‘documents’

… in the first half of 2025 by Dóra Maurer and the SUMUS Foundation. The archive contains important documents of Dóra Maurer's and Tibor Gáyor's art: manuscripts, photographs, sketches of Dóra Maurer's visual and performance art, documents of her pedagogical work, along with the professional correspondence of the two artists. With the adoption of the SUMUS Archive – following its processing – one of the greatest Hungarian art archives of the second half of the twentieth century will be …

… initiatives and, through self-organisation. Due to limited resources, support and organisation, documents and data about artworks and events may be incomplete or even completely missing. Since the 1990s, cultural institutions have undergone a gradual transformation, while the widespread availability of the internet has also radically increased the range of documentation possibilities. Nonetheless, documenting and researching independent art has constituted a complex problem in Central and …

… Archive and a real Bureau full of materials and responsibilities: they corresponded, they filed documents, they received visitors. What were they doing, what were they working on? Let us be aware that the activities involved artists from both sides of the Iron Curtain, which is why their experiences and everyday lives were extremely different. However, the passage of time has caused the political context to recede somewhat into the background. What came to the fore were ideas that only …

… semantic changes of the square, its most striking motif. Using newly discovered and reinterpreted documents, she shows how this legacy was reinterpreted by the three main protagonists of the book, Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, and Theo van Doesburg. She explores the transnational relationship between the three from 1919 onwards, and then the reception of Malevich in the West after the Second World War, which gives the author the opportunity to present the avant-garde tradition as a fabric …

… you are interested about fluxus, please visit Artpool until 4 October 2022!   A selection of documents of Artpool's Fluxus research, curated by György Galántai is open every workday from 10 am to 5 pm. More information can be found on the Artpool website.