) in Germany, with the aim of re-reading the history of cultural production in the Weimar Republic, under the keyword “sachlich”, whose difficult translation into other languages points to the special nature of the concept. In addition to painting and photography, the …
Éva Forgács: Challenging National Art Histories
The great number of émigrés in the interwar period challenges the concept of national art historical narratives. If an artist, having been raised and educated in Hungary, chooses to live in France, Germany, or the US, to which country’s culture does s/he belong? Does artistic formation weigh as much as the new context that allowed him/her to develop as an artist? Can his/her achievements be …
Central and Eastern European Artists in Interwar Metropolises
International Conference In the visual arts, the dissemination of current trends, ideas, and institutional models has always been made possible by actors who have permanently or temporarily crossed geographical and cultural borders. The conference explores the motivations behind the relocation of Central and Eastern European visual artists to urban centres specifically in the interwar period. These often …
JEPS különszám a sajtó centrumairól és perifériáról
A special issue has been published on the 2022 conference of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit), which took place in Budapest. The event, organised in collaboration with the Kassák Museum, was held at the KEMKI. Issue No. 9.1 (2024) of the Journal of European Periodical Studies ( JEPS ) examines the problematics associated with geopolitical and social centres and peripheries with reference to the publication of …